Unmanufactured tobacco — Yield in Guyana
Guyana: Unmanufactured tobacco — Yield was 801.1 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Unmanufactured tobacco — Yield in Guyana, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Guyana recorded 801.1 kg/ha for unmanufactured tobacco — yield in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.6% on the previous year and down 2.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, unmanufactured tobacco — yield in Guyana peaked at 1,395 kg/ha in 1976 and was at its lowest, 609.4 kg/ha, in 1967.
That places Guyana 110th out of 128 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Unmanufactured tobacco — Yield in Guyana, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 666.7 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 714.3 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 1963 | 714.3 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 750 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 1965 | 800 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 1966 | 916.7 kg/ha | +14.6% |
| 1967 | 609.4 kg/ha | -33.5% |
| 1968 | 890.1 kg/ha | +46.1% |
| 1969 | 1,112 kg/ha | +25.0% |
| 1970 | 1,084 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 1971 | 1,225 kg/ha | +13.0% |
| 1972 | 1,119 kg/ha | -8.6% |
| 1973 | 1,115 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1974 | 1,116 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1975 | 1,078 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 1976 | 1,395 kg/ha | +29.4% |
| 1977 | 937.5 kg/ha | -32.8% |
| 1978 | 947.4 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1979 | 947.4 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 1,000 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 1981 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 1,175 kg/ha | +17.5% |
| 1984 | 1,222 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 1985 | 1,370 kg/ha | +12.1% |
| 1986 | 1,250 kg/ha | -8.8% |
| 1987 | 1,000 kg/ha | -20.0% |
| 1988 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 954 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 1992 | 945.9 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1993 | 938 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1994 | 930.5 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1995 | 923.4 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1996 | 916.9 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1997 | 900 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1998 | 900 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 900 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 896 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2001 | 891.4 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2002 | 886.5 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2003 | 881.5 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2004 | 876.1 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2005 | 870.3 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2006 | 864.4 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2007 | 858.4 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2008 | 852.3 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2009 | 846.1 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2010 | 839.9 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2011 | 833.6 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2012 | 800 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 2013 | 820.7 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 2014 | 817.4 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2015 | 814.9 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2016 | 807 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2017 | 801.9 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2018 | 794.2 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2019 | 790.6 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2020 | 784.3 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2021 | 785.8 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2022 | 794.2 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2023 | 796.2 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2024 | 801.1 kg/ha | +0.6% |
Guyana compared with similar countries
- Guyana's 801.1 kg/ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 2,159 kg/ha, 37% of the median. (31 countries reporting)
- Guyana's 801.1 kg/ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 1,803 kg/ha, 44% of the median. (23 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Unmanufactured tobacco — Yield in Guyana 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 | +46.1% | 609.4 kg/ha | 890.1 kg/ha |
| 1967 | -33.5% | 916.7 kg/ha | 609.4 kg/ha |
| 1977 | -32.8% | 1,395 kg/ha | 937.5 kg/ha |
| 1976 | +29.4% | 1,078 kg/ha | 1,395 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 797.1 kg/ha | 609.4 kg/ha | 1,112 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,097 kg/ha | 937.5 kg/ha | 1,395 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,102 kg/ha | 1,000 kg/ha | 1,370 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 930.87 kg/ha | 900 kg/ha | 1,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 872.3 kg/ha | 846.1 kg/ha | 896 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 812.02 kg/ha | 790.6 kg/ha | 839.9 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 792.32 kg/ha | 784.3 kg/ha | 801.1 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Guyana
- 107 Solomon Islands 878.8 kg/ha compare
- 108 Central African Republic 874.7 kg/ha compare
- 109 Iraq 866.9 kg/ha compare
- 111 Burkina Faso 800.1 kg/ha compare
- 112 Ethiopia PDR 714.4 kg/ha compare
- 113 Ethiopia 673.3 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Guyana
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 11.48 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0773 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 2,507 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.5708 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.7351 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 7.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 7.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.1% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is unmanufactured tobacco — yield in Guyana?
- Unmanufactured tobacco — yield in Guyana was 801.1 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest unmanufactured tobacco — yield recorded in Guyana?
- The highest recorded value was 1,395 kg/ha in 1976.
- What is the lowest unmanufactured tobacco — yield recorded in Guyana?
- The lowest recorded value was 609.4 kg/ha in 1967.
- How does Guyana rank for unmanufactured tobacco — yield?
- Guyana ranks 110th out of 128 countries with data for 2024.
- Is unmanufactured tobacco — yield rising or falling in Guyana?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Guyana data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Unmanufactured tobacco — 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.