Green corn (maize) — Area harvested in Guinea
Guinea: Green corn (maize) — Area harvested was 141,002 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Green corn (maize) — Area harvested in Guinea, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Guinea recorded 141,002 ha for green corn (maize) — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is up 0.3% on the previous year and up 6.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, green corn (maize) — area harvested in Guinea peaked at 155,000 ha in 1970 and was at its lowest, 80,000 ha, in 1965.
That places Guinea 2nd out of 53 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Green corn (maize) — Area harvested in Guinea, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 110,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 105,000 ha | -4.5% |
| 1963 | 95,000 ha | -9.5% |
| 1964 | 100,000 ha | +5.3% |
| 1965 | 80,000 ha | -20.0% |
| 1966 | 110,000 ha | +37.5% |
| 1967 | 120,000 ha | +9.1% |
| 1968 | 145,000 ha | +20.8% |
| 1969 | 130,000 ha | -10.3% |
| 1970 | 155,000 ha | +19.2% |
| 1971 | 140,000 ha | -9.7% |
| 1972 | 105,000 ha | -25.0% |
| 1973 | 95,000 ha | -9.5% |
| 1974 | 105,000 ha | +10.5% |
| 1975 | 110,000 ha | +4.8% |
| 1976 | 115,000 ha | +4.5% |
| 1977 | 115,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 115,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 115,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 115,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 120,000 ha | +4.3% |
| 1982 | 120,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 110,000 ha | -8.3% |
| 1984 | 120,000 ha | +9.1% |
| 1985 | 120,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 105,000 ha | -12.5% |
| 1987 | 105,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 105,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 105,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 94,401 ha | -10.1% |
| 1991 | 120,608 ha | +27.8% |
| 1992 | 120,673 ha | +0.1% |
| 1993 | 120,738 ha | +0.1% |
| 1994 | 120,803 ha | +0.1% |
| 1995 | 120,867 ha | +0.1% |
| 1996 | 119,449 ha | -1.2% |
| 1997 | 112,665 ha | -5.7% |
| 1998 | 105,000 ha | -6.8% |
| 1999 | 110,000 ha | +4.8% |
| 2000 | 115,000 ha | +4.5% |
| 2001 | 118,000 ha | +2.6% |
| 2002 | 125,000 ha | +5.9% |
| 2003 | 130,000 ha | +4.0% |
| 2004 | 135,000 ha | +3.8% |
| 2005 | 140,000 ha | +3.7% |
| 2006 | 110,000 ha | -21.4% |
| 2007 | 115,000 ha | +4.5% |
| 2008 | 116,000 ha | +0.9% |
| 2009 | 120,000 ha | +3.4% |
| 2010 | 125,000 ha | +4.2% |
| 2011 | 130,000 ha | +4.0% |
| 2012 | 132,000 ha | +1.5% |
| 2013 | 130,823 ha | -0.9% |
| 2014 | 132,153 ha | +1.0% |
| 2015 | 133,345 ha | +0.9% |
| 2016 | 134,832 ha | +1.1% |
| 2017 | 136,094 ha | +0.9% |
| 2018 | 137,059 ha | +0.7% |
| 2019 | 138,211 ha | +0.8% |
| 2020 | 139,377 ha | +0.8% |
| 2021 | 140,527 ha | +0.8% |
| 2022 | 141,884 ha | +1.0% |
| 2023 | 140,596 ha | -0.9% |
| 2024 | 141,002 ha | +0.3% |
Guinea compared with similar countries
- Guinea's 141,002 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 25,110 ha, 5.6× the median. (5 countries reporting)
- Guinea's 141,002 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 22,856 ha, 6.2× the median. (6 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Green corn (maize) — Area harvested 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1966 | +37.5% | 80,000 ha | 110,000 ha |
| 1991 | +27.8% | 94,401 ha | 120,608 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 110,556 ha | 80,000 ha | 145,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 117,000 ha | 95,000 ha | 155,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 112,500 ha | 105,000 ha | 120,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 114,520 ha | 94,401 ha | 120,867 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 122,400 ha | 110,000 ha | 140,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 132,952 ha | 125,000 ha | 138,211 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 140,677 ha | 139,377 ha | 141,884 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Guinea
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 green corn (maize) — area harvested in Guinea?
- Green corn (maize) — area harvested in Guinea was 141,002 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest green corn (maize) — area harvested recorded in Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 155,000 ha in 1970.
- What is the lowest green corn (maize) — area harvested recorded in Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 80,000 ha in 1965.
- How does Guinea rank for green corn (maize) — area harvested?
- Guinea ranks 2nd out of 53 countries with data for 2024.
- Is green corn (maize) — area harvested rising or falling in Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.7%. 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 Green corn (maize) — Area harvested. 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.