Soya beans — Area harvested in Guatemala
Guatemala: Soya beans — Area harvested was 17,000 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Soya beans — Area harvested in Guatemala, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Guatemala recorded 17,000 ha for soya beans — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 13.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, soya beans — area harvested in Guatemala peaked at 18,595 ha in 1992 and was at its lowest, 0 ha, in 1961.
Guatemala ranks 56th of 107 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.
Soya beans — Area harvested in Guatemala, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0 ha | — |
| 1962 | 0 ha | — |
| 1963 | 0 ha | — |
| 1964 | 0 ha | — |
| 1965 | 0 ha | — |
| 1966 | 0 ha | — |
| 1967 | 0 ha | — |
| 1968 | 0 ha | — |
| 1969 | 0 ha | — |
| 1970 | 0 ha | — |
| 1971 | 0 ha | — |
| 1972 | 0 ha | — |
| 1973 | 0 ha | — |
| 1974 | 0 ha | — |
| 1975 | 0 ha | — |
| 1976 | 0 ha | — |
| 1977 | 0 ha | — |
| 1978 | 0 ha | — |
| 1979 | 0 ha | — |
| 1980 | 0 ha | — |
| 1981 | 0 ha | — |
| 1982 | 1,000 ha | — |
| 1983 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 3,000 ha | +200.0% |
| 1985 | 5,000 ha | +66.7% |
| 1986 | 5,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 12,000 ha | +140.0% |
| 1988 | 13,000 ha | +8.3% |
| 1989 | 11,602 ha | -10.8% |
| 1990 | 16,100 ha | +38.8% |
| 1991 | 17,241 ha | +7.1% |
| 1992 | 18,595 ha | +7.9% |
| 1993 | 15,470 ha | -16.8% |
| 1994 | 12,577 ha | -18.7% |
| 1995 | 13,206 ha | +5.0% |
| 1996 | 15,750 ha | +19.3% |
| 1997 | 17,500 ha | +11.1% |
| 1998 | 9,800 ha | -44.0% |
| 1999 | 9,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 9,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 11,000 ha | +12.2% |
| 2002 | 13,000 ha | +18.2% |
| 2003 | 13,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 13,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 13,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 13,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 13,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 13,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 14,000 ha | +7.7% |
| 2010 | 14,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 14,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 14,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 15,000 ha | +7.1% |
| 2014 | 15,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 15,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 15,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 15,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 15,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 15,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 16,000 ha | +6.7% |
| 2021 | 16,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 17,000 ha | +6.2% |
| 2023 | 17,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 17,000 ha | +0.0% |
Guatemala compared with similar countries
- Guatemala's 17,000 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 15,182 ha, 1.1× the median. (29 countries reporting)
- Guatemala's 17,000 ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 10,155 ha, 1.7× the median. (18 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0 ha | 0 ha | 0 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 0 ha | 0 ha | 0 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 5,160 ha | 0 ha | 13,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 14,604 ha | 9,800 ha | 18,595 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 12,580 ha | 9,800 ha | 14,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 14,700 ha | 14,000 ha | 15,000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 16,600 ha | 16,000 ha | 17,000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Guatemala
- 54 Ecuador 18,746 ha compare
- 55 Kenya 17,299 ha compare
- 57 Belize 16,310 ha compare
- 58 Bosnia and Herzegovina 15,182 ha compare
- 59 Czechoslovakia 11,588 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 soya beans — area harvested in Guatemala?
- Soya beans — area harvested in Guatemala was 17,000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest soya beans — area harvested recorded in Guatemala?
- The highest recorded value was 18,595 ha in 1992.
- What is the lowest soya beans — area harvested recorded in Guatemala?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 ha in 1961.
- How does Guatemala rank for soya beans — area harvested?
- Guatemala ranks 56th out of 107 countries with data for 2024.
- Is soya beans — area harvested rising or falling in Guatemala?
- Over the last ten years it is up 13.3%. 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 Soya beans — Area harvested. 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.