Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in Guatemala
Guatemala: Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield was 23,313 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in Guatemala, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, roots and tubers, total — yield in Guatemala stood at 23,313 kg/ha.
That represents a change of up 1.3% on the previous year and up 10.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots and tubers, total — yield in Guatemala peaked at 24,670 kg/ha in 2001 and was at its lowest, 2,946 kg/ha, in 1980.
Guatemala ranks 55th of 191 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in Guatemala, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 4,350 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 3,411 kg/ha | -21.6% |
| 1963 | 3,500 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1964 | 3,768 kg/ha | +7.7% |
| 1965 | 3,969 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 1966 | 3,725 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 1967 | 3,739 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1968 | 3,753 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1969 | 3,730 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1970 | 4,090 kg/ha | +9.6% |
| 1971 | 3,931 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 1972 | 3,587 kg/ha | -8.7% |
| 1973 | 3,468 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 1974 | 3,774 kg/ha | +8.8% |
| 1975 | 3,890 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1976 | 3,879 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1977 | 3,982 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1978 | 3,664 kg/ha | -8.0% |
| 1979 | 3,940 kg/ha | +7.5% |
| 1980 | 2,946 kg/ha | -25.2% |
| 1981 | 3,718 kg/ha | +26.2% |
| 1982 | 3,598 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 1983 | 4,538 kg/ha | +26.1% |
| 1984 | 4,444 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 1985 | 5,618 kg/ha | +26.4% |
| 1986 | 5,690 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1987 | 5,809 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1988 | 4,825 kg/ha | -17.0% |
| 1989 | 12,444 kg/ha | +157.9% |
| 1990 | 14,277 kg/ha | +14.7% |
| 1991 | 13,799 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 1992 | 14,618 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 1993 | 14,502 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1994 | 14,945 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1995 | 14,576 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 1996 | 14,800 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1997 | 14,995 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1998 | 14,633 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 1999 | 12,344 kg/ha | -15.6% |
| 2000 | 12,837 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 2001 | 24,670 kg/ha | +92.2% |
| 2002 | 23,752 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 2003 | 18,201 kg/ha | -23.4% |
| 2004 | 20,495 kg/ha | +12.6% |
| 2005 | 22,632 kg/ha | +10.4% |
| 2006 | 22,402 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2007 | 21,548 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 2008 | 20,555 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 2009 | 21,123 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 2010 | 21,293 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2011 | 21,439 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2012 | 21,082 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 2013 | 20,906 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2014 | 21,027 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2015 | 21,166 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2016 | 21,111 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2017 | 21,105 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2018 | 21,135 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 22,579 kg/ha | +6.8% |
| 2020 | 22,851 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2021 | 22,371 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 2022 | 23,264 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 2023 | 23,019 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2024 | 23,313 kg/ha | +1.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,772 kg/ha | 3,411 kg/ha | 4,350 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,821 kg/ha | 3,468 kg/ha | 4,090 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 5,363 kg/ha | 2,946 kg/ha | 12,444 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 14,349 kg/ha | 12,344 kg/ha | 14,995 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 20,822 kg/ha | 12,837 kg/ha | 24,670 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 21,284 kg/ha | 20,906 kg/ha | 22,579 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 22,964 kg/ha | 22,371 kg/ha | 23,313 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Guatemala
- 52 Iraq 24,270 kg/ha compare
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- 54 Cambodia 23,614 kg/ha compare
- 56 United Arab Emirates 22,893 kg/ha compare
- 57 Bangladesh 22,484 kg/ha compare
- 58 China, Taiwan Province of 22,402 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)
- Agriculture share gdp 9.55 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 9.55 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 2.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.8% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is roots and tubers, total — yield in Guatemala?
- Roots and tubers, total — yield in Guatemala was 23,313 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest roots and tubers, total — yield recorded in Guatemala?
- The highest recorded value was 24,670 kg/ha in 2001.
- What is the lowest roots and tubers, total — yield recorded in Guatemala?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,946 kg/ha in 1980.
- How does Guatemala rank for roots and tubers, total — yield?
- Guatemala ranks 55th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is roots and tubers, total — yield rising or falling in Guatemala?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.9%. 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 Roots and Tubers, Total — 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.