Wheat — Yield in Guatemala
Guatemala: Wheat — Yield was 2,753 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Wheat — Yield in Guatemala, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for wheat — yield in Guatemala is 2,753 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 20.1% on the previous year and up 26.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, wheat — yield in Guatemala peaked at 4,713 kg/ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 731.9 kg/ha, in 1961.
That places Guatemala 77th out of 124 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Wheat — Yield in Guatemala, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 731.9 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 820 kg/ha | +12.0% |
| 1963 | 937.1 kg/ha | +14.3% |
| 1964 | 930.4 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1965 | 991.4 kg/ha | +6.6% |
| 1966 | 958 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 1967 | 868.7 kg/ha | -9.3% |
| 1968 | 1,098 kg/ha | +26.3% |
| 1969 | 1,031 kg/ha | -6.0% |
| 1970 | 1,100 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 1971 | 1,224 kg/ha | +11.3% |
| 1972 | 1,370 kg/ha | +11.9% |
| 1973 | 1,685 kg/ha | +23.1% |
| 1974 | 1,176 kg/ha | -30.2% |
| 1975 | 1,176 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1976 | 1,306 kg/ha | +11.0% |
| 1977 | 1,244 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 1978 | 1,138 kg/ha | -8.6% |
| 1979 | 1,572 kg/ha | +38.1% |
| 1980 | 1,462 kg/ha | -7.0% |
| 1981 | 1,756 kg/ha | +20.1% |
| 1982 | 1,641 kg/ha | -6.5% |
| 1983 | 2,098 kg/ha | +27.8% |
| 1984 | 2,817 kg/ha | +34.3% |
| 1985 | 1,708 kg/ha | -39.4% |
| 1986 | 1,999 kg/ha | +17.0% |
| 1987 | 2,003 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1988 | 1,997 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1989 | 1,999 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1990 | 1,998 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1991 | 2,012 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1992 | 2,000 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1993 | 1,992 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1994 | 2,102 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 1995 | 2,099 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1996 | 2,102 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1997 | 2,041 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 1998 | 1,972 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 1999 | 1,963 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2000 | 2,093 kg/ha | +6.6% |
| 2001 | 2,964 kg/ha | +41.6% |
| 2002 | 1,915 kg/ha | -35.4% |
| 2003 | 2,025 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 2004 | 2,018 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2005 | 2,129 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 2006 | 2,271 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 2007 | 2,223 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 2008 | 2,401 kg/ha | +8.0% |
| 2009 | 2,213 kg/ha | -7.8% |
| 2010 | 2,057 kg/ha | -7.0% |
| 2011 | 2,051 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2012 | 2,168 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 2013 | 2,024 kg/ha | -6.6% |
| 2014 | 2,177 kg/ha | +7.6% |
| 2015 | 2,126 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 2016 | 2,129 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 2,127 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2018 | 2,109 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2019 | 2,145 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2020 | 2,624 kg/ha | +22.3% |
| 2021 | 2,923 kg/ha | +11.4% |
| 2022 | 4,713 kg/ha | +61.3% |
| 2023 | 3,447 kg/ha | -26.9% |
| 2024 | 2,753 kg/ha | -20.1% |
Guatemala compared with similar countries
- Guatemala's 2,753 kg/ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 2,753 kg/ha, 1.0× the median. (29 countries reporting)
- Guatemala's 2,753 kg/ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 2,753 kg/ha, 1.0× the median. (11 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Wheat — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | +61.3% | 2,923 kg/ha | 4,713 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 929.59 kg/ha | 731.9 kg/ha | 1,098 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,299 kg/ha | 1,100 kg/ha | 1,685 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,948 kg/ha | 1,462 kg/ha | 2,817 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,028 kg/ha | 1,963 kg/ha | 2,102 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,225 kg/ha | 1,915 kg/ha | 2,964 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,111 kg/ha | 2,024 kg/ha | 2,177 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,292 kg/ha | 2,624 kg/ha | 4,713 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Guatemala
- 74 Georgia 2,851 kg/ha compare
- 75 Montenegro 2,840 kg/ha compare
- 76 Kyrgyzstan 2,768 kg/ha compare
- 78 Australia and New Zealand 2,638 kg/ha compare
- 79 Brazil 2,613 kg/ha compare
- 80 Australia 2,612 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 wheat — yield in Guatemala?
- Wheat — yield in Guatemala was 2,753 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest wheat — yield recorded in Guatemala?
- The highest recorded value was 4,713 kg/ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest wheat — yield recorded in Guatemala?
- The lowest recorded value was 731.9 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Guatemala rank for wheat — yield?
- Guatemala ranks 77th out of 124 countries with data for 2024.
- Is wheat — yield rising or falling in Guatemala?
- Over the last ten years it is up 26.5%. 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 Wheat — 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.