Tea leaves — Area harvested in Guatemala
Guatemala: Tea leaves — Area harvested was 1,144 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Tea leaves — Area harvested in Guatemala, 1985–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, tea leaves — area harvested in Guatemala stood at 1,144 ha.
That represents a change of up 0.4% on the previous year and down 3.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tea leaves — area harvested in Guatemala peaked at 2,013 ha in 2007 and was at its lowest, 250 ha, in 1985.
That places Guatemala 29th out of 45 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 40 years of available data.
Tea leaves — Area harvested in Guatemala, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 250 ha | — |
| 1986 | 350 ha | +40.0% |
| 1987 | 370 ha | +5.7% |
| 1988 | 460 ha | +24.3% |
| 1989 | 500 ha | +8.7% |
| 1990 | 520 ha | +4.0% |
| 1991 | 480 ha | -7.7% |
| 1992 | 468 ha | -2.5% |
| 1993 | 450 ha | -3.8% |
| 1994 | 474 ha | +5.3% |
| 1995 | 502 ha | +5.9% |
| 1996 | 486 ha | -3.2% |
| 1997 | 486 ha | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 467 ha | -3.9% |
| 1999 | 460 ha | -1.5% |
| 2000 | 450 ha | -2.2% |
| 2001 | 368 ha | -18.2% |
| 2002 | 486 ha | +32.1% |
| 2003 | 549 ha | +13.0% |
| 2004 | 493 ha | -10.2% |
| 2005 | 913 ha | +85.2% |
| 2006 | 905 ha | -0.9% |
| 2007 | 2,013 ha | +122.4% |
| 2008 | 1,244 ha | -38.2% |
| 2009 | 1,244 ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 1,244 ha | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 1,034 ha | -16.9% |
| 2012 | 1,027 ha | -0.7% |
| 2013 | 1,076 ha | +4.8% |
| 2014 | 1,188 ha | +10.4% |
| 2015 | 1,188 ha | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 1,188 ha | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 1,145 ha | -3.6% |
| 2018 | 1,174 ha | +2.5% |
| 2019 | 1,153 ha | -1.8% |
| 2020 | 1,123 ha | -2.6% |
| 2021 | 1,150 ha | +2.4% |
| 2022 | 1,142 ha | -0.7% |
| 2023 | 1,139 ha | -0.3% |
| 2024 | 1,144 ha | +0.4% |
Guatemala compared with similar countries
- Guatemala's 1,144 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 1,144 ha, 1.0× the median. (17 countries reporting)
- Guatemala's 1,144 ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 723 ha, 1.6× the median. (8 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Tea leaves — Area harvested 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | +122.4% | 905 ha | 2,013 ha |
| 2005 | +85.2% | 493 ha | 913 ha |
| 1986 | +40.0% | 250 ha | 350 ha |
| 2008 | -38.2% | 2,013 ha | 1,244 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 386 ha | 250 ha | 500 ha | 5 |
| 1990s | 479.3 ha | 450 ha | 520 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 866.5 ha | 368 ha | 2,013 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,142 ha | 1,027 ha | 1,244 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,140 ha | 1,123 ha | 1,150 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Guatemala
- 26 Peru 2,047 ha compare
- 27 Ethiopia PDR 1,850 ha compare
- 28 Malaysia 1,764 ha compare
- 30 Ecuador 1,104 ha compare
- 31 Madagascar 1,052 ha compare
- 32 South Africa 907 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 tea leaves — area harvested in Guatemala?
- Tea leaves — area harvested in Guatemala was 1,144 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest tea leaves — area harvested recorded in Guatemala?
- The highest recorded value was 2,013 ha in 2007.
- What is the lowest tea leaves — area harvested recorded in Guatemala?
- The lowest recorded value was 250 ha in 1985.
- How does Guatemala rank for tea leaves — area harvested?
- Guatemala ranks 29th out of 45 countries with data for 2024.
- Is tea leaves — area harvested rising or falling in Guatemala?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.7%. 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 Tea leaves — Area harvested. 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.