Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Yield in Guinea-Bissau
Guinea-Bissau: Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Yield was 387.7 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Yield in Guinea-Bissau, 1980–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Guinea-Bissau recorded 387.7 kg/ha for fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield in 2024.
The figure is down 0.4% on the previous year and up 7.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield in Guinea-Bissau peaked at 1,073 kg/ha in 1982 and was at its lowest, 299.3 kg/ha, in 1992.
Guinea-Bissau ranks 100th of 131 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 45 years of available data.
Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Yield in Guinea-Bissau, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 1,050 kg/ha | — |
| 1981 | 933.3 kg/ha | -11.1% |
| 1982 | 1,073 kg/ha | +15.0% |
| 1983 | 653.3 kg/ha | -39.1% |
| 1984 | 1,073 kg/ha | +64.3% |
| 1985 | 1,073 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 1,073 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 1,073 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 421.8 kg/ha | -60.7% |
| 1989 | 702.5 kg/ha | +66.5% |
| 1990 | 469.9 kg/ha | -33.1% |
| 1991 | 353.8 kg/ha | -24.7% |
| 1992 | 299.3 kg/ha | -15.4% |
| 1993 | 437.5 kg/ha | +46.2% |
| 1994 | 452.9 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 1995 | 425 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 1996 | 425.7 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1997 | 425 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1998 | 424.8 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1999 | 424.2 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2000 | 435.1 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 2001 | 450 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 2002 | 450.5 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2003 | 453.4 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2004 | 456.1 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2005 | 456.9 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2006 | 461.9 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2007 | 481.2 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 2008 | 493.6 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 2009 | 484.6 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 2010 | 490 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2011 | 486.6 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2012 | 372.3 kg/ha | -23.5% |
| 2013 | 372.3 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 360.8 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 2015 | 389.6 kg/ha | +8.0% |
| 2016 | 366.8 kg/ha | -5.9% |
| 2017 | 372.4 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2018 | 389 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 2019 | 378.2 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 2020 | 394.5 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 2021 | 387.1 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 2022 | 386.5 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2023 | 389.4 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2024 | 387.7 kg/ha | -0.4% |
Guinea-Bissau compared with similar countries
- Guinea-Bissau's 387.7 kg/ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 342.8 kg/ha, 1.1× the median. (20 countries reporting)
- Guinea-Bissau's 387.7 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 346.4 kg/ha, 1.1× the median. (36 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Yield 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | +66.5% | 421.8 kg/ha | 702.5 kg/ha |
| 1984 | +64.3% | 653.3 kg/ha | 1,073 kg/ha |
| 1988 | -60.7% | 1,073 kg/ha | 421.8 kg/ha |
| 1993 | +46.2% | 299.3 kg/ha | 437.5 kg/ha |
| 1983 | -39.1% | 1,073 kg/ha | 653.3 kg/ha |
| 1990 | -33.1% | 702.5 kg/ha | 469.9 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 912.74 kg/ha | 421.8 kg/ha | 1,073 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 413.81 kg/ha | 299.3 kg/ha | 469.9 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 462.33 kg/ha | 435.1 kg/ha | 493.6 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 397.8 kg/ha | 360.8 kg/ha | 490 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 389.04 kg/ha | 386.5 kg/ha | 394.5 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Guinea-Bissau
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 fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield in Guinea-Bissau?
- Fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield in Guinea-Bissau was 387.7 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield recorded in Guinea-Bissau?
- The highest recorded value was 1,073 kg/ha in 1982.
- What is the lowest fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield recorded in Guinea-Bissau?
- The lowest recorded value was 299.3 kg/ha in 1992.
- How does Guinea-Bissau rank for fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield?
- Guinea-Bissau ranks 100th out of 131 countries with data for 2024.
- Is fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield rising or falling in Guinea-Bissau?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Guinea-Bissau data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — 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.