What is the difference in cotton yields between Burkina Faso and Guinea-Bissau?

0.07 tonnes per hectare, with Burkina Faso ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Burkina Faso and Guinea-Bissau?

45 years are reported by both, from 1980 to 2024.

Where does this data come from?

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Cotton yields. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Burkina Faso vs Guinea-Bissau: Cotton yields

Burkina Faso

1.18 tonnes per hectare

in 2024

Guinea-Bissau

1.11 tonnes per hectare

in 2024

Burkina Faso rank

58th

Guinea-Bissau rank

61st

Cotton yields over time

Burkina Faso
Guinea-Bissau

How they compare

Burkina Faso currently reports 1.18 tonnes per hectare against 1.11 tonnes per hectare in Guinea-Bissau, a difference of 0.07 tonnes per hectare.

That makes Burkina Faso's figure about 1.1 times Guinea-Bissau's.

The two have swapped places 13 times across 45 shared years of data; in 1980 it was Guinea-Bissau ahead.

Burkina Faso ranks 58th and Guinea-Bissau ranks 61st of 101 countries.

Across the 5 decades both report, Burkina Faso averaged higher in 2 and Guinea-Bissau in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Burkina Faso	Guinea-Bissau	Difference	Ahead
1980s	1.01 tonnes per hectare	2.61 tonnes per hectare	1.6 tonnes per hectare	Guinea-Bissau
1990s	1.04 tonnes per hectare	1.18 tonnes per hectare	0.1375 tonnes per hectare	Guinea-Bissau
2000s	1.13 tonnes per hectare	1.32 tonnes per hectare	0.188 tonnes per hectare	Guinea-Bissau
2010s	1.18 tonnes per hectare	1.14 tonnes per hectare	0.0449 tonnes per hectare	Burkina Faso
2020s	1.13 tonnes per hectare	1.11 tonnes per hectare	0.0225 tonnes per hectare	Burkina Faso

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher cotton yields, Burkina Faso or Guinea-Bissau?: Burkina Faso, at 1.18 tonnes per hectare against 1.11 tonnes per hectare in Guinea-Bissau as of 2024.
What is the difference in cotton yields between Burkina Faso and Guinea-Bissau?: 0.07 tonnes per hectare, with Burkina Faso ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Burkina Faso and Guinea-Bissau?: 45 years are reported by both, from 1980 to 2024.
How do Burkina Faso and Guinea-Bissau rank globally for cotton yields?: Burkina Faso ranks 58th and Guinea-Bissau ranks 61st of 101 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Cotton yields. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Cotton yields
Unit: tonnes per hectare
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 101 places, 5,475 data points, 1961–2024
Last refreshed: 28 August 2026

Yield is the amount produced per unit of land used, measured in tonnes per hectare.