Cereals, primary — Production in French Guiana
French Guiana: Cereals, primary — Production was 15,163 t in 2006. ◆ Volatile
Cereals, primary — Production in French Guiana, 1961–2006
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
French Guiana recorded 15,163 t for cereals, primary — production in 2006.
That represents a change of down 15.3% on the previous year and down 51.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereals, primary — production in French Guiana peaked at 31,616 t in 2001 and was at its lowest, 105 t, in 1968.
French Guiana ranks 153rd of 178 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Cereals, primary — Production in French Guiana, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 585 t | — |
| 1962 | 1,025 t | +75.2% |
| 1963 | 130 t | -87.3% |
| 1964 | 165 t | +26.9% |
| 1965 | 170 t | +3.0% |
| 1966 | 241 t | +41.8% |
| 1967 | 200 t | -17.0% |
| 1968 | 105 t | -47.5% |
| 1969 | 160 t | +52.4% |
| 1970 | 240 t | +50.0% |
| 1971 | 1,040 t | +333.3% |
| 1972 | 524 t | -49.6% |
| 1973 | 600 t | +14.5% |
| 1974 | 600 t | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 600 t | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 600 t | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 1,350 t | +125.0% |
| 1978 | 1,535 t | +13.7% |
| 1979 | 2,000 t | +30.3% |
| 1980 | 360 t | -82.0% |
| 1981 | 550 t | +52.8% |
| 1982 | 450 t | -18.2% |
| 1983 | 2,476 t | +450.2% |
| 1984 | 5,022 t | +102.8% |
| 1985 | 7,810 t | +55.5% |
| 1986 | 8,750 t | +12.0% |
| 1987 | 13,030 t | +48.9% |
| 1988 | 14,295 t | +9.7% |
| 1989 | 16,422 t | +14.9% |
| 1990 | 21,649 t | +31.8% |
| 1991 | 28,687 t | +32.5% |
| 1992 | 24,404 t | -14.9% |
| 1993 | 27,598 t | +13.1% |
| 1994 | 25,225 t | -8.6% |
| 1995 | 25,305 t | +0.3% |
| 1996 | 31,006 t | +22.5% |
| 1997 | 31,272 t | +0.9% |
| 1998 | 24,925 t | -20.3% |
| 1999 | 19,912 t | -20.1% |
| 2000 | 19,678 t | -1.2% |
| 2001 | 31,616 t | +60.7% |
| 2002 | 22,437 t | -29.0% |
| 2003 | 23,553 t | +5.0% |
| 2004 | 25,638 t | +8.9% |
| 2005 | 17,908 t | -30.2% |
| 2006 | 15,163 t | -15.3% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cereals, primary — Production in French Guiana 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | +450.2% | 450 t | 2,476 t |
| 1971 | +333.3% | 240 t | 1,040 t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 309 t | 105 t | 1,025 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 908.9 t | 240 t | 2,000 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 6,916 t | 360 t | 16,422 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 25,998 t | 19,912 t | 31,272 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 22,285 t | 15,163 t | 31,616 t | 7 |
Countries ranked near French Guiana
- 150 Comoros 20,110 t compare
- 151 Papua New Guinea 18,808 t compare
- 152 Réunion 15,185 t compare
- 154 Fiji 11,042 t compare
- 155 New Caledonia 7,355 t compare
- 156 Montenegro 6,907 t
More agriculture & rural data for French Guiana
- Agricultural area over the long-term, annual growth rate 3.44 % change on previous year (2025)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, annual growth rate -6.77 % change on previous year (2025)
- Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight, annual -0.0979 % change on previous year (2006)
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight, annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2006)
- Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass 0 % change on previous year (2006)
- Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production, annual 8.46 % change on previous year (2006)
- Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — Producing 8.84 % change on previous year (2006)
- Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered -8.38 % change on previous year (2006)
- Meat of goat, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered -75 % change on previous year (2006)
- Meat of goat, fresh or chilled — Production, annual growth rate -75 % change on previous year (2006)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cereals, primary — production in French Guiana?
- Cereals, primary — production in French Guiana was 15,163 t in 2006, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cereals, primary — production recorded in French Guiana?
- The highest recorded value was 31,616 t in 2001.
- What is the lowest cereals, primary — production recorded in French Guiana?
- The lowest recorded value was 105 t in 1968.
- How does French Guiana rank for cereals, primary — production?
- French Guiana ranks 153rd out of 178 countries with data for 2006.
- Is cereals, primary — production rising or falling in French Guiana?
- Over the last ten years it is down 51.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this French Guiana data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Cereals, primary — Production. 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.