Lettuce and chicory — Yield in Guatemala
Guatemala: Lettuce and chicory — Yield was 27,518 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Lettuce and chicory — Yield in Guatemala, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Guatemala recorded 27,518 kg/ha for lettuce and chicory — yield in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.1% on the previous year and down 4.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lettuce and chicory — yield in Guatemala peaked at 56,383 kg/ha in 2001 and was at its lowest, 11,900 kg/ha, in 1967.
That places Guatemala 15th out of 107 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Lettuce and chicory — Yield in Guatemala, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 14,857 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 15,143 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1963 | 15,000 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1964 | 15,278 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1965 | 15,324 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1966 | 15,446 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1967 | 11,900 kg/ha | -23.0% |
| 1968 | 13,889 kg/ha | +16.7% |
| 1969 | 15,416 kg/ha | +11.0% |
| 1970 | 15,851 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1971 | 16,162 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1972 | 15,893 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1973 | 15,920 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1974 | 15,737 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1975 | 15,737 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 15,558 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1977 | 15,558 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 15,385 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1979 | 15,385 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 15,000 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 1981 | 15,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 13,778 kg/ha | -8.1% |
| 1983 | 14,000 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1984 | 14,546 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 1985 | 15,000 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1986 | 14,286 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 1987 | 15,000 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 1988 | 15,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 15,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 15,279 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1991 | 18,720 kg/ha | +22.5% |
| 1992 | 18,959 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1993 | 15,060 kg/ha | -20.6% |
| 1994 | 18,661 kg/ha | +23.9% |
| 1995 | 19,179 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1996 | 16,071 kg/ha | -16.2% |
| 1997 | 19,714 kg/ha | +22.7% |
| 1998 | 20,125 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1999 | 19,926 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2000 | 19,871 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2001 | 56,383 kg/ha | +183.7% |
| 2002 | 52,570 kg/ha | -6.8% |
| 2003 | 32,775 kg/ha | -37.7% |
| 2004 | 26,772 kg/ha | -18.3% |
| 2005 | 24,727 kg/ha | -7.6% |
| 2006 | 30,958 kg/ha | +25.2% |
| 2007 | 31,159 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2008 | 31,153 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2009 | 29,206 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 2010 | 28,505 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 2011 | 28,632 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2012 | 28,043 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 2013 | 28,951 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 2014 | 28,703 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2015 | 29,665 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 2016 | 30,505 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 2017 | 29,639 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 2018 | 29,399 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2019 | 31,026 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 2020 | 31,823 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 2021 | 28,851 kg/ha | -9.3% |
| 2022 | 27,554 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 2023 | 27,536 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2024 | 27,518 kg/ha | -0.1% |
Guatemala compared with similar countries
- Guatemala's 27,518 kg/ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 14,590 kg/ha, 1.9× the median. (22 countries reporting)
- Guatemala's 27,518 kg/ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 13,018 kg/ha, 2.1× the median. (20 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Lettuce and chicory — Yield 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | +183.7% | 19,871 kg/ha | 56,383 kg/ha |
| 2003 | -37.7% | 52,570 kg/ha | 32,775 kg/ha |
| 2006 | +25.2% | 24,727 kg/ha | 30,958 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 14,695 kg/ha | 11,900 kg/ha | 15,446 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 15,719 kg/ha | 15,385 kg/ha | 16,162 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 14,661 kg/ha | 13,778 kg/ha | 15,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 18,169 kg/ha | 15,060 kg/ha | 20,125 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 33,557 kg/ha | 19,871 kg/ha | 56,383 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 29,307 kg/ha | 28,043 kg/ha | 31,026 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 28,657 kg/ha | 27,518 kg/ha | 31,823 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Guatemala
- 12 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 6,508 kg/ha compare
- 12 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 27,879 kg/ha compare
- 13 Spain 27,820 kg/ha compare
- 14 Japan 27,742 kg/ha compare
- 16 Jordan 27,177 kg/ha compare
- 17 New Zealand 26,810 kg/ha compare
- 18 Saudi Arabia 26,740 kg/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 — yield in Guatemala?
- Lettuce and chicory — yield in Guatemala was 27,518 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest lettuce and chicory — yield recorded in Guatemala?
- The highest recorded value was 56,383 kg/ha in 2001.
- What is the lowest lettuce and chicory — yield recorded in Guatemala?
- The lowest recorded value was 11,900 kg/ha in 1967.
- How does Guatemala rank for lettuce and chicory — yield?
- Guatemala ranks 15th out of 107 countries with data for 2024.
- Is lettuce and chicory — yield rising or falling in Guatemala?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- 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 — Yield. 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.