Plantains and cooking bananas — Area harvested in Guatemala
Guatemala: Plantains and cooking bananas — Area harvested was 10,507 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Plantains and cooking bananas — Area harvested in Guatemala, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, plantains and cooking bananas — area harvested in Guatemala stood at 10,507 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 31.9% on the previous year and down 22.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, plantains and cooking bananas — area harvested in Guatemala peaked at 17,702 ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 4,300 ha, in 1961.
Guatemala ranks 24th of 50 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.
Plantains and cooking bananas — Area harvested in Guatemala, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 4,300 ha | — |
| 1962 | 4,800 ha | +11.6% |
| 1963 | 5,500 ha | +14.6% |
| 1964 | 6,100 ha | +10.9% |
| 1965 | 6,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 5,600 ha | -8.2% |
| 1967 | 6,500 ha | +16.1% |
| 1968 | 5,900 ha | -9.2% |
| 1969 | 5,900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 7,000 ha | +18.6% |
| 1971 | 7,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 7,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 7,500 ha | +7.1% |
| 1974 | 7,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 7,000 ha | -6.7% |
| 1976 | 7,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 7,800 ha | +11.4% |
| 1978 | 7,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 6,670 ha | -14.5% |
| 1980 | 6,900 ha | +3.4% |
| 1981 | 6,900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 6,900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 7,100 ha | +2.9% |
| 1984 | 7,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 7,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 7,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 6,020 ha | -15.2% |
| 1988 | 6,020 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 6,020 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 6,020 ha | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 6,020 ha | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 6,020 ha | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 6,020 ha | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 6,020 ha | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 6,300 ha | +4.7% |
| 1996 | 6,440 ha | +2.2% |
| 1997 | 6,580 ha | +2.2% |
| 1998 | 6,720 ha | +2.1% |
| 1999 | 6,720 ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 6,790 ha | +1.0% |
| 2001 | 11,182 ha | +64.7% |
| 2002 | 11,881 ha | +6.3% |
| 2003 | 11,881 ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 11,951 ha | +0.6% |
| 2005 | 12,580 ha | +5.3% |
| 2006 | 12,580 ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 11,881 ha | -5.6% |
| 2008 | 11,881 ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 11,881 ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 11,874 ha | -0.1% |
| 2011 | 12,056 ha | +1.5% |
| 2012 | 11,867 ha | -1.6% |
| 2013 | 12,384 ha | +4.4% |
| 2014 | 13,628 ha | +10.0% |
| 2015 | 13,838 ha | +1.5% |
| 2016 | 15,446 ha | +11.6% |
| 2017 | 15,650 ha | +1.3% |
| 2018 | 16,700 ha | +6.7% |
| 2019 | 8,625 ha | -48.4% |
| 2020 | 10,064 ha | +16.7% |
| 2021 | 17,702 ha | +75.9% |
| 2022 | 15,364 ha | -13.2% |
| 2023 | 15,437 ha | +0.5% |
| 2024 | 10,507 ha | -31.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5,633 ha | 4,300 ha | 6,500 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 7,227 ha | 6,670 ha | 7,800 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 6,716 ha | 6,020 ha | 7,100 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 6,286 ha | 6,020 ha | 6,720 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 11,449 ha | 6,790 ha | 12,580 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 13,207 ha | 8,625 ha | 16,700 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 13,815 ha | 10,064 ha | 17,702 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Guatemala
- 21 Panama 14,350 ha compare
- 22 Bangladesh 11,719 ha compare
- 23 Congo 11,563 ha compare
- 25 Sierra Leone 8,509 ha compare
- 26 Equatorial Guinea 8,069 ha compare
- 27 Honduras 7,919 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 plantains and cooking bananas — area harvested in Guatemala?
- Plantains and cooking bananas — area harvested in Guatemala was 10,507 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest plantains and cooking bananas — area harvested recorded in Guatemala?
- The highest recorded value was 17,702 ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest plantains and cooking bananas — area harvested recorded in Guatemala?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,300 ha in 1961.
- How does Guatemala rank for plantains and cooking bananas — area harvested?
- Guatemala ranks 24th out of 50 countries with data for 2024.
- Is plantains and cooking bananas — area harvested rising or falling in Guatemala?
- Over the last ten years it is down 22.9%. 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 Plantains and cooking bananas — Area harvested. 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.