Cashew nuts, in shell — Yield in Guinea-Bissau
Guinea-Bissau: Cashew nuts, in shell — Yield was 571.4 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cashew nuts, in shell — Yield in Guinea-Bissau, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Guinea-Bissau recorded 571.4 kg/ha for cashew nuts, in shell — yield in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.3% on the previous year and down 22.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cashew nuts, in shell — yield in Guinea-Bissau peaked at 984.7 kg/ha in 2013 and was at its lowest, 200 kg/ha, in 1961.
That places Guinea-Bissau 23rd out of 32 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Cashew nuts, in shell — Yield in Guinea-Bissau, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 200 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 200 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 200 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 200 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 200 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 200 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 200 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 200 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 200 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 208.3 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 1971 | 208.3 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 208.3 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 208.3 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 208.3 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 208.3 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 208.3 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 214.3 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1978 | 214.3 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 214.3 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 218.8 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1981 | 227.3 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 1982 | 227.3 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 227.3 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 266.7 kg/ha | +17.3% |
| 1985 | 276.6 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 1986 | 300 kg/ha | +8.5% |
| 1987 | 327.3 kg/ha | +9.1% |
| 1988 | 327.3 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 375 kg/ha | +14.6% |
| 1990 | 375 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 322.5 kg/ha | -14.0% |
| 1992 | 375 kg/ha | +16.3% |
| 1993 | 352.6 kg/ha | -6.0% |
| 1994 | 309.9 kg/ha | -12.1% |
| 1995 | 322.3 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 1996 | 367.4 kg/ha | +14.0% |
| 1997 | 385.9 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 1998 | 400 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 1999 | 385 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 2000 | 346.3 kg/ha | -10.1% |
| 2001 | 389.5 kg/ha | +12.5% |
| 2002 | 405.7 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 2003 | 416.5 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 2004 | 422.8 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2005 | 417.8 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2006 | 448.1 kg/ha | +7.3% |
| 2007 | 465.8 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 2008 | 516.3 kg/ha | +10.8% |
| 2009 | 496.1 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 2010 | 485.1 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 2011 | 727.5 kg/ha | +50.0% |
| 2012 | 717.5 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 2013 | 984.7 kg/ha | +37.2% |
| 2014 | 738.4 kg/ha | -25.0% |
| 2015 | 518.5 kg/ha | -29.8% |
| 2016 | 750.6 kg/ha | +44.8% |
| 2017 | 530.7 kg/ha | -29.3% |
| 2018 | 537.1 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2019 | 542.1 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2020 | 586.9 kg/ha | +8.3% |
| 2021 | 596.7 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2022 | 575.1 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 2023 | 573.2 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2024 | 571.4 kg/ha | -0.3% |
Guinea-Bissau compared with similar countries
- Guinea-Bissau's 571.4 kg/ha is below the median for low income countries, which is 1,105 kg/ha, 52% of the median. (7 countries reporting)
- Guinea-Bissau's 571.4 kg/ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 808.1 kg/ha, 71% of the median. (15 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cashew nuts, in shell — Yield 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | +50.0% | 485.1 kg/ha | 727.5 kg/ha |
| 2016 | +44.8% | 518.5 kg/ha | 750.6 kg/ha |
| 2013 | +37.2% | 717.5 kg/ha | 984.7 kg/ha |
| 2015 | -29.8% | 738.4 kg/ha | 518.5 kg/ha |
| 2017 | -29.3% | 750.6 kg/ha | 530.7 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 200 kg/ha | 200 kg/ha | 200 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 210.1 kg/ha | 208.3 kg/ha | 214.3 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 277.36 kg/ha | 218.8 kg/ha | 375 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 359.56 kg/ha | 309.9 kg/ha | 400 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 432.49 kg/ha | 346.3 kg/ha | 516.3 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 653.22 kg/ha | 485.1 kg/ha | 984.7 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 580.66 kg/ha | 571.4 kg/ha | 596.7 kg/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 cashew nuts, in shell — yield in Guinea-Bissau?
- Cashew nuts, in shell — yield in Guinea-Bissau was 571.4 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cashew nuts, in shell — yield recorded in Guinea-Bissau?
- The highest recorded value was 984.7 kg/ha in 2013.
- What is the lowest cashew nuts, in shell — yield recorded in Guinea-Bissau?
- The lowest recorded value was 200 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Guinea-Bissau rank for cashew nuts, in shell — yield?
- Guinea-Bissau ranks 23rd out of 32 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cashew nuts, in shell — yield rising or falling in Guinea-Bissau?
- Over the last ten years it is down 22.6%. 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, published as part of Cashew nuts, in shell — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.