Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested in Guyana
Guyana: Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested was 16 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested in Guyana, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in Guyana stood at 16 ha.
The figure is down 11.1% on the previous year and down 20.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in Guyana peaked at 2,000 ha in 1987 and was at its lowest, 3 ha, in 1961.
That places Guyana 104th out of 112 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested in Guyana, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 3 ha | — |
| 1962 | 3 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 4 ha | +33.3% |
| 1964 | 5 ha | +25.0% |
| 1965 | 5 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 5 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 5 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 12 ha | +140.0% |
| 1969 | 23 ha | +91.7% |
| 1970 | 30 ha | +30.4% |
| 1971 | 158 ha | +426.7% |
| 1972 | 102 ha | -35.4% |
| 1973 | 87 ha | -14.7% |
| 1974 | 81 ha | -6.9% |
| 1975 | 300 ha | +270.4% |
| 1976 | 450 ha | +50.0% |
| 1977 | 700 ha | +55.6% |
| 1978 | 700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 1,200 ha | +71.4% |
| 1980 | 900 ha | -25.0% |
| 1981 | 900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 950 ha | +5.6% |
| 1983 | 750 ha | -21.1% |
| 1984 | 800 ha | +6.7% |
| 1985 | 800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 1,600 ha | +100.0% |
| 1987 | 2,000 ha | +25.0% |
| 1988 | 1,800 ha | -10.0% |
| 1989 | 1,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 1,773 ha | -1.5% |
| 1991 | 125 ha | -92.9% |
| 1992 | 125 ha | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 155 ha | +24.0% |
| 1994 | 209 ha | +34.8% |
| 1995 | 186 ha | -11.0% |
| 1996 | 255 ha | +37.1% |
| 1997 | 245 ha | -3.9% |
| 1998 | 254 ha | +3.7% |
| 1999 | 253 ha | -0.4% |
| 2000 | 253 ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 145 ha | -42.7% |
| 2002 | 124 ha | -14.5% |
| 2003 | 95 ha | -23.4% |
| 2004 | 88 ha | -7.4% |
| 2005 | 82 ha | -6.8% |
| 2006 | 76 ha | -7.3% |
| 2007 | 93 ha | +22.4% |
| 2008 | 83 ha | -10.8% |
| 2009 | 71 ha | -14.5% |
| 2010 | 63 ha | -11.3% |
| 2011 | 55 ha | -12.7% |
| 2012 | 48 ha | -12.7% |
| 2013 | 42 ha | -12.5% |
| 2014 | 20 ha | -52.4% |
| 2015 | 13 ha | -35.0% |
| 2016 | 14 ha | +7.7% |
| 2017 | 33 ha | +135.7% |
| 2018 | 19 ha | -42.4% |
| 2019 | 21 ha | +10.5% |
| 2020 | 42 ha | +100.0% |
| 2021 | 43 ha | +2.4% |
| 2022 | 20 ha | -53.5% |
| 2023 | 18 ha | -10.0% |
| 2024 | 16 ha | -11.1% |
Guyana compared with similar countries
- Guyana's 16 ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 218.5 ha, 7% of the median. (16 countries reporting)
- Guyana's 16 ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 2,038 ha, 1% of the median. (22 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested in Guyana changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 | +426.7% | 30 ha | 158 ha |
| 1975 | +270.4% | 81 ha | 300 ha |
| 1968 | +140.0% | 5 ha | 12 ha |
| 2017 | +135.7% | 14 ha | 33 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 7.22 ha | 3 ha | 23 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 380.8 ha | 30 ha | 1,200 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,230 ha | 750 ha | 2,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 358 ha | 125 ha | 1,773 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 111 ha | 71 ha | 253 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 32.8 ha | 13 ha | 63 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 27.8 ha | 16 ha | 43 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Guyana
- 101 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 27 ha compare
- 102 Kazakhstan 23 ha compare
- 103 Italy 17 ha compare
- 105 Saint Kitts and Nevis 13 ha compare
- 106 Portugal 12 ha compare
- 107 Hungary 6 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Guyana
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 11.48 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0773 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 2,507 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.5708 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.7351 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 7.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 7.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.1% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in Guyana?
- Groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in Guyana was 16 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested recorded in Guyana?
- The highest recorded value was 2,000 ha in 1987.
- What is the lowest groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested recorded in Guyana?
- The lowest recorded value was 3 ha in 1961.
- How does Guyana rank for groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested?
- Guyana ranks 104th out of 112 countries with data for 2024.
- Is groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested rising or falling in Guyana?
- Over the last ten years it is down 20.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Guyana data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.