Bananas — Area harvested in Guinea-Bissau
Guinea-Bissau: Bananas — Area harvested was 724 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Bananas — Area harvested in Guinea-Bissau, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, bananas — area harvested in Guinea-Bissau stood at 724 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.1% on the previous year and up 6.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bananas — area harvested in Guinea-Bissau peaked at 729 ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 0 ha, in 1961.
That places Guinea-Bissau 87th out of 141 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Bananas — Area harvested in Guinea-Bissau, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0 ha | — |
| 1962 | 0 ha | — |
| 1963 | 0 ha | — |
| 1964 | 0 ha | — |
| 1965 | 0 ha | — |
| 1966 | 0 ha | — |
| 1967 | 0 ha | — |
| 1968 | 0 ha | — |
| 1969 | 0 ha | — |
| 1970 | 0 ha | — |
| 1971 | 0 ha | — |
| 1972 | 0 ha | — |
| 1973 | 0 ha | — |
| 1974 | 0 ha | — |
| 1975 | 0 ha | — |
| 1976 | 0 ha | — |
| 1977 | 0 ha | — |
| 1978 | 0 ha | — |
| 1979 | 0 ha | — |
| 1980 | 0 ha | — |
| 1981 | 0 ha | — |
| 1982 | 0 ha | — |
| 1983 | 0 ha | — |
| 1984 | 0 ha | — |
| 1985 | 50 ha | — |
| 1986 | 100 ha | +100.0% |
| 1987 | 150 ha | +50.0% |
| 1988 | 200 ha | +33.3% |
| 1989 | 250 ha | +25.0% |
| 1990 | 300 ha | +20.0% |
| 1991 | 384 ha | +28.0% |
| 1992 | 450 ha | +17.2% |
| 1993 | 440 ha | -2.2% |
| 1994 | 410 ha | -6.8% |
| 1995 | 420 ha | +2.4% |
| 1996 | 395 ha | -6.0% |
| 1997 | 389 ha | -1.5% |
| 1998 | 394 ha | +1.3% |
| 1999 | 390 ha | -1.0% |
| 2000 | 396 ha | +1.5% |
| 2001 | 401 ha | +1.3% |
| 2002 | 417 ha | +4.0% |
| 2003 | 450 ha | +7.9% |
| 2004 | 460 ha | +2.2% |
| 2005 | 479 ha | +4.1% |
| 2006 | 500 ha | +4.4% |
| 2007 | 520 ha | +4.0% |
| 2008 | 530 ha | +1.9% |
| 2009 | 570 ha | +7.5% |
| 2010 | 590 ha | +3.5% |
| 2011 | 611 ha | +3.6% |
| 2012 | 600 ha | -1.8% |
| 2013 | 664 ha | +10.7% |
| 2014 | 683 ha | +2.9% |
| 2015 | 688 ha | +0.7% |
| 2016 | 707 ha | +2.8% |
| 2017 | 703 ha | -0.6% |
| 2018 | 714 ha | +1.6% |
| 2019 | 722 ha | +1.1% |
| 2020 | 729 ha | +1.0% |
| 2021 | 722 ha | -1.0% |
| 2022 | 724 ha | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 725 ha | +0.1% |
| 2024 | 724 ha | -0.1% |
Guinea-Bissau compared with similar countries
- Guinea-Bissau's 724 ha is below the median for low income countries, which is 53,668 ha, 1% of the median. (15 countries reporting)
- Guinea-Bissau's 724 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 12,958 ha, 6% of the median. (34 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Bananas — Area harvested 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | +100.0% | 50 ha | 100 ha |
| 1987 | +50.0% | 100 ha | 150 ha |
| 1988 | +33.3% | 150 ha | 200 ha |
| 1991 | +28.0% | 300 ha | 384 ha |
| 1989 | +25.0% | 200 ha | 250 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0 ha | 0 ha | 0 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 0 ha | 0 ha | 0 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 75 ha | 0 ha | 250 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 397.2 ha | 300 ha | 450 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 472.3 ha | 396 ha | 570 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 668.2 ha | 590 ha | 722 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 724.8 ha | 722 ha | 729 ha | 5 |
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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 bananas — area harvested in Guinea-Bissau?
- Bananas — area harvested in Guinea-Bissau was 724 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest bananas — area harvested recorded in Guinea-Bissau?
- The highest recorded value was 729 ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest bananas — area harvested recorded in Guinea-Bissau?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 ha in 1961.
- How does Guinea-Bissau rank for bananas — area harvested?
- Guinea-Bissau ranks 87th out of 141 countries with data for 2024.
- Is bananas — area harvested rising or falling in Guinea-Bissau?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Guinea-Bissau data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Bananas — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.