Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in Guyana
Guyana: Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield was 28,975 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in Guyana, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, roots and tubers, total — yield in Guyana stood at 28,975 kg/ha. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 3.5% on the previous year and up 49.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots and tubers, total — yield in Guyana peaked at 28,975 kg/ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 5,604 kg/ha, in 1965.
That places Guyana 36th out of 191 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in Guyana, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 6,400 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 6,493 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1963 | 6,370 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 1964 | 6,382 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1965 | 5,604 kg/ha | -12.2% |
| 1966 | 6,166 kg/ha | +10.0% |
| 1967 | 6,079 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1968 | 6,165 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1969 | 6,904 kg/ha | +12.0% |
| 1970 | 6,950 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1971 | 6,434 kg/ha | -7.4% |
| 1972 | 6,584 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1973 | 6,570 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1974 | 6,537 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1975 | 6,871 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 1976 | 6,404 kg/ha | -6.8% |
| 1977 | 7,204 kg/ha | +12.5% |
| 1978 | 6,875 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 1979 | 6,720 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1980 | 6,628 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1981 | 6,531 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1982 | 6,552 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1983 | 7,129 kg/ha | +8.8% |
| 1984 | 7,058 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1985 | 7,360 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 1986 | 6,977 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 1987 | 7,046 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1988 | 10,367 kg/ha | +47.1% |
| 1989 | 9,941 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 1990 | 9,600 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 1991 | 19,442 kg/ha | +102.5% |
| 1992 | 19,417 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1993 | 19,840 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1994 | 19,163 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 1995 | 17,368 kg/ha | -9.4% |
| 1996 | 16,909 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 1997 | 11,818 kg/ha | -30.1% |
| 1998 | 10,319 kg/ha | -12.7% |
| 1999 | 10,817 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 2000 | 12,874 kg/ha | +19.0% |
| 2001 | 10,364 kg/ha | -19.5% |
| 2002 | 9,676 kg/ha | -6.6% |
| 2003 | 11,569 kg/ha | +19.6% |
| 2004 | 12,165 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 2005 | 11,050 kg/ha | -9.2% |
| 2006 | 12,006 kg/ha | +8.7% |
| 2007 | 11,546 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 2008 | 8,187 kg/ha | -29.1% |
| 2009 | 9,264 kg/ha | +13.1% |
| 2010 | 9,797 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 2011 | 7,716 kg/ha | -21.2% |
| 2012 | 8,371 kg/ha | +8.5% |
| 2013 | 8,730 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 2014 | 19,365 kg/ha | +121.8% |
| 2015 | 25,572 kg/ha | +32.1% |
| 2016 | 24,896 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 2017 | 22,694 kg/ha | -8.8% |
| 2018 | 20,472 kg/ha | -9.8% |
| 2019 | 25,441 kg/ha | +24.3% |
| 2020 | 26,642 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 2021 | 26,854 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2022 | 27,636 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2023 | 28,002 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2024 | 28,975 kg/ha | +3.5% |
Guyana compared with similar countries
- Guyana's 28,975 kg/ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 27,824 kg/ha, 1.0× the median. (56 countries reporting)
- Guyana's 28,975 kg/ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 12,572 kg/ha, 2.3× the median. (32 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Roots and Tubers, 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 | +121.8% | 8,730 kg/ha | 19,365 kg/ha |
| 1991 | +102.5% | 9,600 kg/ha | 19,442 kg/ha |
| 1988 | +47.1% | 7,046 kg/ha | 10,367 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6,285 kg/ha | 5,604 kg/ha | 6,904 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 6,715 kg/ha | 6,404 kg/ha | 7,204 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 7,559 kg/ha | 6,531 kg/ha | 10,367 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 15,469 kg/ha | 9,600 kg/ha | 19,840 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 10,870 kg/ha | 8,187 kg/ha | 12,874 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 17,305 kg/ha | 7,716 kg/ha | 25,572 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 27,622 kg/ha | 26,642 kg/ha | 28,975 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 roots and tubers, total — yield in Guyana?
- Roots and tubers, total — yield in Guyana was 28,975 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 Guyana?
- The highest recorded value was 28,975 kg/ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest roots and tubers, total — yield recorded in Guyana?
- The lowest recorded value was 5,604 kg/ha in 1965.
- How does Guyana rank for roots and tubers, total — yield?
- Guyana ranks 36th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is roots and tubers, total — yield rising or falling in Guyana?
- Over the last ten years it is up 49.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- 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 — 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.