Natural rubber in primary forms — Yield in Guatemala
Guatemala: Natural rubber in primary forms — Yield was 1,344 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Natural rubber in primary forms — Yield in Guatemala, 1980–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Guatemala recorded 1,344 kg/ha for natural rubber in primary forms — yield in 2024.
That represents a change of up 3.4% on the previous year and down 62.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, natural rubber in primary forms — yield in Guatemala peaked at 3,557 kg/ha in 2014 and was at its lowest, 620.4 kg/ha, in 1987.
Guatemala ranks 7th of 28 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Natural rubber in primary forms — Yield in Guatemala, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 1,252 kg/ha | — |
| 1981 | 767.7 kg/ha | -38.7% |
| 1982 | 800.5 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 1983 | 1,563 kg/ha | +95.3% |
| 1984 | 1,511 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 1985 | 703.1 kg/ha | -53.5% |
| 1986 | 721.2 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1987 | 620.4 kg/ha | -14.0% |
| 1988 | 656.5 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 1989 | 1,348 kg/ha | +105.3% |
| 1990 | 1,185 kg/ha | -12.1% |
| 1991 | 1,200 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1992 | 1,221 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1993 | 1,275 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 1994 | 1,232 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 1995 | 1,199 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 1996 | 1,240 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1997 | 1,118 kg/ha | -9.8% |
| 1998 | 1,102 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1999 | 1,056 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 2000 | 1,062 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2001 | 1,714 kg/ha | +61.3% |
| 2002 | 1,756 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 2003 | 1,929 kg/ha | +9.9% |
| 2004 | 2,032 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 2005 | 2,037 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2006 | 2,429 kg/ha | +19.2% |
| 2007 | 2,069 kg/ha | -14.8% |
| 2008 | 2,110 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2009 | 3,201 kg/ha | +51.7% |
| 2010 | 3,135 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 2011 | 3,264 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 2012 | 3,318 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2013 | 3,324 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2014 | 3,557 kg/ha | +7.0% |
| 2015 | 3,465 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 2016 | 3,322 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 2017 | 2,347 kg/ha | -29.4% |
| 2018 | 996.1 kg/ha | -57.6% |
| 2019 | 987.7 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2020 | 984.6 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2021 | 1,095 kg/ha | +11.2% |
| 2022 | 1,208 kg/ha | +10.4% |
| 2023 | 1,300 kg/ha | +7.6% |
| 2024 | 1,344 kg/ha | +3.4% |
Guatemala compared with similar countries
- Guatemala's 1,344 kg/ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 1,317 kg/ha, 1.0× the median. (13 countries reporting)
- Guatemala's 1,344 kg/ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 1,330 kg/ha, 1.0× the median. (6 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Natural rubber in primary forms — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | +105.3% | 656.5 kg/ha | 1,348 kg/ha |
| 1983 | +95.3% | 800.5 kg/ha | 1,563 kg/ha |
| 2001 | +61.3% | 1,062 kg/ha | 1,714 kg/ha |
| 2018 | -57.6% | 2,347 kg/ha | 996.1 kg/ha |
| 1985 | -53.5% | 1,511 kg/ha | 703.1 kg/ha |
| 2009 | +51.7% | 2,110 kg/ha | 3,201 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 994.3 kg/ha | 620.4 kg/ha | 1,563 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,183 kg/ha | 1,056 kg/ha | 1,275 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,034 kg/ha | 1,062 kg/ha | 3,201 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,772 kg/ha | 987.7 kg/ha | 3,557 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,186 kg/ha | 984.6 kg/ha | 1,344 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Guatemala
- 4 Philippines 1,644 kg/ha compare
- 5 Gabon 1,578 kg/ha compare
- 6 Ecuador 1,525 kg/ha compare
- 8 Thailand 1,332 kg/ha compare
- 8 Melanesia 584.1 kg/ha compare
- 9 Brazil 1,317 kg/ha compare
- 9 Democratic Republic of the Congo 228.4 kg/ha compare
- 10 Guinea 1,277 kg/ha compare
- 10 Caribbean 1,176 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 natural rubber in primary forms — yield in Guatemala?
- Natural rubber in primary forms — yield in Guatemala was 1,344 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest natural rubber in primary forms — yield recorded in Guatemala?
- The highest recorded value was 3,557 kg/ha in 2014.
- What is the lowest natural rubber in primary forms — yield recorded in Guatemala?
- The lowest recorded value was 620.4 kg/ha in 1987.
- How does Guatemala rank for natural rubber in primary forms — yield?
- Guatemala ranks 7th out of 28 countries with data for 2024.
- Is natural rubber in primary forms — yield rising or falling in Guatemala?
- Over the last ten years it is down 62.2%. 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 Natural rubber in primary forms — 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.