Green corn (maize) — Yield in Guinea
Guinea: Green corn (maize) — Yield was 2,145 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Green corn (maize) — Yield in Guinea, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for green corn (maize) — yield in Guinea is 2,145 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.1% on the previous year and down 3.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, green corn (maize) — yield in Guinea peaked at 2,840 kg/ha in 1990 and was at its lowest, 2,000 kg/ha, in 1962.
That places Guinea 47th out of 53 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Green corn (maize) — Yield in Guinea, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,073 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 2,000 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 1963 | 2,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 2,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 2,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 2,064 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1967 | 2,058 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1968 | 2,000 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 1969 | 2,015 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1970 | 2,013 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1971 | 2,229 kg/ha | +10.7% |
| 1972 | 2,219 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1973 | 2,210 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1974 | 2,210 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1975 | 2,200 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1976 | 2,191 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1977 | 2,244 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1978 | 2,244 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 2,200 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 1980 | 2,244 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1981 | 2,167 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 1982 | 2,250 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 1983 | 2,273 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1984 | 2,167 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 1985 | 2,167 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 2,476 kg/ha | +14.3% |
| 1987 | 2,476 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 2,476 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 2,476 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 2,840 kg/ha | +14.7% |
| 1991 | 2,393 kg/ha | -15.7% |
| 1992 | 2,395 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1993 | 2,398 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1994 | 2,400 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1995 | 2,402 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1996 | 2,425 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1997 | 2,448 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1998 | 2,476 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1999 | 2,461 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2000 | 2,460 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2001 | 2,460 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2002 | 2,460 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2003 | 2,466 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2004 | 2,456 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2005 | 2,450 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2006 | 2,454 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2007 | 2,435 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2008 | 2,457 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2009 | 2,417 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2010 | 2,396 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2011 | 2,385 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2012 | 2,159 kg/ha | -9.5% |
| 2013 | 2,199 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2014 | 2,216 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2015 | 2,222 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 2,213 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2017 | 2,200 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2018 | 2,186 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2019 | 2,168 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2020 | 2,151 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2021 | 2,139 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2022 | 2,123 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2023 | 2,147 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2024 | 2,145 kg/ha | -0.1% |
Guinea compared with similar countries
- Guinea's 2,145 kg/ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 3,972 kg/ha, 54% of the median. (5 countries reporting)
- Guinea's 2,145 kg/ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 3,841 kg/ha, 56% of the median. (6 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,023 kg/ha | 2,000 kg/ha | 2,073 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,196 kg/ha | 2,013 kg/ha | 2,244 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,317 kg/ha | 2,167 kg/ha | 2,476 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,464 kg/ha | 2,393 kg/ha | 2,840 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,452 kg/ha | 2,417 kg/ha | 2,466 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,234 kg/ha | 2,159 kg/ha | 2,396 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,141 kg/ha | 2,123 kg/ha | 2,151 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 green corn (maize) — yield in Guinea?
- Green corn (maize) — yield in Guinea was 2,145 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest green corn (maize) — yield recorded in Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 2,840 kg/ha in 1990.
- What is the lowest green corn (maize) — yield recorded in Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,000 kg/ha in 1962.
- How does Guinea rank for green corn (maize) — yield?
- Guinea ranks 47th out of 53 countries with data for 2024.
- Is green corn (maize) — yield rising or falling in Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.2%. 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) — 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.