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How much palm oil does Guatemala produce and export, and to where?

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Crude palm oil production

510 · 625 · 740 · 862 · 863 · 922 · 941 · 1,110 · 933 thousand t

2015–2023GREPALMA

GREPALMA's public presentation 'Socioeconomic statistics to 2023' (prepared in 2024 from member, Banguat and USDA data) reports: 180,614 ha planted in 2023 (3.12% of farmland, the sixth crop after basic grains, coffee, sugar cane, cardamom and rubber) and 230 growers; fresh fruit bunch production of 4,052,652 t in 2023 (−15% from 4,789,496 t in 2022, after +17% in 2022); crude palm oil output of 510 thousand t (2015), 625, 740, 862, 863, 922, 941, 1,110 (2022) and 933 thousand t (2023), 1.16% of world production; exports of 877,794 t in 2023 (470,923 t in 2015; 878 thousand t against 400 thousand in 2014) earning US$851.4 million, with Guatemala the world's third-largest exporter (900 thousand t, 1.8% of global trade in 2023, per the USDA table the presentation reproduces) after Indonesia and Malaysia; between 74% and 82% of output is exported depending on the year; main destinations the Netherlands, Spain, Mexico, El Salvador, Italy, Germany and Nicaragua; more than 30 thousand jobs in the North, North-east and South regions; and an economic footprint the guild estimates at Q12,661 million in 2023 (1.6% of GDP), with Sayaxché (Petén), Puerto Barrios (Izabal) and Fray Bartolomé de las Casas (Alta Verapaz) the municipalities where palm exceeds 50% of municipal GDP. Sustainability: 115,679 ha (64% of the area) under voluntary standards and 16,479 ha linked to deforestation over 31 years (0.67% of national deforestation 1989–2020, per GREPALMA with SIFGUA and Satelligence).

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  • Fresh fruit bunches4,052,652 t−15%; 4,789,496 t in 20222023GREPALMA
  • Palm oil exports877,794 t; US$851.4 million2023GREPALMA
  • World rank3rd exporter, 900 thousand t, 1.8% of global trade (USDA)2023GREPALMA
  • Area and growers180,614 ha; 230 growers2023GREPALMA
  • Economic footprint (guild estimate)Q12,661 million, 1.6% of GDP2023GREPALMA

Sources

  • GREPALMA

    Presentación pública: Estadísticas socioeconómicas al año 2023, agroindustria sostenible de aceite de palma en Guatemala

    • Crude palm oil production
    • Fresh fruit bunches
    • Palm oil exports
    • 4 more figures
    grepalma.orgAccessed Sep 2, 2026Go to the source