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 72nd out of 122 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.
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
- 69 Bangladesh 1,271 kg/ha compare
- 70 Russian Federation 1,268 kg/ha compare
- 71 Ghana 1,260 kg/ha compare
- 73 Maldives 1,232 kg/ha compare
- 74 Ethiopia PDR 1,225 kg/ha compare
- 75 North Macedonia 1,216 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Guatemala
- 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)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.8% (2024)
- Rural population 43.7% (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.7% (2025)
- Rural population 8.17 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 9.6% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 11.78 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 2.84 million t (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 72nd out of 122 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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About this data
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.