Papayas — Yield in Guatemala
Guatemala: Papayas — Yield was 30,715 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Papayas — Yield in Guatemala, 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, papayas — yield in Guatemala stood at 30,715 kg/ha.
That represents a change of down 0.6% on the previous year and up 12.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, papayas — yield in Guatemala peaked at 47,420 kg/ha in 1991 and was at its lowest, 19,804 kg/ha, in 2001.
That places Guatemala 15th out of 64 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 35 years of available data.
Papayas — Yield in Guatemala, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 47,314 kg/ha | — |
| 1991 | 47,420 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1992 | 45,749 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 1993 | 46,671 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1994 | 37,326 kg/ha | -20.0% |
| 1995 | 39,517 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 1996 | 39,976 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1997 | 32,857 kg/ha | -17.8% |
| 1998 | 32,529 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1999 | 34,019 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 2000 | 34,343 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2001 | 19,804 kg/ha | -42.3% |
| 2002 | 31,375 kg/ha | +58.4% |
| 2003 | 27,370 kg/ha | -12.8% |
| 2004 | 24,032 kg/ha | -12.2% |
| 2005 | 22,715 kg/ha | -5.5% |
| 2006 | 22,949 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2007 | 22,723 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2008 | 23,844 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 2009 | 24,014 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2010 | 23,948 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2011 | 24,234 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2012 | 25,936 kg/ha | +7.0% |
| 2013 | 23,465 kg/ha | -9.5% |
| 2014 | 27,252 kg/ha | +16.1% |
| 2015 | 30,309 kg/ha | +11.2% |
| 2016 | 31,510 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 2017 | 29,811 kg/ha | -5.4% |
| 2018 | 30,329 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2019 | 29,642 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 2020 | 30,613 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 2021 | 28,740 kg/ha | -6.1% |
| 2022 | 30,754 kg/ha | +7.0% |
| 2023 | 30,898 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2024 | 30,715 kg/ha | -0.6% |
Guatemala compared with similar countries
- Guatemala's 30,715 kg/ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 21,345 kg/ha, 1.4× the median. (24 countries reporting)
- Guatemala's 30,715 kg/ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 20,560 kg/ha, 1.5× the median. (24 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Papayas — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | +58.4% | 19,804 kg/ha | 31,375 kg/ha |
| 2001 | -42.3% | 34,343 kg/ha | 19,804 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 40,338 kg/ha | 32,529 kg/ha | 47,420 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 25,317 kg/ha | 19,804 kg/ha | 34,343 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 27,644 kg/ha | 23,465 kg/ha | 31,510 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 30,344 kg/ha | 28,740 kg/ha | 30,898 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Guatemala
- 12 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 10,550 kg/ha compare
- 12 Thailand 39,885 kg/ha compare
- 13 India 35,523 kg/ha compare
- 13 Lao People's Democratic Republic 9,206 kg/ha compare
- 14 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 7,680 kg/ha compare
- 14 Saudi Arabia 34,043 kg/ha compare
- 16 El Salvador 29,210 kg/ha compare
- 17 Honduras 28,504 kg/ha compare
- 18 Nauru 25,730 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 papayas — yield in Guatemala?
- Papayas — yield in Guatemala was 30,715 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest papayas — yield recorded in Guatemala?
- The highest recorded value was 47,420 kg/ha in 1991.
- What is the lowest papayas — yield recorded in Guatemala?
- The lowest recorded value was 19,804 kg/ha in 2001.
- How does Guatemala rank for papayas — yield?
- Guatemala ranks 15th out of 64 countries with data for 2024.
- Is papayas — yield rising or falling in Guatemala?
- Over the last ten years it is up 12.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Guatemala data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Papayas — 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.