Watermelons — Yield in Guatemala
Guatemala: Watermelons — Yield was 96,032 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Watermelons — Yield in Guatemala, 1980–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, watermelons — yield in Guatemala stood at 96,032 kg/ha. That is the highest value across all 45 years on record.
That represents a change of up 3.1% on the previous year and up 168.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, watermelons — yield in Guatemala peaked at 96,032 kg/ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 20,543 kg/ha, in 2001.
That places Guatemala 5th out of 119 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Watermelons — Yield in Guatemala, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 24,904 kg/ha | — |
| 1981 | 25,375 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1982 | 25,880 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1983 | 26,405 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1984 | 26,907 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1985 | 25,451 kg/ha | -5.4% |
| 1986 | 25,264 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1987 | 25,243 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1988 | 25,424 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1989 | 26,012 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1990 | 26,067 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1991 | 26,012 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1992 | 26,176 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1993 | 25,968 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1994 | 25,670 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1995 | 26,286 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1996 | 26,087 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1997 | 26,286 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1998 | 26,336 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1999 | 26,205 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2000 | 26,491 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2001 | 20,543 kg/ha | -22.5% |
| 2002 | 21,003 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2003 | 26,495 kg/ha | +26.1% |
| 2004 | 23,266 kg/ha | -12.2% |
| 2005 | 22,620 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 2006 | 22,811 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2007 | 27,859 kg/ha | +22.1% |
| 2008 | 27,487 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 2009 | 50,685 kg/ha | +84.4% |
| 2010 | 39,000 kg/ha | -23.1% |
| 2011 | 35,926 kg/ha | -7.9% |
| 2012 | 38,872 kg/ha | +8.2% |
| 2013 | 33,873 kg/ha | -12.9% |
| 2014 | 35,716 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 2015 | 39,200 kg/ha | +9.8% |
| 2016 | 41,159 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 2017 | 41,072 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2018 | 40,518 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 2019 | 40,374 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2020 | 56,086 kg/ha | +38.9% |
| 2021 | 71,293 kg/ha | +27.1% |
| 2022 | 93,469 kg/ha | +31.1% |
| 2023 | 93,105 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2024 | 96,032 kg/ha | +3.1% |
Guatemala compared with similar countries
- Guatemala's 96,032 kg/ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 23,757 kg/ha, 4.0× the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Guatemala's 96,032 kg/ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 19,151 kg/ha, 5.0× the median. (27 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Watermelons — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | +84.4% | 27,487 kg/ha | 50,685 kg/ha |
| 2020 | +38.9% | 40,374 kg/ha | 56,086 kg/ha |
| 2022 | +31.1% | 71,293 kg/ha | 93,469 kg/ha |
| 2021 | +27.1% | 56,086 kg/ha | 71,293 kg/ha |
| 2003 | +26.1% | 21,003 kg/ha | 26,495 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 25,686 kg/ha | 24,904 kg/ha | 26,907 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 26,109 kg/ha | 25,670 kg/ha | 26,336 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 26,926 kg/ha | 20,543 kg/ha | 50,685 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 38,571 kg/ha | 33,873 kg/ha | 41,159 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 81,997 kg/ha | 56,086 kg/ha | 96,032 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Guatemala
- 2 Botswana 124,972 kg/ha compare
- 2 Türkiye 50,548 kg/ha compare
- 3 Guyana 122,246 kg/ha compare
- 4 Tunisia 108,448 kg/ha compare
- 4 Viet Nam 25,663 kg/ha compare
- 5 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 22,850 kg/ha compare
- 6 Greece 80,694 kg/ha compare
- 6 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 20,402 kg/ha compare
- 7 Jordan 59,227 kg/ha compare
- 7 Lao People's Democratic Republic 19,242 kg/ha compare
- 8 Honduras 57,535 kg/ha compare
- 8 Polynesia 16,085 kg/ha compare
More environment data for Guatemala
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -4.45 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -5.02 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.273 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.47 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 14.71 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 1.11 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is watermelons — yield in Guatemala?
- Watermelons — yield in Guatemala was 96,032 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest watermelons — yield recorded in Guatemala?
- The highest recorded value was 96,032 kg/ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest watermelons — yield recorded in Guatemala?
- The lowest recorded value was 20,543 kg/ha in 2001.
- How does Guatemala rank for watermelons — yield?
- Guatemala ranks 5th out of 119 countries with data for 2024.
- Is watermelons — yield rising or falling in Guatemala?
- Over the last ten years it is up 168.9%. 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 Watermelons — 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.