Cereals, primary — Yield in Guinea
Guinea: Cereals, primary — Yield was 1,351 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Cereals, primary — Yield in Guinea, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Guinea recorded 1,351 kg/ha for cereals, primary — yield in 2024.
That represents a change of down 1.4% on the previous year and up 20.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereals, primary — yield in Guinea peaked at 1,537 kg/ha in 1988 and was at its lowest, 1,122 kg/ha, in 2015.
That places Guinea 145th out of 178 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Cereals, primary — Yield in Guinea, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,340 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,369 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1963 | 1,257 kg/ha | -8.2% |
| 1964 | 1,364 kg/ha | +8.5% |
| 1965 | 1,304 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 1966 | 1,393 kg/ha | +6.8% |
| 1967 | 1,410 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1968 | 1,412 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1969 | 1,412 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1970 | 1,408 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1971 | 1,435 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1972 | 1,442 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1973 | 1,438 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1974 | 1,436 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1975 | 1,440 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1976 | 1,455 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1977 | 1,437 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1978 | 1,409 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1979 | 1,434 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1980 | 1,432 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1981 | 1,451 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1982 | 1,440 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1983 | 1,457 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1984 | 1,474 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1985 | 1,502 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1986 | 1,517 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1987 | 1,529 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1988 | 1,537 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1989 | 1,493 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 1990 | 1,455 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 1991 | 1,422 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1992 | 1,393 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 1993 | 1,405 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1994 | 1,422 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1995 | 1,455 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1996 | 1,459 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1997 | 1,463 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1998 | 1,468 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1999 | 1,474 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2000 | 1,492 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2001 | 1,483 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2002 | 1,487 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2003 | 1,485 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2004 | 1,491 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2005 | 1,496 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2006 | 1,502 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2007 | 1,514 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2008 | 1,465 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 2009 | 1,484 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2010 | 1,185 kg/ha | -20.2% |
| 2011 | 1,226 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 2012 | 1,152 kg/ha | -6.0% |
| 2013 | 1,190 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 2014 | 1,123 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 2015 | 1,122 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2016 | 1,156 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2017 | 1,165 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2018 | 1,187 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2019 | 1,258 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 2020 | 1,324 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 2021 | 1,356 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 2022 | 1,370 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2023 | 1,370 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 1,351 kg/ha | -1.4% |
Guinea compared with similar countries
- Guinea's 1,351 kg/ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 1,947 kg/ha, 69% of the median. (40 countries reporting)
- Guinea's 1,351 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 1,342 kg/ha, 1.0× the median. (42 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,362 kg/ha | 1,257 kg/ha | 1,412 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,433 kg/ha | 1,408 kg/ha | 1,455 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,483 kg/ha | 1,432 kg/ha | 1,537 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,442 kg/ha | 1,393 kg/ha | 1,474 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,490 kg/ha | 1,465 kg/ha | 1,514 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,176 kg/ha | 1,122 kg/ha | 1,258 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,354 kg/ha | 1,324 kg/ha | 1,370 kg/ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Guinea
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 14.56 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.3129 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 587.44 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.6 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0003 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6148 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 31.3% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 31.3% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.8% (2016)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.4% (2016)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cereals, primary — yield in Guinea?
- Cereals, primary — yield in Guinea was 1,351 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cereals, primary — yield recorded in Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 1,537 kg/ha in 1988.
- What is the lowest cereals, primary — yield recorded in Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,122 kg/ha in 2015.
- How does Guinea rank for cereals, primary — yield?
- Guinea ranks 145th out of 178 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cereals, primary — yield rising or falling in Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is up 20.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Guinea data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Cereals, primary — 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.