Sweet potatoes — Yield in Guatemala
Guatemala: Sweet potatoes — Yield was 6,374 kg/ha in 2024. ▬ Flat
Sweet potatoes — Yield in Guatemala, 1993–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Guatemala recorded 6,374 kg/ha for sweet potatoes — yield in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — yield in Guatemala peaked at 6,667 kg/ha in 1994 and was at its lowest, 5,833 kg/ha, in 2010.
Guatemala ranks 79th of 112 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Sweet potatoes — Yield in Guatemala, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 6,250 kg/ha | — |
| 1994 | 6,667 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 1995 | 6,250 kg/ha | -6.3% |
| 1996 | 6,250 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 6,667 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 1998 | 6,000 kg/ha | -10.0% |
| 1999 | 6,667 kg/ha | +11.1% |
| 2000 | 6,250 kg/ha | -6.3% |
| 2001 | 6,000 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 2002 | 6,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 6,667 kg/ha | +11.1% |
| 2004 | 6,667 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 6,471 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 2006 | 6,250 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 2007 | 6,000 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 2008 | 6,667 kg/ha | +11.1% |
| 2009 | 6,500 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 2010 | 5,833 kg/ha | -10.3% |
| 2011 | 6,429 kg/ha | +10.2% |
| 2012 | 6,500 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2013 | 6,364 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 2014 | 6,333 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2015 | 6,500 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 2016 | 6,390 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 2017 | 6,373 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2018 | 6,377 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 6,374 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2020 | 6,372 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2021 | 6,373 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 6,373 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 6,374 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 6,374 kg/ha | +0.0% |
Guatemala compared with similar countries
- Guatemala's 6,374 kg/ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 9,330 kg/ha, 68% of the median. (30 countries reporting)
- Guatemala's 6,374 kg/ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 9,065 kg/ha, 70% of the median. (30 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 6,393 kg/ha | 6,000 kg/ha | 6,667 kg/ha | 7 |
| 2000s | 6,347 kg/ha | 6,000 kg/ha | 6,667 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 6,347 kg/ha | 5,833 kg/ha | 6,500 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 6,373 kg/ha | 6,372 kg/ha | 6,374 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Guatemala
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 sweet potatoes — yield in Guatemala?
- Sweet potatoes — yield in Guatemala was 6,374 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — yield recorded in Guatemala?
- The highest recorded value was 6,667 kg/ha in 1994.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — yield recorded in Guatemala?
- The lowest recorded value was 5,833 kg/ha in 2010.
- How does Guatemala rank for sweet potatoes — yield?
- Guatemala ranks 79th out of 112 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sweet potatoes — yield rising or falling in Guatemala?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Guatemala data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Sweet potatoes — 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.