Cereals, primary — Production in Guinea-Bissau
Guinea-Bissau: Cereals, primary — Production was 323,557 t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cereals, primary — Production in Guinea-Bissau, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Guinea-Bissau recorded 323,557 t for cereals, primary — production in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 5.1% on the previous year and up 94.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereals, primary — production in Guinea-Bissau peaked at 323,557 t in 2024 and was at its lowest, 45,250 t, in 1971.
Guinea-Bissau ranks 121st 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.
Cereals, primary — Production in Guinea-Bissau, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 79,000 t | — |
| 1962 | 79,500 t | +0.6% |
| 1963 | 80,000 t | +0.6% |
| 1964 | 74,500 t | -6.9% |
| 1965 | 76,000 t | +2.0% |
| 1966 | 74,000 t | -2.6% |
| 1967 | 70,500 t | -4.7% |
| 1968 | 68,500 t | -2.8% |
| 1969 | 47,500 t | -30.7% |
| 1970 | 55,000 t | +15.8% |
| 1971 | 45,250 t | -17.7% |
| 1972 | 50,500 t | +11.6% |
| 1973 | 50,500 t | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 57,500 t | +13.9% |
| 1975 | 92,500 t | +60.9% |
| 1976 | 110,000 t | +18.9% |
| 1977 | 94,000 t | -14.5% |
| 1978 | 73,000 t | -22.3% |
| 1979 | 81,000 t | +11.0% |
| 1980 | 93,000 t | +14.8% |
| 1981 | 132,000 t | +41.9% |
| 1982 | 160,150 t | +21.3% |
| 1983 | 140,750 t | -12.1% |
| 1984 | 158,500 t | +12.6% |
| 1985 | 158,000 t | -0.3% |
| 1986 | 162,273 t | +2.7% |
| 1987 | 153,000 t | -5.7% |
| 1988 | 150,065 t | -1.9% |
| 1989 | 147,931 t | -1.4% |
| 1990 | 167,269 t | +13.1% |
| 1991 | 178,920 t | +7.0% |
| 1992 | 168,916 t | -5.6% |
| 1993 | 180,738 t | +7.0% |
| 1994 | 190,141 t | +5.2% |
| 1995 | 200,531 t | +5.5% |
| 1996 | 174,588 t | -12.9% |
| 1997 | 139,936 t | -19.8% |
| 1998 | 138,900 t | -0.7% |
| 1999 | 145,368 t | +4.7% |
| 2000 | 177,884 t | +22.4% |
| 2001 | 161,681 t | -9.1% |
| 2002 | 151,444 t | -6.3% |
| 2003 | 143,411 t | -5.3% |
| 2004 | 171,375 t | +19.5% |
| 2005 | 212,538 t | +24.0% |
| 2006 | 225,259 t | +6.0% |
| 2007 | 183,863 t | -18.4% |
| 2008 | 216,998 t | +18.0% |
| 2009 | 227,342 t | +4.8% |
| 2010 | 256,131 t | +12.7% |
| 2011 | 218,151 t | -14.8% |
| 2012 | 248,204 t | +13.8% |
| 2013 | 264,094 t | +6.4% |
| 2014 | 166,222 t | -37.1% |
| 2015 | 207,988 t | +25.1% |
| 2016 | 225,060 t | +8.2% |
| 2017 | 210,996 t | -6.2% |
| 2018 | 223,839 t | +6.1% |
| 2019 | 239,854 t | +7.2% |
| 2020 | 257,766 t | +7.5% |
| 2021 | 280,543 t | +8.8% |
| 2022 | 301,273 t | +7.4% |
| 2023 | 307,990 t | +2.2% |
| 2024 | 323,557 t | +5.1% |
Guinea-Bissau compared with similar countries
- Guinea-Bissau's 323,557 t is below the median for low income countries, which is 2.08 million t, 16% of the median. (22 countries reporting)
- Guinea-Bissau's 323,557 t is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 1.52 million t, 21% of the median. (42 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 72,167 t | 47,500 t | 80,000 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 70,925 t | 45,250 t | 110,000 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 145,567 t | 93,000 t | 162,273 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 168,531 t | 138,900 t | 200,531 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 187,180 t | 143,411 t | 227,342 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 226,054 t | 166,222 t | 264,094 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 294,226 t | 257,766 t | 323,557 t | 5 |
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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, primary — production in Guinea-Bissau?
- Cereals, primary — production in Guinea-Bissau was 323,557 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cereals, primary — production recorded in Guinea-Bissau?
- The highest recorded value was 323,557 t in 2024.
- What is the lowest cereals, primary — production recorded in Guinea-Bissau?
- The lowest recorded value was 45,250 t in 1971.
- How does Guinea-Bissau rank for cereals, primary — production?
- Guinea-Bissau ranks 121st out of 178 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cereals, primary — production rising or falling in Guinea-Bissau?
- Over the last ten years it is up 94.7%. 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 — 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.