Commodity Origins

What does Guatemala produce and export?

Guatemala ranks in the top ten producers of 4 commodities: cardamom (#1, 39% of world output in 2024), palm kernel oil (#6, 0.9% of world output in 2023), palm oil (#6, 1.2% of world output in 2023), bananas (#10, 2% of world output in 2024). It is a top-ten exporter of cardamom (#1, 41% of world export value in 2024), plantains (#2, 15% of world export value in 2024), bananas (#3, 9.8% of world export value in 2024), boron (#6, 0.8% of world export value in 2024), palm oil (#6, 1.3% of world export value in 2024) and more.

Where guatemala is produced, 2024World map shaded by share of guatemala production in 2024. Darkest: Guatemala 100%. 1 producing countries shown.Fiji: no reported productionTanzania: no reported productionWestern Sahara: no reported productionCanada: no reported productionUnited States: no reported productionKazakhstan: no reported productionUzbekistan: no reported productionPapua New Guinea: no reported productionIndonesia: no reported productionArgentina: no reported productionChile: no reported productionDR Congo: no reported productionSomalia: no reported productionKenya: no reported productionSudan: no reported productionChad: no reported productionHaiti: no reported productionDominican Republic: no reported productionRussia: no reported productionBahamas: no reported productionFalkland Isds (Malvinas): no reported productionNorway: no reported productionGreenland: no reported productionFr. South Antarctic Terr.: no reported productionTimor-Leste: no reported productionSouth Africa: no reported productionLesotho: no reported productionMexico: no reported productionUruguay: no reported productionBrazil: no reported productionBolivia: no reported productionPeru: no reported productionColombia: no reported productionPanama: no reported productionCosta Rica: no reported productionNicaragua: no reported productionHonduras: no reported productionEl Salvador: no reported productionGuatemala: 100% (1)Belize: no reported productionVenezuela: no reported productionGuyana: no reported productionSuriname: no reported productionFrance: no reported productionEcuador: no reported productionPuerto Rico: no reported productionJamaica: no reported productionCuba: no reported productionZimbabwe: no reported productionBotswana: no reported productionNamibia: no reported productionSenegal: no reported productionMali: no reported productionMauritania: no reported productionBenin: no reported productionNiger: no reported productionNigeria: no reported productionCameroon: no reported productionTogo: no reported productionGhana: no reported productionIvory Coast: no reported productionGuinea: no reported productionGuinea-Bissau: no reported productionLiberia: no reported productionSierra Leone: no reported productionBurkina Faso: no reported productionCentral African Republic: no reported productionRepublic of the Congo: no reported productionGabon: no reported productionEquatorial Guinea: no reported productionZambia: no reported productionMalawi: no reported productionMozambique: no reported productionEswatini: no reported productionAngola: no reported productionBurundi: no reported productionIsrael: no reported productionLebanon: no reported productionMadagascar: no reported productionPalestine: no reported productionGambia: no reported productionTunisia: no reported productionAlgeria: no reported productionJordan: no reported productionUnited Arab Emirates: no reported productionQatar: no reported productionKuwait: no reported productionIraq: no reported productionOman: no reported productionVanuatu: no reported productionCambodia: no reported productionThailand: no reported productionLaos: no reported productionMyanmar: no reported productionVietnam: no reported productionNorth Korea: no reported productionSouth Korea: no reported productionMongolia: no reported productionIndia: no reported productionBangladesh: no reported productionBhutan: no reported productionNepal: no reported productionPakistan: no reported productionAfghanistan: no reported productionTajikistan: no reported productionKyrgyzstan: no reported productionTurkmenistan: no reported productionIran: no reported productionSyria: no reported productionArmenia: no reported productionSweden: no reported productionBelarus: no reported productionUkraine: no reported productionPoland: no reported productionAustria: no reported productionHungary: no reported productionMoldova: no reported productionRomania: no reported productionLithuania: no reported productionLatvia: no reported productionEstonia: no reported productionGermany: no reported productionBulgaria: no reported productionGreece: no reported productionTurkey: no reported productionAlbania: no reported productionCroatia: no reported productionSwitzerland: no reported productionLuxembourg: no reported productionBelgium: no reported productionNetherlands: no reported productionPortugal: no reported productionSpain: no reported productionIreland: no reported productionNew Caledonia: no reported productionSolomon Islands: no reported productionNew Zealand: no reported productionAustralia: no reported productionSri Lanka: no reported productionChina: no reported productionTaiwan: no reported productionItaly: no reported productionDenmark: no reported productionUnited Kingdom: no reported productionIceland: no reported productionAzerbaijan: no reported productionGeorgia: no reported productionPhilippines: no reported productionMalaysia: no reported productionBrunei: no reported productionSlovenia: no reported productionFinland: no reported productionSlovakia: no reported productionCzechia: no reported productionEritrea: no reported productionJapan: no reported productionParaguay: no reported productionYemen: no reported productionSaudi Arabia: no reported productionAntarcticaN. CyprusCyprus: no reported productionMorocco: no reported productionEgypt: no reported productionLibya: no reported productionEthiopia: no reported productionDjibouti: no reported productionSomalilandUganda: no reported productionRwanda: no reported productionBosnia and Herzegovina: no reported productionNorth Macedonia: no reported productionSerbia: no reported productionMontenegro: no reported productionKosovoTrinidad and Tobago: no reported productionSouth Sudan: no reported production<0.5%0.5–1%1–2.5%2.5–5%5–10%10–20%≥20%
Share of world production, 2024. Countries with no reported production are unshaded.

