Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Guyana
Guyana: Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested was 5,082 ha in 2024. ▬ Flat
Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Guyana, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Guyana stood at 5,082 ha.
That represents a change of up 5.3% on the previous year and up 34.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Guyana peaked at 6,070 ha in 1962 and was at its lowest, 1,971 ha, in 1993.
That places Guyana 144th out of 191 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Guyana, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 5,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 6,070 ha | +21.4% |
| 1963 | 5,075 ha | -16.4% |
| 1964 | 5,908 ha | +16.4% |
| 1965 | 5,949 ha | +0.7% |
| 1966 | 3,677 ha | -38.2% |
| 1967 | 3,059 ha | -16.8% |
| 1968 | 3,217 ha | +5.2% |
| 1969 | 3,478 ha | +8.1% |
| 1970 | 3,696 ha | +6.3% |
| 1971 | 4,119 ha | +11.4% |
| 1972 | 4,168 ha | +1.2% |
| 1973 | 4,326 ha | +3.8% |
| 1974 | 3,400 ha | -21.4% |
| 1975 | 3,400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 3,400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 3,400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 3,200 ha | -5.9% |
| 1979 | 2,700 ha | -15.6% |
| 1980 | 2,000 ha | -25.9% |
| 1981 | 2,450 ha | +22.5% |
| 1982 | 2,900 ha | +18.4% |
| 1983 | 3,500 ha | +20.7% |
| 1984 | 3,600 ha | +2.9% |
| 1985 | 4,500 ha | +25.0% |
| 1986 | 4,300 ha | -4.4% |
| 1987 | 4,400 ha | +2.3% |
| 1988 | 3,000 ha | -31.8% |
| 1989 | 3,400 ha | +13.3% |
| 1990 | 3,000 ha | -11.8% |
| 1991 | 2,114 ha | -29.5% |
| 1992 | 2,076 ha | -1.8% |
| 1993 | 1,971 ha | -5.1% |
| 1994 | 2,046 ha | +3.8% |
| 1995 | 2,894 ha | +41.4% |
| 1996 | 3,034 ha | +4.8% |
| 1997 | 5,248 ha | +73.0% |
| 1998 | 4,661 ha | -11.2% |
| 1999 | 4,705 ha | +0.9% |
| 2000 | 5,645 ha | +20.0% |
| 2001 | 5,619 ha | -0.5% |
| 2002 | 4,772 ha | -15.1% |
| 2003 | 4,455 ha | -6.6% |
| 2004 | 3,981 ha | -10.6% |
| 2005 | 3,816 ha | -4.1% |
| 2006 | 3,670 ha | -3.8% |
| 2007 | 3,679 ha | +0.2% |
| 2008 | 3,208 ha | -12.8% |
| 2009 | 3,161 ha | -1.5% |
| 2010 | 3,181 ha | +0.6% |
| 2011 | 2,870 ha | -9.8% |
| 2012 | 3,160 ha | +10.1% |
| 2013 | 3,323 ha | +5.2% |
| 2014 | 3,774 ha | +13.6% |
| 2015 | 4,364 ha | +15.6% |
| 2016 | 4,536 ha | +3.9% |
| 2017 | 4,062 ha | -10.4% |
| 2018 | 4,748 ha | +16.9% |
| 2019 | 4,037 ha | -15.0% |
| 2020 | 4,009 ha | -0.7% |
| 2021 | 4,439 ha | +10.7% |
| 2022 | 4,773 ha | +7.5% |
| 2023 | 4,824 ha | +1.1% |
| 2024 | 5,082 ha | +5.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4,604 ha | 3,059 ha | 6,070 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,581 ha | 2,700 ha | 4,326 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,405 ha | 2,000 ha | 4,500 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 3,175 ha | 1,971 ha | 5,248 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 4,201 ha | 3,161 ha | 5,645 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,806 ha | 2,870 ha | 4,748 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,625 ha | 4,009 ha | 5,082 ha | 5 |
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- 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 roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Guyana?
- Roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Guyana was 5,082 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 Guyana?
- The highest recorded value was 6,070 ha in 1962.
- What is the lowest roots and tubers, total — area harvested recorded in Guyana?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,971 ha in 1993.
- How does Guyana rank for roots and tubers, total — area harvested?
- Guyana ranks 144th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is roots and tubers, total — area harvested rising or falling in Guyana?
- Over the last ten years it is up 34.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Guyana 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.