Soya beans — Yield in Guatemala
Guatemala: Soya beans — Yield was 2,647 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Soya beans — Yield in Guatemala, 1982–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Guatemala recorded 2,647 kg/ha for soya beans — yield in 2024.
The figure is up 4.7% on the previous year and up 4.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, soya beans — yield in Guatemala peaked at 3,177 kg/ha in 1998 and was at its lowest, 1,000 kg/ha, in 1982.
That places Guatemala 18th out of 98 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 43 years of available data.
Soya beans — Yield in Guatemala, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1982 | 1,000 kg/ha | — |
| 1983 | 2,000 kg/ha | +100.0% |
| 1984 | 1,000 kg/ha | -50.0% |
| 1985 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 1,200 kg/ha | +20.0% |
| 1987 | 2,167 kg/ha | +80.6% |
| 1988 | 2,154 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1989 | 2,629 kg/ha | +22.0% |
| 1990 | 2,629 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 2,628 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1992 | 2,544 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 1993 | 2,890 kg/ha | +13.6% |
| 1994 | 2,839 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1995 | 2,769 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 1996 | 2,762 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1997 | 2,760 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1998 | 3,177 kg/ha | +15.1% |
| 1999 | 3,078 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 2000 | 3,055 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2001 | 2,909 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 2002 | 2,692 kg/ha | -7.5% |
| 2003 | 2,615 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 2004 | 2,692 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2005 | 2,692 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 2,692 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 2,692 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 2,692 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 2,571 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 2010 | 3,131 kg/ha | +21.8% |
| 2011 | 2,643 kg/ha | -15.6% |
| 2012 | 2,643 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 2,533 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 2014 | 2,533 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 2,533 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 2,533 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 2,533 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 2,533 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 2,600 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 2020 | 2,562 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 2021 | 2,625 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 2022 | 2,529 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 2023 | 2,529 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 2,647 kg/ha | +4.7% |
Guatemala compared with similar countries
- Guatemala's 2,647 kg/ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 1,932 kg/ha, 1.4× the median. (28 countries reporting)
- Guatemala's 2,647 kg/ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 2,060 kg/ha, 1.3× the median. (18 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Soya beans — Yield 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | +100.0% | 1,000 kg/ha | 2,000 kg/ha |
| 1987 | +80.6% | 1,200 kg/ha | 2,167 kg/ha |
| 1984 | -50.0% | 2,000 kg/ha | 1,000 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 1,644 kg/ha | 1,000 kg/ha | 2,629 kg/ha | 8 |
| 1990s | 2,808 kg/ha | 2,544 kg/ha | 3,177 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,730 kg/ha | 2,571 kg/ha | 3,055 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,622 kg/ha | 2,533 kg/ha | 3,131 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,579 kg/ha | 2,529 kg/ha | 2,647 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Guatemala
- 15 Slovenia 2,791 kg/ha compare
- 16 Austria 2,776 kg/ha compare
- 16 Timor-Leste 796.7 kg/ha compare
- 17 Democratic Republic of the Congo 556.9 kg/ha compare
- 17 Ethiopia 2,667 kg/ha compare
- 19 France 2,610 kg/ha compare
- 20 Côte d'Ivoire 1,465 kg/ha compare
- 20 Czechia 2,600 kg/ha compare
- 21 New Zealand 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 soya beans — yield in Guatemala?
- Soya beans — yield in Guatemala was 2,647 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest soya beans — yield recorded in Guatemala?
- The highest recorded value was 3,177 kg/ha in 1998.
- What is the lowest soya beans — yield recorded in Guatemala?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,000 kg/ha in 1982.
- How does Guatemala rank for soya beans — yield?
- Guatemala ranks 18th out of 98 countries with data for 2024.
- Is soya beans — yield rising or falling in Guatemala?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.5%. 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 Soya beans — 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.