Potatoes — Area harvested in Guatemala
Guatemala: Potatoes — Area harvested was 21,548 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Potatoes — Area harvested in Guatemala, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, potatoes — area harvested in Guatemala stood at 21,548 ha.
The figure is up 8.5% on the previous year and up 2.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, potatoes — area harvested in Guatemala peaked at 25,189 ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 3,318 ha, in 1961.
Guatemala ranks 71st of 153 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.
Potatoes — Area harvested in Guatemala, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 3,318 ha | — |
| 1962 | 3,900 ha | +17.5% |
| 1963 | 3,900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 5,100 ha | +30.8% |
| 1965 | 5,400 ha | +5.9% |
| 1966 | 5,000 ha | -7.4% |
| 1967 | 5,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 6,100 ha | +22.0% |
| 1969 | 6,800 ha | +11.5% |
| 1970 | 6,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 6,500 ha | -4.4% |
| 1972 | 5,500 ha | -15.4% |
| 1973 | 6,500 ha | +18.2% |
| 1974 | 9,800 ha | +50.8% |
| 1975 | 11,000 ha | +12.2% |
| 1976 | 13,000 ha | +18.2% |
| 1977 | 15,000 ha | +15.4% |
| 1978 | 16,000 ha | +6.7% |
| 1979 | 12,500 ha | -21.9% |
| 1980 | 11,400 ha | -8.8% |
| 1981 | 13,100 ha | +14.9% |
| 1982 | 13,600 ha | +3.8% |
| 1983 | 10,900 ha | -19.9% |
| 1984 | 11,600 ha | +6.4% |
| 1985 | 9,840 ha | -15.2% |
| 1986 | 10,020 ha | +1.8% |
| 1987 | 10,410 ha | +3.9% |
| 1988 | 7,500 ha | -28.0% |
| 1989 | 7,440 ha | -0.8% |
| 1990 | 8,200 ha | +10.2% |
| 1991 | 7,555 ha | -7.9% |
| 1992 | 9,030 ha | +19.5% |
| 1993 | 8,960 ha | -0.8% |
| 1994 | 9,030 ha | +0.8% |
| 1995 | 9,240 ha | +2.3% |
| 1996 | 9,240 ha | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 9,310 ha | +0.8% |
| 1998 | 9,450 ha | +1.5% |
| 1999 | 9,590 ha | +1.5% |
| 2000 | 9,660 ha | +0.7% |
| 2001 | 9,660 ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 10,500 ha | +8.7% |
| 2003 | 16,087 ha | +53.2% |
| 2004 | 16,087 ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 16,100 ha | +0.1% |
| 2006 | 17,682 ha | +9.8% |
| 2007 | 18,032 ha | +2.0% |
| 2008 | 18,521 ha | +2.7% |
| 2009 | 18,521 ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 19,080 ha | +3.0% |
| 2011 | 19,290 ha | +1.1% |
| 2012 | 20,338 ha | +5.4% |
| 2013 | 20,827 ha | +2.4% |
| 2014 | 20,967 ha | +0.7% |
| 2015 | 21,177 ha | +1.0% |
| 2016 | 20,967 ha | -1.0% |
| 2017 | 21,500 ha | +2.5% |
| 2018 | 21,800 ha | +1.4% |
| 2019 | 22,674 ha | +4.0% |
| 2020 | 23,050 ha | +1.7% |
| 2021 | 22,645 ha | -1.8% |
| 2022 | 25,189 ha | +11.2% |
| 2023 | 19,858 ha | -21.2% |
| 2024 | 21,548 ha | +8.5% |
Guatemala compared with similar countries
- Guatemala's 21,548 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 15,744 ha, 1.4× the median. (40 countries reporting)
- Guatemala's 21,548 ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 3,144 ha, 6.9× the median. (22 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Potatoes — Area harvested 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | +53.2% | 10,500 ha | 16,087 ha |
| 1974 | +50.8% | 6,500 ha | 9,800 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4,946 ha | 3,318 ha | 6,800 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 10,260 ha | 5,500 ha | 16,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 10,581 ha | 7,440 ha | 13,600 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 8,960 ha | 7,555 ha | 9,590 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 15,085 ha | 9,660 ha | 18,521 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 20,862 ha | 19,080 ha | 22,674 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 22,458 ha | 19,858 ha | 25,189 ha | 5 |
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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 potatoes — area harvested in Guatemala?
- Potatoes — area harvested in Guatemala was 21,548 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest potatoes — area harvested recorded in Guatemala?
- The highest recorded value was 25,189 ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest potatoes — area harvested recorded in Guatemala?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,318 ha in 1961.
- How does Guatemala rank for potatoes — area harvested?
- Guatemala ranks 71st out of 153 countries with data for 2024.
- Is potatoes — area harvested rising or falling in Guatemala?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.8%. 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 Potatoes — 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.