Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested in Guyana
Guyana: Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested was 30,176 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested in Guyana, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Guyana recorded 30,176 ha for oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 14.9% on the previous year and up 636.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested in Guyana peaked at 30,176 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 3 ha, in 1961.
Guyana ranks 123rd of 186 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested in Guyana, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 3 ha | — |
| 1962 | 3 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 4 ha | +33.3% |
| 1964 | 5 ha | +25.0% |
| 1965 | 5 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 5 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 5 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 12 ha | +140.0% |
| 1969 | 23 ha | +91.7% |
| 1970 | 30 ha | +30.4% |
| 1971 | 264 ha | +780.0% |
| 1972 | 109 ha | -58.7% |
| 1973 | 163 ha | +49.5% |
| 1974 | 182 ha | +11.7% |
| 1975 | 335 ha | +84.1% |
| 1976 | 460 ha | +37.3% |
| 1977 | 710 ha | +54.3% |
| 1978 | 700 ha | -1.4% |
| 1979 | 1,200 ha | +71.4% |
| 1980 | 900 ha | -25.0% |
| 1981 | 900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 950 ha | +5.6% |
| 1983 | 750 ha | -21.1% |
| 1984 | 800 ha | +6.7% |
| 1985 | 10,800 ha | +1250.0% |
| 1986 | 11,600 ha | +7.4% |
| 1987 | 12,000 ha | +3.4% |
| 1988 | 11,800 ha | -1.7% |
| 1989 | 11,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 12,348 ha | +4.6% |
| 1991 | 8,563 ha | -30.7% |
| 1992 | 9,855 ha | +15.1% |
| 1993 | 11,655 ha | +18.3% |
| 1994 | 12,709 ha | +9.0% |
| 1995 | 15,186 ha | +19.5% |
| 1996 | 17,755 ha | +16.9% |
| 1997 | 24,121 ha | +35.9% |
| 1998 | 13,254 ha | -45.1% |
| 1999 | 13,753 ha | +3.8% |
| 2000 | 15,253 ha | +10.9% |
| 2001 | 19,145 ha | +25.5% |
| 2002 | 15,124 ha | -21.0% |
| 2003 | 15,527 ha | +2.7% |
| 2004 | 15,290 ha | -1.5% |
| 2005 | 14,788 ha | -3.3% |
| 2006 | 22,976 ha | +55.4% |
| 2007 | 15,693 ha | -31.7% |
| 2008 | 17,583 ha | +12.0% |
| 2009 | 17,371 ha | -1.2% |
| 2010 | 9,294 ha | -46.5% |
| 2011 | 6,723 ha | -27.7% |
| 2012 | 5,699 ha | -15.2% |
| 2013 | 5,177 ha | -9.2% |
| 2014 | 4,100 ha | -20.8% |
| 2015 | 5,707 ha | +39.2% |
| 2016 | 4,782 ha | -16.2% |
| 2017 | 5,515 ha | +15.3% |
| 2018 | 11,516 ha | +108.8% |
| 2019 | 11,722 ha | +1.8% |
| 2020 | 11,832 ha | +0.9% |
| 2021 | 12,043 ha | +1.8% |
| 2022 | 16,375 ha | +36.0% |
| 2023 | 26,266 ha | +60.4% |
| 2024 | 30,176 ha | +14.9% |
Guyana compared with similar countries
- Guyana's 30,176 ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 52,034 ha, 58% of the median. (52 countries reporting)
- Guyana's 30,176 ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 30,920 ha, 98% of the median. (32 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested in Guyana 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | +1250.0% | 800 ha | 10,800 ha |
| 1971 | +780.0% | 30 ha | 264 ha |
| 1968 | +140.0% | 5 ha | 12 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 7.22 ha | 3 ha | 23 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 415.3 ha | 30 ha | 1,200 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 6,230 ha | 750 ha | 12,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 13,920 ha | 8,563 ha | 24,121 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 16,875 ha | 14,788 ha | 22,976 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 7,024 ha | 4,100 ha | 11,722 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 19,338 ha | 11,832 ha | 30,176 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Guyana
- 120 Switzerland 35,446 ha compare
- 121 Burundi 34,294 ha compare
- 122 Panama 31,663 ha compare
- 124 Kiribati 29,066 ha compare
- 125 Saudi Arabia 28,061 ha compare
- 126 Kyrgyzstan 27,298 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Guyana
- Cropland extent over the long-term, annual growth rate 0.0667 % 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 0.5382 hectares per person (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, annual growth rate 0.0287 % 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 1.25 hectares per person (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 11.48 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0773 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 2,507 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.5708 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested in Guyana?
- Oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested in Guyana was 30,176 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested recorded in Guyana?
- The highest recorded value was 30,176 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested recorded in Guyana?
- The lowest recorded value was 3 ha in 1961.
- How does Guyana rank for oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested?
- Guyana ranks 123rd out of 186 countries with data for 2024.
- Is oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested rising or falling in Guyana?
- Over the last ten years it is up 636.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Guyana 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.