Is agricultural land expanding? Change over the prior decade in Guinea-Bissau
Guinea-Bissau: Is agricultural land expanding? Change over the prior decade was 8.7% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Is agricultural land expanding? Change over the prior decade in Guinea-Bissau, 1971–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for is agricultural land expanding? change over the prior decade in Guinea-Bissau is 8.7%, measured in 2023.
The figure is down 2.4% on the previous year and down 28.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, is agricultural land expanding? change over the prior decade in Guinea-Bissau peaked at 21.5% in 1998 and was at its lowest, 2.0%, in 1971.
Guinea-Bissau ranks 27th of 225 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 53 years of available data.
Is agricultural land expanding? Change over the prior decade in Guinea-Bissau, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 2.0% | — |
| 1972 | 2.0% | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 3.1% | +50.0% |
| 1974 | 4.1% | +33.3% |
| 1975 | 4.1% | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 4.1% | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 2.2% | -46.1% |
| 1978 | 2.2% | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 2.4% | +9.1% |
| 1980 | 3.0% | +25.0% |
| 1981 | 4.4% | +46.7% |
| 1982 | 7.0% | +59.1% |
| 1983 | 7.9% | +13.2% |
| 1984 | 12.2% | +53.5% |
| 1985 | 13.7% | +12.9% |
| 1986 | 7.3% | -47.1% |
| 1987 | 6.1% | -16.4% |
| 1988 | 4.1% | -32.3% |
| 1989 | 11.1% | +170.9% |
| 1990 | 12.4% | +11.6% |
| 1991 | 11.7% | -6.3% |
| 1992 | 8.9% | -23.3% |
| 1993 | 10.6% | +18.7% |
| 1994 | 7.1% | -32.8% |
| 1995 | 7.1% | -0.3% |
| 1996 | 15.1% | +112.6% |
| 1997 | 17.7% | +17.3% |
| 1998 | 21.5% | +21.4% |
| 1999 | 15.1% | -29.8% |
| 2000 | 14.6% | -3.5% |
| 2001 | 15.3% | +4.8% |
| 2002 | 16.7% | +9.5% |
| 2003 | 14.3% | -14.8% |
| 2004 | 13.8% | -3.4% |
| 2005 | 13.6% | -1.4% |
| 2006 | 13.4% | -1.3% |
| 2007 | 13.2% | -1.3% |
| 2008 | 13.1% | -1.3% |
| 2009 | 12.9% | -1.3% |
| 2010 | 12.7% | -1.3% |
| 2011 | 12.6% | -1.3% |
| 2012 | 12.4% | -1.2% |
| 2013 | 12.3% | -1.2% |
| 2014 | 12.1% | -1.2% |
| 2015 | 12.0% | -1.2% |
| 2016 | 11.4% | -5.2% |
| 2017 | 10.1% | -11.4% |
| 2018 | 10.9% | +8.7% |
| 2019 | 10.5% | -3.7% |
| 2020 | 10.3% | -1.7% |
| 2021 | 11.0% | +6.6% |
| 2022 | 9.0% | -18.6% |
| 2023 | 8.7% | -2.4% |
Guinea-Bissau compared with similar countries
- Guinea-Bissau's 8.7% is above the median for low income countries, which is 0.6%, 14.5× the median. (23 countries reporting)
- Guinea-Bissau's 8.7% is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.9%, 9.7× the median. (46 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Is agricultural land expanding? Change over the prior decade 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | +170.9% | 4.1% | 11.1% |
| 1996 | +112.6% | 7.1% | 15.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 2.9% | 2.0% | 4.1% | 9 |
| 1980s | 7.7% | 3.0% | 13.7% | 10 |
| 1990s | 12.7% | 7.1% | 21.5% | 10 |
| 2000s | 14.1% | 12.9% | 16.7% | 10 |
| 2010s | 11.7% | 10.1% | 12.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 9.8% | 8.7% | 11.0% | 4 |
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 is agricultural land expanding? change over the prior decade in Guinea-Bissau?
- Is agricultural land expanding? change over the prior decade in Guinea-Bissau was 8.7% in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest is agricultural land expanding? change over the prior decade recorded in Guinea-Bissau?
- The highest recorded value was 21.5% in 1998.
- What is the lowest is agricultural land expanding? change over the prior decade recorded in Guinea-Bissau?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.0% in 1971.
- How does Guinea-Bissau rank for is agricultural land expanding? change over the prior decade?
- Guinea-Bissau ranks 27th out of 225 countries with data for 2023.
- Is is agricultural land expanding? change over the prior decade rising or falling in Guinea-Bissau?
- Over the last ten years it is down 28.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Guinea-Bissau data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Is agricultural land expanding? Change over the prior decade. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Percentage change in surface area devoted to agriculture with respect to 10 years before. Negative values imply that surface area has decreased with respect to the previous decade. This data is used to assess which countries may have already peaked in their agricultural land use.