Pulses, Total — Yield in Guyana
Guyana: Pulses, Total — Yield was 1,350 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Pulses, Total — Yield in Guyana, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for pulses, total — yield in Guyana is 1,350 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.3% on the previous year and down 19.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pulses, total — yield in Guyana peaked at 1,672 kg/ha in 2014 and was at its lowest, 453.3 kg/ha, in 1981.
That places Guyana 74th out of 169 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Pulses, Total — Yield in Guyana, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 705.9 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 705.9 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 717.6 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1964 | 670.7 kg/ha | -6.5% |
| 1965 | 731.7 kg/ha | +9.1% |
| 1966 | 578.6 kg/ha | -20.9% |
| 1967 | 575.8 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1968 | 642.3 kg/ha | +11.5% |
| 1969 | 872.3 kg/ha | +35.8% |
| 1970 | 950.6 kg/ha | +9.0% |
| 1971 | 790 kg/ha | -16.9% |
| 1972 | 815.3 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1973 | 651.7 kg/ha | -20.1% |
| 1974 | 672.2 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1975 | 685 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1976 | 636.8 kg/ha | -7.0% |
| 1977 | 544.5 kg/ha | -14.5% |
| 1978 | 478.3 kg/ha | -12.2% |
| 1979 | 502.3 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 1980 | 505.8 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1981 | 453.3 kg/ha | -10.4% |
| 1982 | 477.4 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 1983 | 540 kg/ha | +13.1% |
| 1984 | 500 kg/ha | -7.4% |
| 1985 | 558.1 kg/ha | +11.6% |
| 1986 | 600 kg/ha | +7.5% |
| 1987 | 590.9 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1988 | 590.9 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 590.9 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 622.2 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 1991 | 603.2 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 1992 | 599.5 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1993 | 590.9 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1994 | 594.5 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1995 | 593.8 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1996 | 588.2 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1997 | 592.6 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1998 | 592.5 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1999 | 591.6 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2000 | 709.4 kg/ha | +19.9% |
| 2001 | 640.2 kg/ha | -9.8% |
| 2002 | 638.4 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2003 | 649.1 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2004 | 644.6 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2005 | 654.7 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2006 | 652.3 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2007 | 660.8 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2008 | 664.4 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2009 | 668 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2010 | 672.2 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2011 | 672.4 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 671.6 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2013 | 671.6 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 1,672 kg/ha | +148.9% |
| 2015 | 1,369 kg/ha | -18.1% |
| 2016 | 929.3 kg/ha | -32.1% |
| 2017 | 1,132 kg/ha | +21.8% |
| 2018 | 1,098 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 2019 | 1,199 kg/ha | +9.2% |
| 2020 | 1,504 kg/ha | +25.4% |
| 2021 | 1,429 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 2022 | 1,311 kg/ha | -8.3% |
| 2023 | 1,332 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2024 | 1,350 kg/ha | +1.3% |
Guyana compared with similar countries
- Guyana's 1,350 kg/ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 2,047 kg/ha, 66% of the median. (46 countries reporting)
- Guyana's 1,350 kg/ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 1,136 kg/ha, 1.2× the median. (31 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Pulses, Total — Yield 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | +148.9% | 671.6 kg/ha | 1,672 kg/ha |
| 1969 | +35.8% | 642.3 kg/ha | 872.3 kg/ha |
| 2016 | -32.1% | 1,369 kg/ha | 929.3 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 688.98 kg/ha | 575.8 kg/ha | 872.3 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 672.67 kg/ha | 478.3 kg/ha | 950.6 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 540.73 kg/ha | 453.3 kg/ha | 600 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 596.9 kg/ha | 588.2 kg/ha | 622.2 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 658.19 kg/ha | 638.4 kg/ha | 709.4 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,009 kg/ha | 671.6 kg/ha | 1,672 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,385 kg/ha | 1,311 kg/ha | 1,504 kg/ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Guyana
- 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)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.7351 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 7.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 7.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.1% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pulses, total — yield in Guyana?
- Pulses, total — yield in Guyana was 1,350 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pulses, total — yield recorded in Guyana?
- The highest recorded value was 1,672 kg/ha in 2014.
- What is the lowest pulses, total — yield recorded in Guyana?
- The lowest recorded value was 453.3 kg/ha in 1981.
- How does Guyana rank for pulses, total — yield?
- Guyana ranks 74th out of 169 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pulses, total — yield rising or falling in Guyana?
- Over the last ten years it is down 19.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Guyana data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Pulses, Total — Yield. 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.