Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested in Guatemala
Guatemala: Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested was 287,880 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested in Guatemala, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested in Guatemala stood at 287,880 ha. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 3.3% on the previous year and up 58.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested in Guatemala peaked at 287,880 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 46,600 ha, in 1961.
Guatemala ranks 73rd of 186 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.
Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested in Guatemala, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 46,600 ha | — |
| 1962 | 74,700 ha | +60.3% |
| 1963 | 93,100 ha | +24.6% |
| 1964 | 100,100 ha | +7.5% |
| 1965 | 103,000 ha | +2.9% |
| 1966 | 87,400 ha | -15.1% |
| 1967 | 97,800 ha | +11.9% |
| 1968 | 106,500 ha | +8.9% |
| 1969 | 90,633 ha | -14.9% |
| 1970 | 81,900 ha | -9.6% |
| 1971 | 80,000 ha | -2.3% |
| 1972 | 79,050 ha | -1.2% |
| 1973 | 100,180 ha | +26.7% |
| 1974 | 115,080 ha | +14.9% |
| 1975 | 123,140 ha | +7.0% |
| 1976 | 99,509 ha | -19.2% |
| 1977 | 138,655 ha | +39.3% |
| 1978 | 140,693 ha | +1.5% |
| 1979 | 140,956 ha | +0.2% |
| 1980 | 138,311 ha | -1.9% |
| 1981 | 129,509 ha | -6.4% |
| 1982 | 97,195 ha | -25.0% |
| 1983 | 82,153 ha | -15.5% |
| 1984 | 93,450 ha | +13.8% |
| 1985 | 102,290 ha | +9.5% |
| 1986 | 111,100 ha | +8.6% |
| 1987 | 81,880 ha | -26.3% |
| 1988 | 98,198 ha | +19.9% |
| 1989 | 81,112 ha | -17.4% |
| 1990 | 96,772 ha | +19.3% |
| 1991 | 97,361 ha | +0.6% |
| 1992 | 103,975 ha | +6.8% |
| 1993 | 85,228 ha | -18.0% |
| 1994 | 78,874 ha | -7.5% |
| 1995 | 81,803 ha | +3.7% |
| 1996 | 92,307 ha | +12.8% |
| 1997 | 89,820 ha | -2.7% |
| 1998 | 85,991 ha | -4.3% |
| 1999 | 93,780 ha | +9.1% |
| 2000 | 97,080 ha | +3.5% |
| 2001 | 99,010 ha | +2.0% |
| 2002 | 99,567 ha | +0.6% |
| 2003 | 100,356 ha | +0.8% |
| 2004 | 96,764 ha | -3.6% |
| 2005 | 100,336 ha | +3.7% |
| 2006 | 119,280 ha | +18.9% |
| 2007 | 121,451 ha | +1.8% |
| 2008 | 106,307 ha | -12.5% |
| 2009 | 108,275 ha | +1.9% |
| 2010 | 116,784 ha | +7.9% |
| 2011 | 122,416 ha | +4.8% |
| 2012 | 150,045 ha | +22.6% |
| 2013 | 166,740 ha | +11.1% |
| 2014 | 181,754 ha | +9.0% |
| 2015 | 206,933 ha | +13.9% |
| 2016 | 212,756 ha | +2.8% |
| 2017 | 229,812 ha | +8.0% |
| 2018 | 232,718 ha | +1.3% |
| 2019 | 241,676 ha | +3.8% |
| 2020 | 257,020 ha | +6.3% |
| 2021 | 265,993 ha | +3.5% |
| 2022 | 273,726 ha | +2.9% |
| 2023 | 278,687 ha | +1.8% |
| 2024 | 287,880 ha | +3.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 88,870 ha | 46,600 ha | 106,500 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 109,916 ha | 79,050 ha | 140,956 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 101,520 ha | 81,112 ha | 138,311 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 90,591 ha | 78,874 ha | 103,975 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 104,843 ha | 96,764 ha | 121,451 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 186,163 ha | 116,784 ha | 241,676 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 272,661 ha | 257,020 ha | 287,880 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Guatemala
- 70 Serbia and Montenegro 334,005 ha compare
- 71 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 310,967 ha compare
- 72 Slovakia 291,198 ha compare
- 74 Nepal 261,986 ha compare
- 75 Czechoslovakia 261,353 ha compare
- 76 Kenya 260,851 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)
- Agriculture share gdp 9.55 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 9.55 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 2.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.8% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested in Guatemala?
- Oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested in Guatemala was 287,880 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested recorded in Guatemala?
- The highest recorded value was 287,880 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested recorded in Guatemala?
- The lowest recorded value was 46,600 ha in 1961.
- How does Guatemala rank for oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested?
- Guatemala ranks 73rd out of 186 countries with data for 2024.
- Is oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested rising or falling in Guatemala?
- Over the last ten years it is up 58.4%. 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 Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested. 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.