Sugar cane — Area harvested in Guatemala
Guatemala: Sugar cane — Area harvested was 218,690 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sugar cane — Area harvested in Guatemala, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sugar cane — area harvested in Guatemala is 218,690 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 9.3% on the previous year and down 17.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar cane — area harvested in Guatemala peaked at 277,762 ha in 2019 and was at its lowest, 29,600 ha, in 1961.
Guatemala ranks 16th of 103 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Sugar cane — Area harvested in Guatemala, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 29,600 ha | — |
| 1962 | 33,400 ha | +12.8% |
| 1963 | 29,800 ha | -10.8% |
| 1964 | 35,900 ha | +20.5% |
| 1965 | 32,900 ha | -8.4% |
| 1966 | 36,000 ha | +9.4% |
| 1967 | 37,100 ha | +3.1% |
| 1968 | 33,800 ha | -8.9% |
| 1969 | 36,100 ha | +6.8% |
| 1970 | 35,800 ha | -0.8% |
| 1971 | 40,723 ha | +13.8% |
| 1972 | 44,587 ha | +9.5% |
| 1973 | 52,697 ha | +18.2% |
| 1974 | 58,473 ha | +11.0% |
| 1975 | 75,670 ha | +29.4% |
| 1976 | 76,720 ha | +1.4% |
| 1977 | 60,690 ha | -20.9% |
| 1978 | 53,760 ha | -11.4% |
| 1979 | 58,660 ha | +9.1% |
| 1980 | 69,580 ha | +18.6% |
| 1981 | 79,660 ha | +14.5% |
| 1982 | 70,070 ha | -12.0% |
| 1983 | 70,210 ha | +0.2% |
| 1984 | 73,080 ha | +4.1% |
| 1985 | 72,380 ha | -1.0% |
| 1986 | 72,380 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 81,340 ha | +12.4% |
| 1988 | 90,300 ha | +11.0% |
| 1989 | 88,830 ha | -1.6% |
| 1990 | 112,000 ha | +26.1% |
| 1991 | 122,500 ha | +9.4% |
| 1992 | 125,930 ha | +2.8% |
| 1993 | 129,150 ha | +2.6% |
| 1994 | 129,500 ha | +0.3% |
| 1995 | 138,600 ha | +7.0% |
| 1996 | 178,580 ha | +28.8% |
| 1997 | 154,000 ha | -13.8% |
| 1998 | 180,000 ha | +16.9% |
| 1999 | 182,000 ha | +1.1% |
| 2000 | 182,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 165,568 ha | -9.0% |
| 2002 | 184,928 ha | +11.7% |
| 2003 | 184,928 ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 184,928 ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 184,928 ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 188,702 ha | +2.0% |
| 2007 | 215,679 ha | +14.3% |
| 2008 | 215,679 ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 233,152 ha | +8.1% |
| 2010 | 234,619 ha | +0.6% |
| 2011 | 245,243 ha | +4.5% |
| 2012 | 255,866 ha | +4.3% |
| 2013 | 261,108 ha | +2.0% |
| 2014 | 265,580 ha | +1.7% |
| 2015 | 267,887 ha | +0.9% |
| 2016 | 259,850 ha | -3.0% |
| 2017 | 252,000 ha | -3.0% |
| 2018 | 268,400 ha | +6.5% |
| 2019 | 277,762 ha | +3.5% |
| 2020 | 257,941 ha | -7.1% |
| 2021 | 237,261 ha | -8.0% |
| 2022 | 240,000 ha | +1.2% |
| 2023 | 241,000 ha | +0.4% |
| 2024 | 218,690 ha | -9.3% |
Guatemala compared with similar countries
- Guatemala's 218,690 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 76,332 ha, 2.9× the median. (30 countries reporting)
- Guatemala's 218,690 ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 30,500 ha, 7.2× the median. (31 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 33,844 ha | 29,600 ha | 37,100 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 55,778 ha | 35,800 ha | 76,720 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 76,783 ha | 69,580 ha | 90,300 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 145,226 ha | 112,000 ha | 182,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 194,049 ha | 165,568 ha | 233,152 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 258,832 ha | 234,619 ha | 277,762 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 238,978 ha | 218,690 ha | 257,941 ha | 5 |
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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 sugar cane — area harvested in Guatemala?
- Sugar cane — area harvested in Guatemala was 218,690 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar cane — area harvested recorded in Guatemala?
- The highest recorded value was 277,762 ha in 2019.
- What is the lowest sugar cane — area harvested recorded in Guatemala?
- The lowest recorded value was 29,600 ha in 1961.
- How does Guatemala rank for sugar cane — area harvested?
- Guatemala ranks 16th out of 103 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sugar cane — area harvested rising or falling in Guatemala?
- Over the last ten years it is down 17.7%. 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 Sugar cane — 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.