Bananas — Area harvested in Guinea
Guinea: Bananas — Area harvested was 40,006 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Bananas — Area harvested in Guinea, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, bananas — area harvested in Guinea stood at 40,006 ha.
The figure is down 0.7% on the previous year and down 5.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bananas — area harvested in Guinea peaked at 42,518 ha in 2014 and was at its lowest, 15,500 ha, in 1972.
That places Guinea 33rd out of 141 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Bananas — Area harvested in Guinea, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 20,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 18,000 ha | -10.0% |
| 1963 | 17,000 ha | -5.6% |
| 1964 | 17,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 18,000 ha | +5.9% |
| 1966 | 17,000 ha | -5.6% |
| 1967 | 17,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 17,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 18,000 ha | +5.9% |
| 1970 | 19,000 ha | +5.6% |
| 1971 | 18,000 ha | -5.3% |
| 1972 | 15,500 ha | -13.9% |
| 1973 | 20,650 ha | +33.2% |
| 1974 | 20,860 ha | +1.0% |
| 1975 | 21,070 ha | +1.0% |
| 1976 | 21,300 ha | +1.1% |
| 1977 | 21,500 ha | +0.9% |
| 1978 | 21,715 ha | +1.0% |
| 1979 | 21,932 ha | +1.0% |
| 1980 | 22,150 ha | +1.0% |
| 1981 | 22,370 ha | +1.0% |
| 1982 | 22,590 ha | +1.0% |
| 1983 | 22,820 ha | +1.0% |
| 1984 | 23,040 ha | +1.0% |
| 1985 | 23,279 ha | +1.0% |
| 1986 | 22,000 ha | -5.5% |
| 1987 | 20,000 ha | -9.1% |
| 1988 | 23,900 ha | +19.5% |
| 1989 | 25,000 ha | +4.6% |
| 1990 | 27,500 ha | +10.0% |
| 1991 | 30,250 ha | +10.0% |
| 1992 | 33,275 ha | +10.0% |
| 1993 | 36,602 ha | +10.0% |
| 1994 | 40,262 ha | +10.0% |
| 1995 | 40,000 ha | -0.7% |
| 1996 | 39,492 ha | -1.3% |
| 1997 | 39,512 ha | +0.1% |
| 1998 | 39,589 ha | +0.2% |
| 1999 | 39,703 ha | +0.3% |
| 2000 | 39,801 ha | +0.2% |
| 2001 | 39,919 ha | +0.3% |
| 2002 | 40,413 ha | +1.2% |
| 2003 | 40,283 ha | -0.3% |
| 2004 | 40,210 ha | -0.2% |
| 2005 | 40,033 ha | -0.4% |
| 2006 | 40,500 ha | +1.2% |
| 2007 | 41,000 ha | +1.2% |
| 2008 | 41,500 ha | +1.2% |
| 2009 | 40,534 ha | -2.3% |
| 2010 | 40,904 ha | +0.9% |
| 2011 | 40,000 ha | -2.2% |
| 2012 | 42,000 ha | +5.0% |
| 2013 | 42,483 ha | +1.1% |
| 2014 | 42,518 ha | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 41,524 ha | -2.3% |
| 2016 | 41,203 ha | -0.8% |
| 2017 | 41,049 ha | -0.4% |
| 2018 | 41,191 ha | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 41,397 ha | +0.5% |
| 2020 | 41,611 ha | +0.5% |
| 2021 | 40,832 ha | -1.9% |
| 2022 | 40,538 ha | -0.7% |
| 2023 | 40,287 ha | -0.6% |
| 2024 | 40,006 ha | -0.7% |
Guinea compared with similar countries
- Guinea's 40,006 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 11,932 ha, 3.4× the median. (32 countries reporting)
- Guinea's 40,006 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 12,958 ha, 3.1× the median. (34 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Bananas — Area harvested 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 | +33.2% | 15,500 ha | 20,650 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 17,667 ha | 17,000 ha | 20,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 20,153 ha | 15,500 ha | 21,932 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 22,715 ha | 20,000 ha | 25,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 36,618 ha | 27,500 ha | 40,262 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 40,419 ha | 39,801 ha | 41,500 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 41,427 ha | 40,000 ha | 42,518 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 40,655 ha | 40,006 ha | 41,611 ha | 5 |
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 bananas — area harvested in Guinea?
- Bananas — area harvested in Guinea was 40,006 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest bananas — area harvested recorded in Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 42,518 ha in 2014.
- What is the lowest bananas — area harvested recorded in Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 15,500 ha in 1972.
- How does Guinea rank for bananas — area harvested?
- Guinea ranks 33rd out of 141 countries with data for 2024.
- Is bananas — area harvested rising or falling in Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Guinea 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.