Oil palm fruit — Yield in Guatemala
Guatemala: Oil palm fruit — Yield was 18,152 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Oil palm fruit — Yield in Guatemala, 1983–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, oil palm fruit — yield in Guatemala stood at 18,152 kg/ha.
That represents a change of down 1.5% on the previous year and up 45.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oil palm fruit — yield in Guatemala peaked at 22,277 kg/ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 5,968 kg/ha, in 1983.
Guatemala ranks 3rd of 41 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 42 years of available data.
Oil palm fruit — Yield in Guatemala, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1983 | 5,968 kg/ha | — |
| 1984 | 5,968 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 9,400 kg/ha | +57.5% |
| 1986 | 9,778 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 1987 | 11,733 kg/ha | +20.0% |
| 1988 | 12,900 kg/ha | +9.9% |
| 1989 | 13,833 kg/ha | +7.2% |
| 1990 | 10,800 kg/ha | -21.9% |
| 1991 | 9,524 kg/ha | -11.8% |
| 1992 | 13,333 kg/ha | +40.0% |
| 1993 | 11,667 kg/ha | -12.5% |
| 1994 | 14,700 kg/ha | +26.0% |
| 1995 | 13,333 kg/ha | -9.3% |
| 1996 | 16,000 kg/ha | +20.0% |
| 1997 | 13,750 kg/ha | -14.1% |
| 1998 | 14,118 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1999 | 15,790 kg/ha | +11.8% |
| 2000 | 15,238 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 2001 | 17,391 kg/ha | +14.1% |
| 2002 | 16,667 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 2003 | 16,800 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2004 | 16,154 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 2005 | 20,000 kg/ha | +23.8% |
| 2006 | 17,778 kg/ha | -11.1% |
| 2007 | 18,333 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 2008 | 16,800 kg/ha | -8.4% |
| 2009 | 16,923 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2010 | 15,798 kg/ha | -6.6% |
| 2011 | 18,000 kg/ha | +13.9% |
| 2012 | 16,000 kg/ha | -11.1% |
| 2013 | 14,095 kg/ha | -11.9% |
| 2014 | 12,500 kg/ha | -11.3% |
| 2015 | 15,276 kg/ha | +22.2% |
| 2016 | 16,420 kg/ha | +7.5% |
| 2017 | 16,101 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 2018 | 15,460 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 2019 | 15,310 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2020 | 17,226 kg/ha | +12.5% |
| 2021 | 18,211 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 2022 | 22,277 kg/ha | +22.3% |
| 2023 | 18,421 kg/ha | -17.3% |
| 2024 | 18,152 kg/ha | -1.5% |
Guatemala compared with similar countries
- Guatemala's 18,152 kg/ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 14,392 kg/ha, 1.3× the median. (16 countries reporting)
- Guatemala's 18,152 kg/ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 14,525 kg/ha, 1.2× the median. (13 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 9,940 kg/ha | 5,968 kg/ha | 13,833 kg/ha | 7 |
| 1990s | 13,301 kg/ha | 9,524 kg/ha | 16,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 17,208 kg/ha | 15,238 kg/ha | 20,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 15,496 kg/ha | 12,500 kg/ha | 18,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 18,857 kg/ha | 17,226 kg/ha | 22,277 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Guatemala
- 1 Malaysia 19,770 kg/ha compare
- 2 Thailand 18,333 kg/ha compare
- 2 United Republic of Tanzania 14,045 kg/ha compare
- 4 Benin 17,948 kg/ha compare
- 4 Melanesia 12,036 kg/ha compare
- 5 Indonesia 16,969 kg/ha compare
- 5 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 11,283 kg/ha compare
- 6 Ecuador 16,870 kg/ha compare
- 6 Caribbean 13,797 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 oil palm fruit — yield in Guatemala?
- Oil palm fruit — yield in Guatemala was 18,152 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oil palm fruit — yield recorded in Guatemala?
- The highest recorded value was 22,277 kg/ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest oil palm fruit — yield recorded in Guatemala?
- The lowest recorded value was 5,968 kg/ha in 1983.
- How does Guatemala rank for oil palm fruit — yield?
- Guatemala ranks 3rd out of 41 countries with data for 2024.
- Is oil palm fruit — yield rising or falling in Guatemala?
- Over the last ten years it is up 45.2%. 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 Oil palm fruit — Yield. 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.