Cocoa beans — Yield in Guinea
Guinea: Cocoa beans — Yield was 475.9 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cocoa beans — Yield in Guinea, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, cocoa beans — yield in Guinea stood at 475.9 kg/ha.
The figure is down 0.6% on the previous year and up 26.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cocoa beans — yield in Guinea peaked at 942.9 kg/ha in 2011 and was at its lowest, 100 kg/ha, in 1961.
That places Guinea 20th out of 53 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Cocoa beans — Yield in Guinea, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 100 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 120 kg/ha | +20.0% |
| 1963 | 120 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 133.3 kg/ha | +11.1% |
| 1965 | 133.3 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 133.3 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 133.3 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 133.3 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 133.3 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 133.3 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 133.3 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 133.3 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 133.3 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 133.3 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 200 kg/ha | +50.0% |
| 1976 | 266.7 kg/ha | +33.3% |
| 1977 | 266.7 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 266.7 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 266.7 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 266.7 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 266.7 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 266.7 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 266.7 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 266.7 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 266.7 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 300 kg/ha | +12.5% |
| 1987 | 300 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 555.6 kg/ha | +85.2% |
| 1989 | 755.6 kg/ha | +36.0% |
| 1990 | 400 kg/ha | -47.1% |
| 1991 | 450.2 kg/ha | +12.5% |
| 1992 | 440 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1993 | 466.8 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 1994 | 473.7 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1995 | 482.9 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1996 | 486.1 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1997 | 484.6 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1998 | 473.7 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 1999 | 425 kg/ha | -10.3% |
| 2000 | 412.5 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 2001 | 400 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 2002 | 500 kg/ha | +25.0% |
| 2003 | 625 kg/ha | +25.0% |
| 2004 | 576.5 kg/ha | -7.8% |
| 2005 | 513.7 kg/ha | -10.9% |
| 2006 | 518.3 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2007 | 624.2 kg/ha | +20.4% |
| 2008 | 560.6 kg/ha | -10.2% |
| 2009 | 728.9 kg/ha | +30.0% |
| 2010 | 689.1 kg/ha | -5.5% |
| 2011 | 942.9 kg/ha | +36.8% |
| 2012 | 321.6 kg/ha | -65.9% |
| 2013 | 313.6 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 2014 | 375 kg/ha | +19.6% |
| 2015 | 483 kg/ha | +28.8% |
| 2016 | 530.1 kg/ha | +9.8% |
| 2017 | 462.7 kg/ha | -12.7% |
| 2018 | 476 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2019 | 477.5 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2020 | 495.1 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 2021 | 492.6 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2022 | 482 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 2023 | 478.9 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2024 | 475.9 kg/ha | -0.6% |
Guinea compared with similar countries
- Guinea's 475.9 kg/ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 393.35 kg/ha, 1.2× the median. (16 countries reporting)
- Guinea's 475.9 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 308.35 kg/ha, 1.5× the median. (16 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cocoa beans — Yield in Guinea 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | +85.2% | 300 kg/ha | 555.6 kg/ha |
| 2012 | -65.9% | 942.9 kg/ha | 321.6 kg/ha |
| 1975 | +50.0% | 133.3 kg/ha | 200 kg/ha |
| 1990 | -47.1% | 755.6 kg/ha | 400 kg/ha |
| 2011 | +36.8% | 689.1 kg/ha | 942.9 kg/ha |
| 1989 | +36.0% | 555.6 kg/ha | 755.6 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 126.64 kg/ha | 100 kg/ha | 133.3 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 193.33 kg/ha | 133.3 kg/ha | 266.7 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 351.14 kg/ha | 266.7 kg/ha | 755.6 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 458.3 kg/ha | 400 kg/ha | 486.1 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 545.97 kg/ha | 400 kg/ha | 728.9 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 507.15 kg/ha | 313.6 kg/ha | 942.9 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 484.9 kg/ha | 475.9 kg/ha | 495.1 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 cocoa beans — yield in Guinea?
- Cocoa beans — yield in Guinea was 475.9 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cocoa beans — yield recorded in Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 942.9 kg/ha in 2011.
- What is the lowest cocoa beans — yield recorded in Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 100 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Guinea rank for cocoa beans — yield?
- Guinea ranks 20th out of 53 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cocoa beans — yield rising or falling in Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is up 26.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Guinea data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Cocoa beans — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.