What does Guatemala produce?

Commodities where Guatemala is a top-ten producer
CommodityWorld rankShare of worldProductionYearSource
Cardamom Softs139%76,339 t2024FAOSTAT
Palm kernel oil Oilseeds & vegetable oils60.9%74,487 t2023FAOSTAT
Palm oil Oilseeds & vegetable oils61.2%933,926 t2023FAOSTAT
Bananas Fruit & vegetables102%2.8 million t2024FAOSTAT

What does Guatemala export?

Top 9 Guatemala commodity exports, 2024Bar chart of top 9 Guatemala commodity exports in 2024: Bananas 9.8%, Coffee 2.8%, Sugar 1.8%, Palm oil 1.3%, Cardamom 41%, Natural rubber 1.1%, Plantains 15%, Palm kernel oil 5.7%, Boron 0.8%; rest of world 20%.BananasBananas: 9.8%, $1.5 billion9.8%CoffeeCoffee: 2.8%, $945.4 million2.8%SugarSugar: 1.8%, $757.5 million1.8%Palm oilPalm oil: 1.3%, $548.9 million1.3%CardamomCardamom: 41%, $515.2 million41%Natural rubberNatural rubber: 1.1%, $186.3 million1.1%PlantainsPlantains: 15%, $168.3 million15%Palm kernel oilPalm kernel oil: 5.7%, $61.9 million5.7%BoronBoron: 0.8%, $9.3 million0.8%Rest of worldRest of world: 20%, $020%
Guatemala's largest commodity exports by value. Each bar's share is that commodity's share of world trade in it, not its share of Guatemala's own exports — the two are unrelated and shown so a bar near 100% marks a commodity Guatemala dominates globally rather than one it merely exports a lot of.
Top 9 Guatemala commodity exports in 2024
RankCommodityExport value (US$)Share of world
1Bananas$1.5 billion9.8%
2Coffee$945.4 million2.8%
3Sugar$757.5 million1.8%
4Palm oil$548.9 million1.3%
5Cardamom$515.2 million41%
6Natural rubber$186.3 million1.1%
7Plantains$168.3 million15%
8Palm kernel oil$61.9 million5.7%
9Boron$9.3 million0.8%
Rest of world$020%

Guatemala's own tracked-export mix

Unlike the chart above, this treemap sizes each commodity by its share of Guatemala's own $4.9 billion of tracked exports, not by world trade. Bananas alone is 31% of it. See the full export dependency report for how Guatemala compares with other countries.

Guatemala's tracked export mix by commodityBananas: 31.3%; Coffee: 19.4%; Sugar: 15.6%; Other tracked commodities: 11.9%; Palm oil: 11.3%; Cardamom: 10.6%.Bananas: 31.3%Bananas31.3%Coffee: 19.4%Coffee19.4%Sugar: 15.6%Sugar15.6%Other tracked commodities: 11.9%Other tracked co…11.9%Palm oil: 11.3%Palm oil11.3%Cardamom: 10.6%Cardamom10.6%
Commodities where Guatemala is a top-ten exporter
CommodityWorld rankShare of world exportsExport valueYear
Cardamom141%$515.2 million2024
Plantains215%$168.3 million2024
Bananas39.8%$1.5 billion2024
Boron60.8%$9.3 million2024
Palm oil61.3%$548.9 million2024
Palm kernel oil75.7%$61.9 million2024
Sugar81.8%$757.5 million2024
Coffee102.8%$945.4 million2024
Natural rubber101.1%$186.3 million2024

Sources: FAOSTAT (crops and livestock), USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries (minerals), Energy Institute Statistical Review (energy) for production; CEPII BACI for trade. Ranks count only the commodities on this site.

Guatemala commodity by commodity

One page for each commodity where Guatemala is a top-five producer or exporter with at least 3% of the world total.

Guatemala in the pattern reports

What the cross-commodity reports under Patterns say about Guatemala, computed from the same data as this page.

What Guatemala uses

Guatemala had about 18 million people and a food supply of 2,823 kilocalories per person a day in FAO's 2023 food balance sheets. Its eight largest supplies among the commodities tracked there:

Largest domestic supplies of tracked commodities in Guatemala, 2023
CommodityDomestic supplyShare of worldkg per personSelf-sufficiencyImported
Corn3.8 million tonnes0.3%83 (#7 of 140)55%45%
Milk1.8 million tonnes0.2%83 (#82 of 142)32%71%
Sugar1.1 million tonnes0.7%51 (#3 of 143)193%3.2%
Wheat756 thousand tonnes0.1%37 (#108 of 143)<0.1%126%
Chicken585 thousand tonnes0.4%30 (#42 of 143)75%26%
Potatoes539 thousand tonnes0.1%21 (#88 of 143)94%18%
Plantains460 thousand tonnes1.1%22 (#17 of 119)166%0.9%
Tomatoes417 thousand tonnes0.2%20 (#73 of 142)107%8.4%

FAO reports a negative domestic supply for Guatemala's canola (−3 thousand tonnes; production 0 tonnes, imports 1 thousand tonnes, exports 4 thousand tonnes), meaning exports exceed production plus imports in the year. These are not counted as use and are left out of the table above.

FAOSTAT Food Balance Sheets. Per-person rank counts countries of at least 1 million people. See consumption and self-sufficiency.

Who supplies Guatemala

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Data updated 22 October 2026.

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