Seed cotton, unginned — Yield in Guatemala
Guatemala: Seed cotton, unginned — Yield was 2,788 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Seed cotton, unginned — Yield in Guatemala, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for seed cotton, unginned — yield in Guatemala is 2,788 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, seed cotton, unginned — yield in Guatemala peaked at 3,977 kg/ha in 1979 and was at its lowest, 1,327 kg/ha, in 1962.
That places Guatemala 16th out of 94 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Seed cotton, unginned — Yield in Guatemala, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,398 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,327 kg/ha | -5.1% |
| 1963 | 1,778 kg/ha | +34.0% |
| 1964 | 1,947 kg/ha | +9.5% |
| 1965 | 2,106 kg/ha | +8.2% |
| 1966 | 2,720 kg/ha | +29.1% |
| 1967 | 1,852 kg/ha | -31.9% |
| 1968 | 2,297 kg/ha | +24.0% |
| 1969 | 2,603 kg/ha | +13.3% |
| 1970 | 2,511 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 1971 | 2,289 kg/ha | -8.8% |
| 1972 | 3,322 kg/ha | +45.2% |
| 1973 | 3,097 kg/ha | -6.8% |
| 1974 | 3,325 kg/ha | +7.3% |
| 1975 | 2,762 kg/ha | -16.9% |
| 1976 | 3,381 kg/ha | +22.4% |
| 1977 | 3,233 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 1978 | 3,561 kg/ha | +10.1% |
| 1979 | 3,977 kg/ha | +11.7% |
| 1980 | 3,770 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 1981 | 3,396 kg/ha | -9.9% |
| 1982 | 2,634 kg/ha | -22.4% |
| 1983 | 2,687 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1984 | 2,979 kg/ha | +10.8% |
| 1985 | 2,663 kg/ha | -10.6% |
| 1986 | 2,160 kg/ha | -18.9% |
| 1987 | 2,496 kg/ha | +15.5% |
| 1988 | 3,280 kg/ha | +31.4% |
| 1989 | 2,699 kg/ha | -17.7% |
| 1990 | 2,840 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 1991 | 2,840 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1992 | 2,959 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 1993 | 2,626 kg/ha | -11.3% |
| 1994 | 2,621 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1995 | 2,362 kg/ha | -9.9% |
| 1996 | 2,631 kg/ha | +11.4% |
| 1997 | 2,262 kg/ha | -14.0% |
| 1998 | 2,500 kg/ha | +10.5% |
| 1999 | 2,000 kg/ha | -20.0% |
| 2000 | 2,143 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 2001 | 2,240 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 2002 | 2,247 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2003 | 2,242 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2004 | 2,259 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2005 | 2,276 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2006 | 2,294 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2007 | 2,133 kg/ha | -7.0% |
| 2008 | 2,402 kg/ha | +12.6% |
| 2009 | 2,478 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 2010 | 2,618 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 2011 | 2,709 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 2012 | 2,746 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2013 | 2,764 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2014 | 2,800 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2015 | 2,788 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2016 | 2,784 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2017 | 2,791 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 2,787 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2019 | 2,787 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2020 | 2,789 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 2,788 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2022 | 2,788 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 2,788 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 2,788 kg/ha | -0.0% |
Guatemala compared with similar countries
- Guatemala's 2,788 kg/ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 1,839 kg/ha, 1.5× the median. (27 countries reporting)
- Guatemala's 2,788 kg/ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 1,480 kg/ha, 1.9× the median. (20 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,003 kg/ha | 1,327 kg/ha | 2,720 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,146 kg/ha | 2,289 kg/ha | 3,977 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,876 kg/ha | 2,160 kg/ha | 3,770 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,564 kg/ha | 2,000 kg/ha | 2,959 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,271 kg/ha | 2,133 kg/ha | 2,478 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,757 kg/ha | 2,618 kg/ha | 2,800 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,788 kg/ha | 2,788 kg/ha | 2,789 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Guatemala
- 13 Azerbaijan 2,903 kg/ha compare
- 13 Viet Nam 452.4 kg/ha compare
- 14 Democratic Republic of the Congo 422.1 kg/ha compare
- 14 Kazakhstan 2,835 kg/ha compare
- 15 Egypt 2,800 kg/ha compare
- 17 South Africa 2,650 kg/ha compare
- 18 Colombia 2,608 kg/ha compare
- 19 USSR 2,593 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)
- 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 seed cotton, unginned — yield in Guatemala?
- Seed cotton, unginned — yield in Guatemala was 2,788 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest seed cotton, unginned — yield recorded in Guatemala?
- The highest recorded value was 3,977 kg/ha in 1979.
- What is the lowest seed cotton, unginned — yield recorded in Guatemala?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,327 kg/ha in 1962.
- How does Guatemala rank for seed cotton, unginned — yield?
- Guatemala ranks 16th out of 94 countries with data for 2024.
- Is seed cotton, unginned — yield rising or falling in Guatemala?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.4%. 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 Seed cotton, unginned — 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.