Tea leaves — Yield in Guatemala
Guatemala: Tea leaves — Yield was 471.5 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Tea leaves — Yield in Guatemala, 1985–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Guatemala recorded 471.5 kg/ha for tea leaves — yield in 2024.
The figure is down 0.6% on the previous year and up 6.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tea leaves — yield in Guatemala peaked at 1,000 kg/ha in 1999 and was at its lowest, 279.7 kg/ha, in 2001.
That places Guatemala 42nd out of 45 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 40 years of available data.
Tea leaves — Yield in Guatemala, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 880 kg/ha | — |
| 1986 | 942.9 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 1987 | 916.2 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 1988 | 941.3 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1989 | 914 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 1990 | 884.6 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 1991 | 937.5 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 1992 | 923.9 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1993 | 977.8 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 1994 | 910.4 kg/ha | -6.9% |
| 1995 | 895.9 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1996 | 883.3 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1997 | 876.1 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1998 | 925.8 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 1999 | 1,000 kg/ha | +8.0% |
| 2000 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 279.7 kg/ha | -72.0% |
| 2002 | 294.3 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 2003 | 320.9 kg/ha | +9.0% |
| 2004 | 297.8 kg/ha | -7.2% |
| 2005 | 291.7 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 2006 | 310.7 kg/ha | +6.5% |
| 2007 | 322.3 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 2008 | 545.7 kg/ha | +69.3% |
| 2009 | 514 kg/ha | -5.8% |
| 2010 | 505 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 2011 | 417.5 kg/ha | -17.3% |
| 2012 | 408.4 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 2013 | 406.3 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2014 | 442.9 kg/ha | +9.0% |
| 2015 | 465.8 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 2016 | 469.6 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2017 | 476.8 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2018 | 470.6 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 2019 | 457.8 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 2020 | 482.5 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 2021 | 470.2 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 2022 | 470 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2023 | 474.2 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2024 | 471.5 kg/ha | -0.6% |
Guatemala compared with similar countries
- Guatemala's 471.5 kg/ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 4,471 kg/ha, 11% of the median. (17 countries reporting)
- Guatemala's 471.5 kg/ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 2,232 kg/ha, 21% of the median. (8 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Tea leaves — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | -72.0% | 1,000 kg/ha | 279.7 kg/ha |
| 2008 | +69.3% | 322.3 kg/ha | 545.7 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 918.88 kg/ha | 880 kg/ha | 942.9 kg/ha | 5 |
| 1990s | 921.53 kg/ha | 876.1 kg/ha | 1,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 417.71 kg/ha | 279.7 kg/ha | 1,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 452.07 kg/ha | 406.3 kg/ha | 505 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 473.68 kg/ha | 470 kg/ha | 482.5 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Guatemala
- 39 Panama 933.3 kg/ha compare
- 40 Montenegro 804.2 kg/ha compare
- 41 Russian Federation 518.9 kg/ha compare
- 43 Seychelles 453.9 kg/ha compare
- 44 Madagascar 377.4 kg/ha compare
- 45 Ethiopia PDR 324.3 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 tea leaves — yield in Guatemala?
- Tea leaves — yield in Guatemala was 471.5 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest tea leaves — yield recorded in Guatemala?
- The highest recorded value was 1,000 kg/ha in 1999.
- What is the lowest tea leaves — yield recorded in Guatemala?
- The lowest recorded value was 279.7 kg/ha in 2001.
- How does Guatemala rank for tea leaves — yield?
- Guatemala ranks 42nd out of 45 countries with data for 2024.
- Is tea leaves — yield rising or falling in Guatemala?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- 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 — 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.