Cereals n.e.c. — Area harvested in Guinea-Bissau
Guinea-Bissau: Cereals n.e.c. — Area harvested was 3,429 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Cereals n.e.c. — Area harvested in Guinea-Bissau, 2001–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for cereals n.e.c. — area harvested in Guinea-Bissau is 3,429 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 9.8% on the previous year and down 9.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereals n.e.c. — area harvested in Guinea-Bissau peaked at 5,000 ha in 2001 and was at its lowest, 2,748 ha, in 2022.
That places Guinea-Bissau 42nd out of 69 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 24 years of available data.
Cereals n.e.c. — Area harvested in Guinea-Bissau, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 5,000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 3,000 ha | -40.0% |
| 2003 | 2,750 ha | -8.3% |
| 2004 | 4,000 ha | +45.5% |
| 2005 | 4,035 ha | +0.9% |
| 2006 | 4,045 ha | +0.2% |
| 2007 | 4,200 ha | +3.8% |
| 2008 | 4,310 ha | +2.6% |
| 2009 | 4,027 ha | -6.6% |
| 2010 | 3,956 ha | -1.8% |
| 2011 | 3,916 ha | -1.0% |
| 2012 | 3,875 ha | -1.0% |
| 2013 | 3,830 ha | -1.2% |
| 2014 | 3,773 ha | -1.5% |
| 2015 | 3,694 ha | -2.1% |
| 2016 | 3,638 ha | -1.5% |
| 2017 | 3,580 ha | -1.6% |
| 2018 | 3,520 ha | -1.7% |
| 2019 | 3,511 ha | -0.3% |
| 2020 | 3,464 ha | -1.3% |
| 2021 | 3,356 ha | -3.1% |
| 2022 | 2,748 ha | -18.1% |
| 2023 | 3,124 ha | +13.7% |
| 2024 | 3,429 ha | +9.8% |
Guinea-Bissau compared with similar countries
- Guinea-Bissau's 3,429 ha is below the median for low income countries, which is 22,286 ha, 15% of the median. (8 countries reporting)
- Guinea-Bissau's 3,429 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 3,901 ha, 88% of the median. (14 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cereals n.e.c. — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | +45.5% | 2,750 ha | 4,000 ha |
| 2002 | -40.0% | 5,000 ha | 3,000 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 3,930 ha | 2,750 ha | 5,000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 3,729 ha | 3,511 ha | 3,956 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,224 ha | 2,748 ha | 3,464 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Guinea-Bissau
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 cereals n.e.c. — area harvested in Guinea-Bissau?
- Cereals n.e.c. — area harvested in Guinea-Bissau was 3,429 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cereals n.e.c. — area harvested recorded in Guinea-Bissau?
- The highest recorded value was 5,000 ha in 2001.
- What is the lowest cereals n.e.c. — area harvested recorded in Guinea-Bissau?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,748 ha in 2022.
- How does Guinea-Bissau rank for cereals n.e.c. — area harvested?
- Guinea-Bissau ranks 42nd out of 69 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cereals n.e.c. — area harvested rising or falling in Guinea-Bissau?
- Over the last ten years it is down 9.1%. 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 Cereals n.e.c. — 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.