Lettuce and chicory — Area harvested in Guatemala
Guatemala: Lettuce and chicory — Area harvested was 3,809 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Lettuce and chicory — Area harvested in Guatemala, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, lettuce and chicory — area harvested in Guatemala stood at 3,809 ha. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 0.8% on the previous year and up 39.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lettuce and chicory — area harvested in Guatemala peaked at 3,809 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 350 ha, in 1961.
Guatemala ranks 26th of 108 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Lettuce and chicory — Area harvested in Guatemala, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 350 ha | — |
| 1962 | 350 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 360 ha | +2.9% |
| 1964 | 360 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 370 ha | +2.8% |
| 1966 | 370 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 360 ha | -2.7% |
| 1968 | 360 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 370 ha | +2.8% |
| 1970 | 370 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 370 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 375 ha | +1.4% |
| 1973 | 375 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 380 ha | +1.3% |
| 1975 | 380 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 385 ha | +1.3% |
| 1977 | 385 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 390 ha | +1.3% |
| 1979 | 390 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 400 ha | +2.6% |
| 1981 | 400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 450 ha | +12.5% |
| 1983 | 500 ha | +11.1% |
| 1984 | 550 ha | +10.0% |
| 1985 | 600 ha | +9.1% |
| 1986 | 700 ha | +16.7% |
| 1987 | 800 ha | +14.3% |
| 1988 | 800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 796 ha | -0.5% |
| 1991 | 447 ha | -43.8% |
| 1992 | 622 ha | +39.1% |
| 1993 | 830 ha | +33.4% |
| 1994 | 697 ha | -16.0% |
| 1995 | 678 ha | -2.7% |
| 1996 | 840 ha | +23.9% |
| 1997 | 980 ha | +16.7% |
| 1998 | 1,680 ha | +71.4% |
| 1999 | 1,680 ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 1,680 ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 559 ha | -66.7% |
| 2002 | 559 ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 559 ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 559 ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 699 ha | +25.0% |
| 2006 | 1,398 ha | +100.0% |
| 2007 | 1,677 ha | +20.0% |
| 2008 | 1,677 ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 2,097 ha | +25.0% |
| 2010 | 2,104 ha | +0.3% |
| 2011 | 2,174 ha | +3.3% |
| 2012 | 2,243 ha | +3.2% |
| 2013 | 2,229 ha | -0.6% |
| 2014 | 2,726 ha | +22.3% |
| 2015 | 2,796 ha | +2.6% |
| 2016 | 2,865 ha | +2.5% |
| 2017 | 2,796 ha | -2.4% |
| 2018 | 2,730 ha | -2.4% |
| 2019 | 2,692 ha | -1.4% |
| 2020 | 2,848 ha | +5.8% |
| 2021 | 3,376 ha | +18.5% |
| 2022 | 3,767 ha | +11.6% |
| 2023 | 3,780 ha | +0.3% |
| 2024 | 3,809 ha | +0.8% |
Guatemala compared with similar countries
- Guatemala's 3,809 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 1,887 ha, 2.0× the median. (22 countries reporting)
- Guatemala's 3,809 ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 169 ha, 22.5× the median. (20 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Lettuce and chicory — Area harvested in Guatemala 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | +100.0% | 699 ha | 1,398 ha |
| 1998 | +71.4% | 980 ha | 1,680 ha |
| 2001 | -66.7% | 1,680 ha | 559 ha |
| 1991 | -43.8% | 796 ha | 447 ha |
| 1992 | +39.1% | 447 ha | 622 ha |
| 1993 | +33.4% | 622 ha | 830 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 361.11 ha | 350 ha | 370 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 380 ha | 370 ha | 390 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 600 ha | 400 ha | 800 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 925 ha | 447 ha | 1,680 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,146 ha | 559 ha | 2,097 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,536 ha | 2,104 ha | 2,865 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,516 ha | 2,848 ha | 3,809 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Guatemala
- 23 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 4,610 ha compare
- 24 Republic of Korea 4,181 ha compare
- 24 Caribbean 3,838 ha compare
- 25 Belgium-Luxembourg 3,966 ha compare
- 27 Thailand 3,746 ha compare
- 28 Cabo Verde 40 ha compare
- 28 Tunisia 3,683 ha compare
- 29 Canada 3,446 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Guatemala
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 7.71 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0955 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 630.24 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.74 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.437 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 9.6% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 9.6% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 2.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.8% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is lettuce and chicory — area harvested in Guatemala?
- Lettuce and chicory — area harvested in Guatemala was 3,809 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest lettuce and chicory — area harvested recorded in Guatemala?
- The highest recorded value was 3,809 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest lettuce and chicory — area harvested recorded in Guatemala?
- The lowest recorded value was 350 ha in 1961.
- How does Guatemala rank for lettuce and chicory — area harvested?
- Guatemala ranks 26th out of 108 countries with data for 2024.
- Is lettuce and chicory — area harvested rising or falling in Guatemala?
- Over the last ten years it is up 39.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Guatemala data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Lettuce and chicory — 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.