Meat, Total — Production in Guatemala
Guatemala: Meat, Total — Production was 753,192 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Meat, Total — Production in Guatemala, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Guatemala recorded 753,192 t for meat, total — production in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 9.9% on the previous year and up 47.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat, total — production in Guatemala peaked at 836,002 t in 2023 and was at its lowest, 58,293 t, in 1961.
That places Guatemala 61st out of 194 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Meat, Total — Production in Guatemala, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 58,293 t | — |
| 1962 | 62,013 t | +6.4% |
| 1963 | 66,881 t | +7.8% |
| 1964 | 64,466 t | -3.6% |
| 1965 | 65,450 t | +1.5% |
| 1966 | 62,992 t | -3.8% |
| 1967 | 69,640 t | +10.6% |
| 1968 | 77,656 t | +11.5% |
| 1969 | 78,232 t | +0.7% |
| 1970 | 81,218 t | +3.8% |
| 1971 | 88,436 t | +8.9% |
| 1972 | 91,595 t | +3.6% |
| 1973 | 89,505 t | -2.3% |
| 1974 | 85,018 t | -5.0% |
| 1975 | 91,083 t | +7.1% |
| 1976 | 98,132 t | +7.7% |
| 1977 | 100,453 t | +2.4% |
| 1978 | 101,772 t | +1.3% |
| 1979 | 101,881 t | +0.1% |
| 1980 | 109,726 t | +7.7% |
| 1981 | 112,728 t | +2.7% |
| 1982 | 109,625 t | -2.8% |
| 1983 | 116,338 t | +6.1% |
| 1984 | 118,839 t | +2.1% |
| 1985 | 121,736 t | +2.4% |
| 1986 | 112,029 t | -8.0% |
| 1987 | 124,091 t | +10.8% |
| 1988 | 134,367 t | +8.3% |
| 1989 | 150,527 t | +12.0% |
| 1990 | 159,980 t | +6.3% |
| 1991 | 139,530 t | -12.8% |
| 1992 | 147,699 t | +5.9% |
| 1993 | 159,817 t | +8.2% |
| 1994 | 171,903 t | +7.6% |
| 1995 | 179,205 t | +4.2% |
| 1996 | 185,265 t | +3.4% |
| 1997 | 216,000 t | +16.6% |
| 1998 | 227,103 t | +5.1% |
| 1999 | 225,930 t | -0.5% |
| 2000 | 228,435 t | +1.1% |
| 2001 | 237,498 t | +4.0% |
| 2002 | 259,827 t | +9.4% |
| 2003 | 251,040 t | -3.4% |
| 2004 | 247,064 t | -1.6% |
| 2005 | 252,272 t | +2.1% |
| 2006 | 274,691 t | +8.9% |
| 2007 | 289,752 t | +5.5% |
| 2008 | 294,231 t | +1.5% |
| 2009 | 321,876 t | +9.4% |
| 2010 | 328,312 t | +2.0% |
| 2011 | 348,939 t | +6.3% |
| 2012 | 366,511 t | +5.0% |
| 2013 | 378,494 t | +3.3% |
| 2014 | 510,998 t | +35.0% |
| 2015 | 520,232 t | +1.8% |
| 2016 | 531,702 t | +2.2% |
| 2017 | 540,109 t | +1.6% |
| 2018 | 571,729 t | +5.9% |
| 2019 | 593,995 t | +3.9% |
| 2020 | 683,813 t | +15.1% |
| 2021 | 623,367 t | -8.8% |
| 2022 | 697,468 t | +11.9% |
| 2023 | 836,002 t | +19.9% |
| 2024 | 753,192 t | -9.9% |
Guatemala compared with similar countries
- Guatemala's 753,192 t is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 286,984 t, 2.6× the median. (51 countries reporting)
- Guatemala's 753,192 t is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 175,376 t, 4.3× the median. (32 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 67,291 t | 58,293 t | 78,232 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 92,909 t | 81,218 t | 101,881 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 121,001 t | 109,625 t | 150,527 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 181,243 t | 139,530 t | 227,103 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 265,669 t | 228,435 t | 321,876 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 469,102 t | 328,312 t | 593,995 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 718,768 t | 623,367 t | 836,002 t | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Guatemala
- Cropland extent over the long-term, annual growth rate 0.2971 % change on previous year (2025)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per capita 0.1481 hectares per person (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, annual growth rate 0.314 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per capita 0.2498 hectares per person (2025)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is meat, total — production in Guatemala?
- Meat, total — production in Guatemala was 753,192 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest meat, total — production recorded in Guatemala?
- The highest recorded value was 836,002 t in 2023.
- What is the lowest meat, total — production recorded in Guatemala?
- The lowest recorded value was 58,293 t in 1961.
- How does Guatemala rank for meat, total — production?
- Guatemala ranks 61st out of 194 countries with data for 2024.
- Is meat, total — production rising or falling in Guatemala?
- Over the last ten years it is up 47.4%. 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 Meat, Total — Production. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.