Cereals, primary — Area harvested in Guinea-Bissau
Guinea-Bissau: Cereals, primary — Area harvested was 242,659 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cereals, primary — Area harvested in Guinea-Bissau, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, cereals, primary — area harvested in Guinea-Bissau stood at 242,659 ha. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 10.8% on the previous year and up 103.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereals, primary — area harvested in Guinea-Bissau peaked at 242,659 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 68,000 ha, in 1971.
Guinea-Bissau ranks 115th of 178 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 93,611 ha | 69,000 ha | 120,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 101,550 ha | 68,000 ha | 140,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 144,638 ha | 84,809 ha | 233,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 125,798 ha | 109,273 ha | 143,009 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 148,675 ha | 133,300 ha | 162,150 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 156,444 ha | 119,173 ha | 188,953 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 213,378 ha | 191,944 ha | 242,659 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Guinea-Bissau
- 112 Norway 279,979 ha compare
- 113 Ireland 258,930 ha compare
- 114 Libya 249,794 ha compare
- 116 Dominican Republic 235,617 ha compare
- 117 Saudi Arabia 230,134 ha compare
- 118 Bosnia and Herzegovina 224,321 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)
- Agriculture share gdp 40.63 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 40.63 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 31.5% (2018)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.2% (2018)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cereals, primary — area harvested in Guinea-Bissau?
- Cereals, primary — area harvested in Guinea-Bissau was 242,659 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cereals, primary — area harvested recorded in Guinea-Bissau?
- The highest recorded value was 242,659 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest cereals, primary — area harvested recorded in Guinea-Bissau?
- The lowest recorded value was 68,000 ha in 1971.
- How does Guinea-Bissau rank for cereals, primary — area harvested?
- Guinea-Bissau ranks 115th out of 178 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cereals, primary — area harvested rising or falling in Guinea-Bissau?
- Over the last ten years it is up 103.6%. 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 Cereals, primary — 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.