Wheat — Area harvested in Guatemala
Guatemala: Wheat — Area harvested was 277 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Wheat — Area harvested in Guatemala, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, wheat — area harvested in Guatemala stood at 277 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 7.8% on the previous year and down 64.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, wheat — area harvested in Guatemala peaked at 52,400 ha in 1978 and was at its lowest, 76 ha, in 2019.
Guatemala ranks 127th of 133 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 33,859 ha | 27,400 ha | 39,119 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 37,789 ha | 27,950 ha | 52,400 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 29,394 ha | 22,120 ha | 39,773 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 10,974 ha | 4,200 ha | 16,030 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,594 ha | 699 ha | 4,550 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 486 ha | 76 ha | 769 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 179.4 ha | 91 ha | 277 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Guatemala
- 124 Madagascar 415 ha compare
- 125 Eswatini 389 ha compare
- 126 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 330 ha compare
- 128 New Caledonia 43 ha compare
- 128 Melanesia 43 ha compare
- 130 Kuwait 11 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Guatemala
- Agriculture share gdp 9.55 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 9.55 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 2.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.8% (2024)
- Rural population 43.7% (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.7% (2025)
- Rural population 8.17 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 9.6% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 11.78 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 2.84 million t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is wheat — area harvested in Guatemala?
- Wheat — area harvested in Guatemala was 277 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest wheat — area harvested recorded in Guatemala?
- The highest recorded value was 52,400 ha in 1978.
- What is the lowest wheat — area harvested recorded in Guatemala?
- The lowest recorded value was 76 ha in 2019.
- How does Guatemala rank for wheat — area harvested?
- Guatemala ranks 127th out of 133 countries with data for 2024.
- Is wheat — area harvested rising or falling in Guatemala?
- Over the last ten years it is down 64.0%. 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 Wheat — 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.