Seed cotton, unginned — Area harvested in Guatemala
Guatemala: Seed cotton, unginned — Area harvested was 940 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Seed cotton, unginned — Area harvested in Guatemala, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, seed cotton, unginned — area harvested in Guatemala stood at 940 ha.
The figure is down 0.1% on the previous year and down 14.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, seed cotton, unginned — area harvested in Guatemala peaked at 123,366 ha in 1979 and was at its lowest, 782 ha, in 2015.
Guatemala ranks 65th of 94 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.
Seed cotton, unginned — Area harvested in Guatemala, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 44,700 ha | — |
| 1962 | 71,600 ha | +60.2% |
| 1963 | 90,000 ha | +25.7% |
| 1964 | 97,600 ha | +8.4% |
| 1965 | 99,700 ha | +2.2% |
| 1966 | 84,100 ha | -15.6% |
| 1967 | 89,500 ha | +6.4% |
| 1968 | 96,300 ha | +7.6% |
| 1969 | 84,633 ha | -12.1% |
| 1970 | 74,200 ha | -12.3% |
| 1971 | 71,400 ha | -3.8% |
| 1972 | 70,000 ha | -2.0% |
| 1973 | 89,000 ha | +27.1% |
| 1974 | 104,000 ha | +16.9% |
| 1975 | 111,000 ha | +6.7% |
| 1976 | 83,500 ha | -24.8% |
| 1977 | 122,227 ha | +46.4% |
| 1978 | 123,243 ha | +0.8% |
| 1979 | 123,366 ha | +0.1% |
| 1980 | 122,992 ha | -0.3% |
| 1981 | 102,270 ha | -16.8% |
| 1982 | 78,820 ha | -22.9% |
| 1983 | 59,500 ha | -24.5% |
| 1984 | 55,930 ha | -6.0% |
| 1985 | 62,230 ha | +11.3% |
| 1986 | 67,410 ha | +8.3% |
| 1987 | 30,660 ha | -54.5% |
| 1988 | 40,460 ha | +32.0% |
| 1989 | 40,320 ha | -0.3% |
| 1990 | 39,200 ha | -2.8% |
| 1991 | 36,260 ha | -7.5% |
| 1992 | 39,200 ha | +8.1% |
| 1993 | 22,470 ha | -42.7% |
| 1994 | 15,260 ha | -32.1% |
| 1995 | 8,890 ha | -41.7% |
| 1996 | 5,660 ha | -36.3% |
| 1997 | 1,680 ha | -70.3% |
| 1998 | 3,000 ha | +78.6% |
| 1999 | 1,000 ha | -66.7% |
| 2000 | 1,400 ha | +40.0% |
| 2001 | 2,000 ha | +42.9% |
| 2002 | 1,400 ha | -30.0% |
| 2003 | 1,339 ha | -4.4% |
| 2004 | 1,347 ha | +0.6% |
| 2005 | 1,319 ha | -2.1% |
| 2006 | 1,284 ha | -2.7% |
| 2007 | 1,500 ha | +16.8% |
| 2008 | 1,186 ha | -20.9% |
| 2009 | 1,115 ha | -6.0% |
| 2010 | 1,140 ha | +2.2% |
| 2011 | 1,150 ha | +0.9% |
| 2012 | 1,100 ha | -4.3% |
| 2013 | 1,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 1,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 782 ha | -28.9% |
| 2016 | 994 ha | +27.1% |
| 2017 | 959 ha | -3.5% |
| 2018 | 912 ha | -4.9% |
| 2019 | 955 ha | +4.7% |
| 2020 | 942 ha | -1.4% |
| 2021 | 936 ha | -0.6% |
| 2022 | 944 ha | +0.9% |
| 2023 | 941 ha | -0.3% |
| 2024 | 940 ha | -0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 84,237 ha | 44,700 ha | 99,700 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 97,194 ha | 70,000 ha | 123,366 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 66,059 ha | 30,660 ha | 122,992 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 17,262 ha | 1,000 ha | 39,200 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,389 ha | 1,115 ha | 2,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,019 ha | 782 ha | 1,150 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 940.6 ha | 936 ha | 944 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)
- 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)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is seed cotton, unginned — area harvested in Guatemala?
- Seed cotton, unginned — area harvested in Guatemala was 940 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest seed cotton, unginned — area harvested recorded in Guatemala?
- The highest recorded value was 123,366 ha in 1979.
- What is the lowest seed cotton, unginned — area harvested recorded in Guatemala?
- The lowest recorded value was 782 ha in 2015.
- How does Guatemala rank for seed cotton, unginned — area harvested?
- Guatemala ranks 65th out of 94 countries with data for 2024.
- Is seed cotton, unginned — area harvested rising or falling in Guatemala?
- Over the last ten years it is down 14.5%. 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 Seed cotton, unginned — Area harvested. 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.