Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added in Guinea-Bissau
Guinea-Bissau: Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added was 40.6% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added in Guinea-Bissau, 1970–2025
Source: Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks. Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
In 2025, agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added in Guinea-Bissau stood at 40.6%.
The figure is down 1.3% on the previous year and up 15.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added in Guinea-Bissau peaked at 56.9% in 1990 and was at its lowest, 31.4%, in 2019.
Guinea-Bissau ranks 4th of 206 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 56 years of available data.
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added in Guinea-Bissau, year by year
| Year | % of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 47.5% | — |
| 1971 | 44.9% | -5.5% |
| 1972 | 45.8% | +2.1% |
| 1973 | 42.9% | -6.3% |
| 1974 | 41.4% | -3.5% |
| 1975 | 47.8% | +15.4% |
| 1976 | 48.1% | +0.7% |
| 1977 | 46.2% | -4.0% |
| 1978 | 51.6% | +11.8% |
| 1979 | 51.6% | -0.0% |
| 1980 | 42.2% | -18.2% |
| 1981 | 49.3% | +16.8% |
| 1982 | 46.8% | -5.1% |
| 1983 | 42.4% | -9.2% |
| 1984 | 41.3% | -2.6% |
| 1985 | 46.5% | +12.5% |
| 1986 | 45.2% | -2.7% |
| 1987 | 53.5% | +18.3% |
| 1988 | 54.0% | +0.9% |
| 1989 | 48.7% | -9.9% |
| 1990 | 56.9% | +17.0% |
| 1991 | 51.3% | -9.9% |
| 1992 | 47.8% | -6.7% |
| 1993 | 52.8% | +10.5% |
| 1994 | 52.3% | -1.1% |
| 1995 | 51.8% | -0.9% |
| 1996 | 54.2% | +4.7% |
| 1997 | 31.7% | -41.6% |
| 1998 | 37.1% | +17.1% |
| 1999 | 36.3% | -2.0% |
| 2000 | 37.0% | +1.8% |
| 2001 | 36.8% | -0.5% |
| 2002 | 35.3% | -4.1% |
| 2003 | 36.8% | +4.3% |
| 2004 | 37.0% | +0.4% |
| 2005 | 40.4% | +9.3% |
| 2006 | 39.5% | -2.3% |
| 2007 | 38.2% | -3.3% |
| 2008 | 38.3% | +0.2% |
| 2009 | 39.2% | +2.3% |
| 2010 | 38.0% | -3.1% |
| 2011 | 37.6% | -1.0% |
| 2012 | 38.1% | +1.4% |
| 2013 | 38.7% | +1.5% |
| 2014 | 34.8% | -9.9% |
| 2015 | 35.2% | +1.0% |
| 2016 | 36.3% | +3.4% |
| 2017 | 36.4% | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 32.5% | -10.5% |
| 2019 | 31.4% | -3.6% |
| 2020 | 36.6% | +16.7% |
| 2021 | 40.1% | +9.3% |
| 2022 | 39.7% | -1.0% |
| 2023 | 36.8% | -7.2% |
| 2024 | 41.2% | +11.8% |
| 2025 | 40.6% | -1.3% |
Guinea-Bissau compared with similar countries
- Guinea-Bissau's 40.6% is above the median for low income countries, which is 29.4%, 1.4× the median. (24 countries reporting)
- Guinea-Bissau's 40.6% is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 20.8%, 2.0× the median. (48 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added in Guinea-Bissau 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | -41.6% | 54.2% | 31.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 46.8% | 41.4% | 51.6% | 10 |
| 1980s | 47.0% | 41.3% | 54.0% | 10 |
| 1990s | 47.2% | 31.7% | 56.9% | 10 |
| 2000s | 37.8% | 35.3% | 40.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 35.9% | 31.4% | 38.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 39.2% | 36.6% | 41.2% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Guinea-Bissau
More agriculture & rural data for Guinea-Bissau
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.52 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.4063 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 456.57 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.17 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0005 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.5335 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 40.6% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 40.6% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 31.5% (2018)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.2% (2018)
Frequently asked questions
- What is agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added in Guinea-Bissau?
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added in Guinea-Bissau was 40.6% in 2025, according to Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks.
- What is the highest agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added recorded in Guinea-Bissau?
- The highest recorded value was 56.9% in 1990.
- What is the lowest agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added recorded in Guinea-Bissau?
- The lowest recorded value was 31.4% in 2019.
- How does Guinea-Bissau rank for agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added?
- Guinea-Bissau ranks 4th out of 206 countries with data for 2025.
- Is agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added rising or falling in Guinea-Bissau?
- Over the last ten years it is up 15.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Guinea-Bissau data come from?
- The figures come from Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks, published as part of Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (% of GDP). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing corresponds to ISIC (Rev. 4) divisions 01-03 and includes the exploitation of vegetal and animal natural resources, comprising the activities of growing of crops, raising and breeding of animals, harvesting of timber and other plants, animals or animal products from a farm or their natural habitats.Value added is the contribution to the economy by a producer or an industry or an institutional sector, which is estimated by the total value of output produced and deducting the total value of intermediate consumption of goods and services used to produce that output. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period. Note: For VAB countries, gross value added at factor cost is used as the denominator.