Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Guatemala
Guatemala: Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested was 23,892 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Guatemala, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Guatemala stood at 23,892 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 7.1% on the previous year and down 4.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Guatemala peaked at 27,958 ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 4,918 ha, in 1961.
That places Guatemala 95th out of 191 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.
Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Guatemala, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 4,918 ha | — |
| 1962 | 5,600 ha | +13.9% |
| 1963 | 5,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 6,900 ha | +23.2% |
| 1965 | 7,200 ha | +4.3% |
| 1966 | 6,900 ha | -4.2% |
| 1967 | 6,900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 8,100 ha | +17.4% |
| 1969 | 8,900 ha | +9.9% |
| 1970 | 8,900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 8,700 ha | -2.2% |
| 1972 | 7,800 ha | -10.3% |
| 1973 | 8,900 ha | +14.1% |
| 1974 | 12,300 ha | +38.2% |
| 1975 | 13,600 ha | +10.6% |
| 1976 | 15,700 ha | +15.4% |
| 1977 | 17,800 ha | +13.4% |
| 1978 | 18,900 ha | +6.2% |
| 1979 | 14,866 ha | -21.3% |
| 1980 | 13,800 ha | -7.2% |
| 1981 | 15,600 ha | +13.0% |
| 1982 | 16,400 ha | +5.1% |
| 1983 | 13,750 ha | -16.2% |
| 1984 | 14,470 ha | +5.2% |
| 1985 | 12,780 ha | -11.7% |
| 1986 | 13,020 ha | +1.9% |
| 1987 | 13,480 ha | +3.5% |
| 1988 | 11,400 ha | -15.4% |
| 1989 | 11,900 ha | +4.4% |
| 1990 | 13,200 ha | +10.9% |
| 1991 | 12,355 ha | -6.4% |
| 1992 | 13,630 ha | +10.3% |
| 1993 | 13,868 ha | +1.7% |
| 1994 | 13,556 ha | -2.2% |
| 1995 | 14,220 ha | +4.9% |
| 1996 | 14,148 ha | -0.5% |
| 1997 | 14,225 ha | +0.5% |
| 1998 | 14,807 ha | +4.1% |
| 1999 | 18,370 ha | +24.1% |
| 2000 | 18,490 ha | +0.7% |
| 2001 | 14,710 ha | -20.4% |
| 2002 | 15,123 ha | +2.8% |
| 2003 | 20,309 ha | +34.3% |
| 2004 | 20,382 ha | +0.4% |
| 2005 | 19,289 ha | -5.4% |
| 2006 | 19,721 ha | +2.2% |
| 2007 | 21,141 ha | +7.2% |
| 2008 | 22,085 ha | +4.5% |
| 2009 | 22,344 ha | +1.2% |
| 2010 | 22,825 ha | +2.2% |
| 2011 | 23,149 ha | +1.4% |
| 2012 | 24,282 ha | +4.9% |
| 2013 | 24,879 ha | +2.5% |
| 2014 | 25,105 ha | +0.9% |
| 2015 | 25,493 ha | +1.5% |
| 2016 | 25,780 ha | +1.1% |
| 2017 | 26,402 ha | +2.4% |
| 2018 | 26,835 ha | +1.6% |
| 2019 | 26,197 ha | -2.4% |
| 2020 | 26,462 ha | +1.0% |
| 2021 | 26,508 ha | +0.2% |
| 2022 | 27,958 ha | +5.5% |
| 2023 | 22,300 ha | -20.2% |
| 2024 | 23,892 ha | +7.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6,780 ha | 4,918 ha | 8,900 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 12,747 ha | 7,800 ha | 18,900 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 13,660 ha | 11,400 ha | 16,400 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 14,238 ha | 12,355 ha | 18,370 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 19,359 ha | 14,710 ha | 22,344 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 25,095 ha | 22,825 ha | 26,835 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 25,424 ha | 22,300 ha | 27,958 ha | 5 |
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- 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 roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Guatemala?
- Roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Guatemala was 23,892 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest roots and tubers, total — area harvested recorded in Guatemala?
- The highest recorded value was 27,958 ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest roots and tubers, total — area harvested recorded in Guatemala?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,918 ha in 1961.
- How does Guatemala rank for roots and tubers, total — area harvested?
- Guatemala ranks 95th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is roots and tubers, total — area harvested rising or falling in Guatemala?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.8%. 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 Roots and Tubers, Total — 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.