Cashew nuts, in shell — Yield in Guinea
Guinea: Cashew nuts, in shell — Yield was 1,783 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cashew nuts, in shell — Yield in Guinea, 1985–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Guinea recorded 1,783 kg/ha for cashew nuts, in shell — yield in 2024.
That represents a change of up 26.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cashew nuts, in shell — yield in Guinea peaked at 1,917 kg/ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 672.3 kg/ha, in 1990.
That places Guinea 6th out of 32 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 40 years of available data.
Cashew nuts, in shell — Yield in Guinea, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 700 kg/ha | — |
| 1986 | 700 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 700 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 700 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 700 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 672.3 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 1991 | 836.3 kg/ha | +24.4% |
| 1992 | 834.1 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1993 | 800 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 1994 | 841 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 1995 | 856.6 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1996 | 872.2 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1997 | 887.7 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1998 | 899.4 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1999 | 917.3 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2000 | 900 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 2001 | 1,000 kg/ha | +11.1% |
| 2002 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 1,127 kg/ha | +12.7% |
| 2006 | 1,083 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 2007 | 1,048 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 2008 | 1,000 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 2009 | 1,048 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 2010 | 986.1 kg/ha | -5.9% |
| 2011 | 1,072 kg/ha | +8.7% |
| 2012 | 1,149 kg/ha | +7.2% |
| 2013 | 1,154 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2014 | 1,412 kg/ha | +22.3% |
| 2015 | 1,750 kg/ha | +23.9% |
| 2016 | 1,704 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 2017 | 1,778 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 2018 | 1,824 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 2019 | 1,860 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2020 | 1,917 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 2021 | 1,783 kg/ha | -7.0% |
| 2022 | 1,783 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 1,783 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 1,783 kg/ha | +0.0% |
Guinea compared with similar countries
- Guinea's 1,783 kg/ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 662.9 kg/ha, 2.7× the median. (11 countries reporting)
- Guinea's 1,783 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 808.1 kg/ha, 2.2× the median. (15 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 700 kg/ha | 700 kg/ha | 700 kg/ha | 5 |
| 1990s | 841.69 kg/ha | 672.3 kg/ha | 917.3 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,021 kg/ha | 900 kg/ha | 1,127 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,469 kg/ha | 986.1 kg/ha | 1,860 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,810 kg/ha | 1,783 kg/ha | 1,917 kg/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 cashew nuts, in shell — yield in Guinea?
- Cashew nuts, in shell — yield in Guinea was 1,783 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?
- The highest recorded value was 1,917 kg/ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest cashew nuts, in shell — yield recorded in Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 672.3 kg/ha in 1990.
- How does Guinea rank for cashew nuts, in shell — yield?
- Guinea ranks 6th out of 32 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cashew nuts, in shell — yield rising or falling in Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is up 26.2%. 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 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.