Coconuts, in shell — Area harvested in Guinea-Bissau
Guinea-Bissau: Coconuts, in shell — Area harvested was 11,615 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Coconuts, in shell — Area harvested in Guinea-Bissau, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for coconuts, in shell — area harvested in Guinea-Bissau is 11,615 ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 1.3% on the previous year and up 2.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, coconuts, in shell — area harvested in Guinea-Bissau peaked at 11,615 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 4,500 ha, in 1973.
That places Guinea-Bissau 32nd out of 84 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.
Coconuts, in shell — Area harvested in Guinea-Bissau, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 5,500 ha | — |
| 1962 | 5,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 5,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 6,000 ha | +9.1% |
| 1965 | 6,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 6,500 ha | +8.3% |
| 1967 | 6,800 ha | +4.6% |
| 1968 | 7,000 ha | +2.9% |
| 1969 | 7,500 ha | +7.1% |
| 1970 | 8,000 ha | +6.7% |
| 1971 | 8,500 ha | +6.2% |
| 1972 | 9,000 ha | +5.9% |
| 1973 | 4,500 ha | -50.0% |
| 1974 | 6,000 ha | +33.3% |
| 1975 | 6,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 6,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 6,200 ha | +3.3% |
| 1978 | 6,300 ha | +1.6% |
| 1979 | 6,400 ha | +1.6% |
| 1980 | 6,500 ha | +1.6% |
| 1981 | 6,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 6,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 6,700 ha | +3.1% |
| 1984 | 7,000 ha | +4.5% |
| 1985 | 7,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 7,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 7,300 ha | +4.3% |
| 1988 | 7,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 7,500 ha | +2.7% |
| 1990 | 8,039 ha | +7.2% |
| 1991 | 7,800 ha | -3.0% |
| 1992 | 7,851 ha | +0.7% |
| 1993 | 8,000 ha | +1.9% |
| 1994 | 8,084 ha | +1.1% |
| 1995 | 8,300 ha | +2.7% |
| 1996 | 8,500 ha | +2.4% |
| 1997 | 8,900 ha | +4.7% |
| 1998 | 8,884 ha | -0.2% |
| 1999 | 8,863 ha | -0.2% |
| 2000 | 9,000 ha | +1.5% |
| 2001 | 9,181 ha | +2.0% |
| 2002 | 9,252 ha | +0.8% |
| 2003 | 9,427 ha | +1.9% |
| 2004 | 9,568 ha | +1.5% |
| 2005 | 9,718 ha | +1.6% |
| 2006 | 9,879 ha | +1.7% |
| 2007 | 10,015 ha | +1.4% |
| 2008 | 10,254 ha | +2.4% |
| 2009 | 9,100 ha | -11.3% |
| 2010 | 9,990 ha | +9.8% |
| 2011 | 10,347 ha | +3.6% |
| 2012 | 11,000 ha | +6.3% |
| 2013 | 11,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 11,319 ha | +2.9% |
| 2015 | 11,197 ha | -1.1% |
| 2016 | 11,328 ha | +1.2% |
| 2017 | 11,581 ha | +2.2% |
| 2018 | 11,369 ha | -1.8% |
| 2019 | 11,248 ha | -1.1% |
| 2020 | 11,223 ha | -0.2% |
| 2021 | 11,312 ha | +0.8% |
| 2022 | 10,945 ha | -3.2% |
| 2023 | 11,466 ha | +4.8% |
| 2024 | 11,615 ha | +1.3% |
Guinea-Bissau compared with similar countries
- Guinea-Bissau's 11,615 ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 9,680 ha, 1.2× the median. (6 countries reporting)
- Guinea-Bissau's 11,615 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 7,186 ha, 1.6× the median. (20 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Coconuts, in shell — Area harvested in Guinea-Bissau 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 | -50.0% | 9,000 ha | 4,500 ha |
| 1974 | +33.3% | 4,500 ha | 6,000 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6,256 ha | 5,500 ha | 7,500 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 6,690 ha | 4,500 ha | 9,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 6,930 ha | 6,500 ha | 7,500 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 8,322 ha | 7,800 ha | 8,900 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 9,539 ha | 9,000 ha | 10,254 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 11,038 ha | 9,990 ha | 11,581 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 11,312 ha | 10,945 ha | 11,615 ha | 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 coconuts, in shell — area harvested in Guinea-Bissau?
- Coconuts, in shell — area harvested in Guinea-Bissau was 11,615 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest coconuts, in shell — area harvested recorded in Guinea-Bissau?
- The highest recorded value was 11,615 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest coconuts, in shell — area harvested recorded in Guinea-Bissau?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,500 ha in 1973.
- How does Guinea-Bissau rank for coconuts, in shell — area harvested?
- Guinea-Bissau ranks 32nd out of 84 countries with data for 2024.
- Is coconuts, in shell — area harvested rising or falling in Guinea-Bissau?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.6%. 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 Coconuts, in shell — Area harvested. 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.