Is agricultural land expanding? Change over the prior decade in Guinea
Guinea: Is agricultural land expanding? Change over the prior decade was 15.0% in 2023. ◆ Volatile
Is agricultural land expanding? Change over the prior decade in Guinea, 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 is 15.0%, measured in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 10.1% on the previous year and up 37.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, is agricultural land expanding? change over the prior decade in Guinea peaked at 16.2% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.0%, in 1971.
Guinea ranks 9th of 225 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Is agricultural land expanding? Change over the prior decade in Guinea, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 0.0% | — |
| 1972 | 0.1% | +720.2% |
| 1973 | 0.2% | +104.7% |
| 1974 | 0.1% | -4.2% |
| 1975 | 0.1% | -1.9% |
| 1976 | 0.1% | -3.7% |
| 1977 | 0.1% | -57.6% |
| 1978 | 0.0% | -29.3% |
| 1979 | 0.3% | +607.3% |
| 1980 | 0.3% | +0.4% |
| 1981 | 0.2% | -38.0% |
| 1982 | 0.1% | -29.8% |
| 1983 | 0.2% | +56.9% |
| 1984 | 0.3% | +46.2% |
| 1985 | 0.4% | +30.6% |
| 1986 | 0.1% | -77.6% |
| 1987 | 0.1% | +47.9% |
| 1988 | 0.5% | +321.6% |
| 1989 | 0.3% | -40.8% |
| 1990 | 1.2% | +278.4% |
| 1991 | 0.7% | -41.0% |
| 1992 | 1.0% | +43.1% |
| 1993 | 1.0% | -1.0% |
| 1994 | 1.1% | +10.4% |
| 1995 | 0.9% | -15.6% |
| 1996 | 1.2% | +32.1% |
| 1997 | 1.2% | +0.7% |
| 1998 | 0.9% | -24.9% |
| 1999 | 1.0% | +3.1% |
| 2000 | 0.1% | -89.6% |
| 2001 | 0.6% | +489.8% |
| 2002 | 0.6% | -5.6% |
| 2003 | 0.6% | +9.6% |
| 2004 | 0.5% | -21.2% |
| 2005 | 0.6% | +29.4% |
| 2006 | 1.0% | +69.7% |
| 2007 | 2.0% | +86.6% |
| 2008 | 2.9% | +50.7% |
| 2009 | 2.2% | -26.5% |
| 2010 | 7.1% | +226.9% |
| 2011 | 7.4% | +5.2% |
| 2012 | 10.4% | +39.5% |
| 2013 | 10.9% | +4.7% |
| 2014 | 13.5% | +24.2% |
| 2015 | 14.9% | +10.5% |
| 2016 | 15.1% | +1.0% |
| 2017 | 15.4% | +1.9% |
| 2018 | 15.4% | -0.1% |
| 2019 | 16.2% | +5.2% |
| 2020 | 12.7% | -21.2% |
| 2021 | 14.7% | +15.7% |
| 2022 | 13.6% | -7.7% |
| 2023 | 15.0% | +10.1% |
Guinea compared with similar countries
- Guinea's 15.0% is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 1.1%, 13.3× the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Guinea's 15.0% is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.9%, 16.6× the median. (46 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Is agricultural land expanding? Change over the prior decade in Guinea 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1972 | +720.2% | 0.0% | 0.1% |
| 1979 | +607.3% | 0.0% | 0.3% |
| 2001 | +489.8% | 0.1% | 0.6% |
| 1988 | +321.6% | 0.1% | 0.5% |
| 1990 | +278.4% | 0.3% | 1.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.3% | 9 |
| 1980s | 0.3% | 0.1% | 0.5% | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.0% | 0.7% | 1.2% | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.1% | 0.1% | 2.9% | 10 |
| 2010s | 12.6% | 7.1% | 16.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 14.0% | 12.7% | 15.0% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Guinea
More agriculture & rural data for Guinea
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 14.56 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.3129 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 587.44 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.6 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0003 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6148 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 31.3% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 31.3% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.8% (2016)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.4% (2016)
Frequently asked questions
- What is is agricultural land expanding? change over the prior decade in Guinea?
- Is agricultural land expanding? change over the prior decade in Guinea was 15.0% 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?
- The highest recorded value was 16.2% in 2019.
- What is the lowest is agricultural land expanding? change over the prior decade recorded in Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0% in 1971.
- How does Guinea rank for is agricultural land expanding? change over the prior decade?
- Guinea ranks 9th out of 225 countries with data for 2023.
- Is is agricultural land expanding? change over the prior decade rising or falling in Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is up 37.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Guinea 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.