Cassava, fresh — Yield in Guinea-Bissau
Guinea-Bissau: Cassava, fresh — Yield was 11,375 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Cassava, fresh — Yield in Guinea-Bissau, 1984–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for cassava, fresh — yield in Guinea-Bissau is 11,375 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 2.1% on the previous year and up 21.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cassava, fresh — yield in Guinea-Bissau peaked at 16,663 kg/ha in 1992 and was at its lowest, 8,000 kg/ha, in 1984.
Guinea-Bissau ranks 47th of 93 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 41 years of available data.
Cassava, fresh — Yield in Guinea-Bissau, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1984 | 8,000 kg/ha | — |
| 1985 | 9,000 kg/ha | +12.5% |
| 1986 | 9,333 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 1987 | 10,000 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 1988 | 10,532 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 1989 | 10,500 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1990 | 10,505 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 10,504 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1992 | 16,663 kg/ha | +58.6% |
| 1993 | 16,663 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 16,479 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1995 | 16,087 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 1996 | 16,231 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1997 | 15,850 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1998 | 15,238 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 1999 | 15,221 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2000 | 15,233 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2001 | 15,454 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2002 | 15,135 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 2003 | 15,200 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2004 | 13,991 kg/ha | -8.0% |
| 2005 | 12,902 kg/ha | -7.8% |
| 2006 | 11,429 kg/ha | -11.4% |
| 2007 | 10,170 kg/ha | -11.0% |
| 2008 | 11,002 kg/ha | +8.2% |
| 2009 | 10,457 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 2010 | 10,172 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 2011 | 9,937 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 2012 | 10,061 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2013 | 9,709 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 2014 | 9,370 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 2015 | 9,346 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2016 | 9,421 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2017 | 9,983 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 2018 | 10,344 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 2019 | 11,418 kg/ha | +10.4% |
| 2020 | 11,351 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2021 | 11,265 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2022 | 10,980 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 2023 | 11,137 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2024 | 11,375 kg/ha | +2.1% |
Guinea-Bissau compared with similar countries
- Guinea-Bissau's 11,375 kg/ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 9,533 kg/ha, 1.2× the median. (17 countries reporting)
- Guinea-Bissau's 11,375 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 10,541 kg/ha, 1.1× the median. (35 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cassava, fresh — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | +58.6% | 10,504 kg/ha | 16,663 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 9,561 kg/ha | 8,000 kg/ha | 10,532 kg/ha | 6 |
| 1990s | 14,944 kg/ha | 10,504 kg/ha | 16,663 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 13,097 kg/ha | 10,170 kg/ha | 15,454 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 9,976 kg/ha | 9,346 kg/ha | 11,418 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 11,222 kg/ha | 10,980 kg/ha | 11,375 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Guinea-Bissau
- 44 Trinidad and Tobago 12,187 kg/ha compare
- 45 Mexico 12,138 kg/ha compare
- 46 Zambia 11,700 kg/ha compare
- 48 Angola 10,977 kg/ha compare
- 49 Guadeloupe 10,968 kg/ha compare
- 50 Sierra Leone 10,885 kg/ha compare
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 cassava, fresh — yield in Guinea-Bissau?
- Cassava, fresh — yield in Guinea-Bissau was 11,375 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cassava, fresh — yield recorded in Guinea-Bissau?
- The highest recorded value was 16,663 kg/ha in 1992.
- What is the lowest cassava, fresh — yield recorded in Guinea-Bissau?
- The lowest recorded value was 8,000 kg/ha in 1984.
- How does Guinea-Bissau rank for cassava, fresh — yield?
- Guinea-Bissau ranks 47th out of 93 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cassava, fresh — yield rising or falling in Guinea-Bissau?
- Over the last ten years it is up 21.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Guinea-Bissau data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Cassava, fresh — Yield. 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.