Plantains and cooking bananas — Yield in Guatemala
Guatemala: Plantains and cooking bananas — Yield was 15,204 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Plantains and cooking bananas — Yield in Guatemala, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Guatemala recorded 15,204 kg/ha for plantains and cooking bananas — yield in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 60.7% on the previous year and down 21.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, plantains and cooking bananas — yield in Guatemala peaked at 41,850 kg/ha in 1992 and was at its lowest, 5,000 kg/ha, in 1962.
Guatemala ranks 13th of 50 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Plantains and cooking bananas — Yield in Guatemala, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 5,023 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 5,000 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1963 | 5,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 5,738 kg/ha | +14.8% |
| 1965 | 5,672 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1966 | 5,750 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1967 | 6,031 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 1968 | 5,983 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1969 | 6,034 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1970 | 6,014 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1971 | 6,143 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1972 | 6,429 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 1973 | 6,267 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 1974 | 6,667 kg/ha | +6.4% |
| 1975 | 6,571 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1976 | 6,714 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1977 | 7,051 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 1978 | 7,051 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 7,724 kg/ha | +9.5% |
| 1980 | 7,536 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 1981 | 7,510 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1982 | 7,536 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1983 | 7,493 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1984 | 7,507 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1985 | 7,493 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1986 | 7,695 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1987 | 9,164 kg/ha | +19.1% |
| 1988 | 8,638 kg/ha | -5.7% |
| 1989 | 39,429 kg/ha | +356.5% |
| 1990 | 39,429 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 41,191 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 1992 | 41,850 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1993 | 41,850 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 41,850 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 41,408 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1996 | 39,429 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 1997 | 38,100 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 1998 | 38,115 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 38,610 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2000 | 38,976 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2001 | 22,372 kg/ha | -42.6% |
| 2002 | 23,096 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 2003 | 26,674 kg/ha | +15.5% |
| 2004 | 25,960 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 2005 | 19,470 kg/ha | -25.0% |
| 2006 | 16,309 kg/ha | -16.2% |
| 2007 | 16,744 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 2008 | 17,523 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 2009 | 19,470 kg/ha | +11.1% |
| 2010 | 16,220 kg/ha | -16.7% |
| 2011 | 16,417 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2012 | 17,175 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 2013 | 17,955 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 2014 | 19,338 kg/ha | +7.7% |
| 2015 | 21,377 kg/ha | +10.5% |
| 2016 | 22,476 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 2017 | 22,494 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 22,518 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 22,365 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2020 | 18,733 kg/ha | -16.2% |
| 2021 | 15,543 kg/ha | -17.0% |
| 2022 | 9,778 kg/ha | -37.1% |
| 2023 | 9,459 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 2024 | 15,204 kg/ha | +60.7% |
Guatemala compared with similar countries
- Guatemala's 15,204 kg/ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 12,928 kg/ha, 1.2× the median. (20 countries reporting)
- Guatemala's 15,204 kg/ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 12,928 kg/ha, 1.2× the median. (24 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Plantains and cooking bananas — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | +356.5% | 8,638 kg/ha | 39,429 kg/ha |
| 2024 | +60.7% | 9,459 kg/ha | 15,204 kg/ha |
| 2001 | -42.6% | 38,976 kg/ha | 22,372 kg/ha |
| 2022 | -37.1% | 15,543 kg/ha | 9,778 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5,581 kg/ha | 5,000 kg/ha | 6,034 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 6,663 kg/ha | 6,014 kg/ha | 7,724 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 11,000 kg/ha | 7,493 kg/ha | 39,429 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 40,183 kg/ha | 38,100 kg/ha | 41,850 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 22,660 kg/ha | 16,309 kg/ha | 38,976 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 19,833 kg/ha | 16,220 kg/ha | 22,518 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 13,743 kg/ha | 9,459 kg/ha | 18,733 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Guatemala
- 10 Dominican Republic 16,046 kg/ha compare
- 10 United Republic of Tanzania 1,815 kg/ha compare
- 11 Belize 16,001 kg/ha compare
- 11 Micronesia (Federated States of) 507.9 kg/ha compare
- 11 Micronesia 507.9 kg/ha compare
- 12 Bangladesh 15,745 kg/ha compare
- 14 Panama 15,026 kg/ha compare
- 15 Côte d'Ivoire 3,842 kg/ha compare
- 15 Saint Lucia 14,035 kg/ha compare
- 16 Myanmar 13,956 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 plantains and cooking bananas — yield in Guatemala?
- Plantains and cooking bananas — yield in Guatemala was 15,204 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest plantains and cooking bananas — yield recorded in Guatemala?
- The highest recorded value was 41,850 kg/ha in 1992.
- What is the lowest plantains and cooking bananas — yield recorded in Guatemala?
- The lowest recorded value was 5,000 kg/ha in 1962.
- How does Guatemala rank for plantains and cooking bananas — yield?
- Guatemala ranks 13th out of 50 countries with data for 2024.
- Is plantains and cooking bananas — yield rising or falling in Guatemala?
- Over the last ten years it is down 21.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- 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 — 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.