Sorghum — Yield in Guatemala
Guatemala: Sorghum — Yield was 1,242 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sorghum — Yield in Guatemala, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, sorghum — yield in Guatemala stood at 1,242 kg/ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 6.1% on the previous year and down 31.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sorghum — yield in Guatemala peaked at 2,515 kg/ha in 1982 and was at its lowest, 570.2 kg/ha, in 1964.
That places Guatemala 64th out of 111 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Sorghum — Yield in Guatemala, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 592.6 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 592.6 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 600 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1964 | 570.2 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 1965 | 891.6 kg/ha | +56.4% |
| 1966 | 673.2 kg/ha | -24.5% |
| 1967 | 718.5 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 1968 | 895.1 kg/ha | +24.6% |
| 1969 | 1,106 kg/ha | +23.6% |
| 1970 | 888.2 kg/ha | -19.7% |
| 1971 | 755.1 kg/ha | -15.0% |
| 1972 | 985.8 kg/ha | +30.6% |
| 1973 | 1,372 kg/ha | +39.1% |
| 1974 | 1,624 kg/ha | +18.4% |
| 1975 | 1,627 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1976 | 1,308 kg/ha | -19.6% |
| 1977 | 1,362 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 1978 | 1,509 kg/ha | +10.8% |
| 1979 | 1,771 kg/ha | +17.4% |
| 1980 | 2,255 kg/ha | +27.3% |
| 1981 | 2,120 kg/ha | -6.0% |
| 1982 | 2,515 kg/ha | +18.6% |
| 1983 | 1,708 kg/ha | -32.1% |
| 1984 | 1,404 kg/ha | -17.8% |
| 1985 | 1,519 kg/ha | +8.2% |
| 1986 | 1,503 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1987 | 2,204 kg/ha | +46.6% |
| 1988 | 1,887 kg/ha | -14.4% |
| 1989 | 1,470 kg/ha | -22.1% |
| 1990 | 1,624 kg/ha | +10.4% |
| 1991 | 1,176 kg/ha | -27.6% |
| 1992 | 1,201 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1993 | 1,169 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 1994 | 835.5 kg/ha | -28.5% |
| 1995 | 1,161 kg/ha | +39.0% |
| 1996 | 1,185 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1997 | 1,182 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1998 | 1,170 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1999 | 1,207 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 2000 | 1,206 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2001 | 1,363 kg/ha | +13.0% |
| 2002 | 1,400 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 2003 | 1,437 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 2004 | 1,650 kg/ha | +14.8% |
| 2005 | 1,622 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 2006 | 1,354 kg/ha | -16.6% |
| 2007 | 1,750 kg/ha | +29.3% |
| 2008 | 1,666 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 2009 | 1,752 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 2010 | 1,740 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2011 | 1,748 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2012 | 1,756 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2013 | 1,729 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2014 | 1,804 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 2015 | 1,820 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2016 | 1,829 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2017 | 1,832 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 1,831 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2019 | 1,886 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 2020 | 1,677 kg/ha | -11.1% |
| 2021 | 1,505 kg/ha | -10.3% |
| 2022 | 1,170 kg/ha | -22.2% |
| 2023 | 1,170 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 1,242 kg/ha | +6.1% |
Guatemala compared with similar countries
- Guatemala's 1,242 kg/ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 2,374 kg/ha, 52% of the median. (29 countries reporting)
- Guatemala's 1,242 kg/ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 2,187 kg/ha, 57% of the median. (18 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 737.8 kg/ha | 570.2 kg/ha | 1,106 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,320 kg/ha | 755.1 kg/ha | 1,771 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,858 kg/ha | 1,404 kg/ha | 2,515 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,191 kg/ha | 835.5 kg/ha | 1,624 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,520 kg/ha | 1,206 kg/ha | 1,752 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,798 kg/ha | 1,729 kg/ha | 1,886 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,353 kg/ha | 1,170 kg/ha | 1,677 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Guatemala
- 61 Bangladesh 1,271 kg/ha compare
- 62 Russian Federation 1,268 kg/ha compare
- 63 Ghana 1,260 kg/ha compare
- 65 Maldives 1,232 kg/ha compare
- 66 Ethiopia PDR 1,225 kg/ha compare
- 67 North Macedonia 1,216 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 sorghum — yield in Guatemala?
- Sorghum — yield in Guatemala was 1,242 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sorghum — yield recorded in Guatemala?
- The highest recorded value was 2,515 kg/ha in 1982.
- What is the lowest sorghum — yield recorded in Guatemala?
- The lowest recorded value was 570.2 kg/ha in 1964.
- How does Guatemala rank for sorghum — yield?
- Guatemala ranks 64th out of 111 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sorghum — yield rising or falling in Guatemala?
- Over the last ten years it is down 31.2%. 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 Sorghum — 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.