Sorghum — Area harvested in Guatemala
Guatemala: Sorghum — Area harvested was 30,295 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Sorghum — Area harvested in Guatemala, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, sorghum — area harvested in Guatemala stood at 30,295 ha.
That represents a change of up 1.3% on the previous year and up 8.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sorghum — area harvested in Guatemala peaked at 69,440 ha in 1992 and was at its lowest, 23,857 ha, in 2019.
Guatemala ranks 50th of 120 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Sorghum — Area harvested in Guatemala, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 27,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 27,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 40,000 ha | +48.1% |
| 1964 | 47,700 ha | +19.2% |
| 1965 | 48,900 ha | +2.5% |
| 1966 | 50,800 ha | +3.9% |
| 1967 | 44,400 ha | -12.6% |
| 1968 | 46,700 ha | +5.2% |
| 1969 | 48,878 ha | +4.7% |
| 1970 | 51,428 ha | +5.2% |
| 1971 | 50,132 ha | -2.5% |
| 1972 | 39,516 ha | -21.2% |
| 1973 | 33,099 ha | -16.2% |
| 1974 | 37,986 ha | +14.8% |
| 1975 | 37,800 ha | -0.5% |
| 1976 | 37,600 ha | -0.5% |
| 1977 | 38,900 ha | +3.5% |
| 1978 | 42,900 ha | +10.3% |
| 1979 | 42,910 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 34,727 ha | -19.1% |
| 1981 | 40,650 ha | +17.1% |
| 1982 | 30,660 ha | -24.6% |
| 1983 | 47,800 ha | +55.9% |
| 1984 | 65,310 ha | +36.6% |
| 1985 | 66,640 ha | +2.0% |
| 1986 | 67,340 ha | +1.1% |
| 1987 | 45,920 ha | -31.8% |
| 1988 | 53,130 ha | +15.7% |
| 1989 | 57,750 ha | +8.7% |
| 1990 | 52,920 ha | -8.4% |
| 1991 | 66,150 ha | +25.0% |
| 1992 | 69,440 ha | +5.0% |
| 1993 | 67,480 ha | -2.8% |
| 1994 | 51,218 ha | -24.1% |
| 1995 | 38,431 ha | -25.0% |
| 1996 | 39,549 ha | +2.9% |
| 1997 | 39,620 ha | +0.2% |
| 1998 | 42,308 ha | +6.8% |
| 1999 | 42,350 ha | +0.1% |
| 2000 | 42,280 ha | -0.2% |
| 2001 | 25,999 ha | -38.5% |
| 2002 | 25,999 ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 25,999 ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 26,209 ha | +0.8% |
| 2005 | 25,999 ha | -0.8% |
| 2006 | 32,569 ha | +25.3% |
| 2007 | 26,907 ha | -17.4% |
| 2008 | 26,977 ha | +0.3% |
| 2009 | 27,047 ha | +0.3% |
| 2010 | 27,047 ha | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 27,117 ha | +0.3% |
| 2012 | 27,327 ha | +0.8% |
| 2013 | 27,257 ha | -0.3% |
| 2014 | 27,886 ha | +2.3% |
| 2015 | 28,305 ha | +1.5% |
| 2016 | 28,795 ha | +1.7% |
| 2017 | 29,300 ha | +1.8% |
| 2018 | 29,900 ha | +2.0% |
| 2019 | 23,857 ha | -20.2% |
| 2020 | 32,168 ha | +34.8% |
| 2021 | 30,000 ha | -6.7% |
| 2022 | 49,119 ha | +63.7% |
| 2023 | 29,915 ha | -39.1% |
| 2024 | 30,295 ha | +1.3% |
Guatemala compared with similar countries
- Guatemala's 30,295 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 8,373 ha, 3.6× the median. (29 countries reporting)
- Guatemala's 30,295 ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 15,758 ha, 1.9× the median. (18 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sorghum — Area harvested in Guatemala 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | +63.7% | 30,000 ha | 49,119 ha |
| 1983 | +55.9% | 30,660 ha | 47,800 ha |
| 1963 | +48.1% | 27,000 ha | 40,000 ha |
| 2023 | -39.1% | 49,119 ha | 29,915 ha |
| 2001 | -38.5% | 42,280 ha | 25,999 ha |
| 1984 | +36.6% | 47,800 ha | 65,310 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 42,375 ha | 27,000 ha | 50,800 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 41,227 ha | 33,099 ha | 51,428 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 50,993 ha | 30,660 ha | 67,340 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 50,947 ha | 38,431 ha | 69,440 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 28,598 ha | 25,999 ha | 42,280 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 27,679 ha | 23,857 ha | 29,900 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 34,299 ha | 29,915 ha | 49,119 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Guatemala
- 47 South Africa 42,100 ha compare
- 48 Hungary 41,380 ha compare
- 49 Central African Republic 40,000 ha compare
- 51 Namibia 28,421 ha compare
- 52 Thailand 27,000 ha compare
- 53 Guinea-Bissau 25,000 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 sorghum — area harvested in Guatemala?
- Sorghum — area harvested in Guatemala was 30,295 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sorghum — area harvested recorded in Guatemala?
- The highest recorded value was 69,440 ha in 1992.
- What is the lowest sorghum — area harvested recorded in Guatemala?
- The lowest recorded value was 23,857 ha in 2019.
- How does Guatemala rank for sorghum — area harvested?
- Guatemala ranks 50th out of 120 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sorghum — area harvested rising or falling in Guatemala?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Guatemala data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Sorghum — 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.