Maize (corn) — Yield in Guatemala
Guatemala: Maize (corn) — Yield was 2,259 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Maize (corn) — Yield in Guatemala, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for maize (corn) — yield in Guatemala is 2,259 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 25.5% on the previous year and up 8.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, maize (corn) — yield in Guatemala peaked at 2,581 kg/ha in 2006 and was at its lowest, 828.6 kg/ha, in 1961.
Guatemala ranks 105th of 163 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Maize (corn) — Yield in Guatemala, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 828.6 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 874.8 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 1963 | 856.1 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 1964 | 921.2 kg/ha | +7.6% |
| 1965 | 955.4 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 1966 | 902.6 kg/ha | -5.5% |
| 1967 | 871 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 1968 | 998 kg/ha | +14.6% |
| 1969 | 1,036 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 1970 | 1,187 kg/ha | +14.5% |
| 1971 | 1,134 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 1972 | 1,191 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 1973 | 1,636 kg/ha | +37.4% |
| 1974 | 1,423 kg/ha | -13.0% |
| 1975 | 1,672 kg/ha | +17.5% |
| 1976 | 1,334 kg/ha | -20.2% |
| 1977 | 1,313 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1978 | 1,533 kg/ha | +16.8% |
| 1979 | 1,745 kg/ha | +13.8% |
| 1980 | 1,369 kg/ha | -21.5% |
| 1981 | 1,464 kg/ha | +6.9% |
| 1982 | 1,645 kg/ha | +12.4% |
| 1983 | 1,836 kg/ha | +11.6% |
| 1984 | 1,540 kg/ha | -16.1% |
| 1985 | 1,650 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 1986 | 1,766 kg/ha | +7.0% |
| 1987 | 1,534 kg/ha | -13.1% |
| 1988 | 1,862 kg/ha | +21.4% |
| 1989 | 2,077 kg/ha | +11.5% |
| 1990 | 2,005 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 1991 | 1,844 kg/ha | -8.0% |
| 1992 | 1,883 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1993 | 1,851 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1994 | 1,957 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 1995 | 1,944 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1996 | 1,820 kg/ha | -6.4% |
| 1997 | 1,494 kg/ha | -17.9% |
| 1998 | 1,699 kg/ha | +13.7% |
| 1999 | 1,738 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 2000 | 1,781 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 2001 | 2,068 kg/ha | +16.1% |
| 2002 | 2,066 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2003 | 2,097 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2004 | 2,131 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2005 | 2,336 kg/ha | +9.6% |
| 2006 | 2,581 kg/ha | +10.5% |
| 2007 | 2,322 kg/ha | -10.0% |
| 2008 | 2,012 kg/ha | -13.4% |
| 2009 | 1,980 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2010 | 1,994 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2011 | 1,998 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2012 | 2,035 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2013 | 2,083 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 2014 | 2,090 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 2,115 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2016 | 2,152 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2017 | 2,154 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 2,154 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 2,113 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 2020 | 2,026 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 2021 | 1,954 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 2022 | 1,804 kg/ha | -7.7% |
| 2023 | 1,800 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2024 | 2,259 kg/ha | +25.5% |
Guatemala compared with similar countries
- Guatemala's 2,259 kg/ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 4,175 kg/ha, 54% of the median. (46 countries reporting)
- Guatemala's 2,259 kg/ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 3,084 kg/ha, 73% of the median. (31 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 916.02 kg/ha | 828.6 kg/ha | 1,036 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,417 kg/ha | 1,134 kg/ha | 1,745 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,674 kg/ha | 1,369 kg/ha | 2,077 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,824 kg/ha | 1,494 kg/ha | 2,005 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,137 kg/ha | 1,781 kg/ha | 2,581 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,089 kg/ha | 1,994 kg/ha | 2,154 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,969 kg/ha | 1,800 kg/ha | 2,259 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Guatemala
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 maize (corn) — yield in Guatemala?
- Maize (corn) — yield in Guatemala was 2,259 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest maize (corn) — yield recorded in Guatemala?
- The highest recorded value was 2,581 kg/ha in 2006.
- What is the lowest maize (corn) — yield recorded in Guatemala?
- The lowest recorded value was 828.6 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Guatemala rank for maize (corn) — yield?
- Guatemala ranks 105th out of 163 countries with data for 2024.
- Is maize (corn) — yield rising or falling in Guatemala?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.1%. 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 Maize (corn) — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 64 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO).
About this data
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.