Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested in Guinea-Bissau
Guinea-Bissau: Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested was 130,659 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Groundnuts, excluding shelled — 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 groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in Guinea-Bissau is 130,659 ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 7.6% on the previous year and up 147.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in Guinea-Bissau peaked at 130,659 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 13,966 ha, in 1988.
That places Guinea-Bissau 27th out of 112 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested in Guinea-Bissau, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 100,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 100,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 100,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 100,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 100,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 90,000 ha | -10.0% |
| 1967 | 90,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 90,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 90,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 90,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 80,000 ha | -11.1% |
| 1972 | 80,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 80,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 80,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 90,000 ha | +12.5% |
| 1976 | 90,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 80,000 ha | -11.1% |
| 1978 | 85,000 ha | +6.2% |
| 1979 | 85,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 85,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 85,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 85,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 85,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 85,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 49,100 ha | -42.2% |
| 1986 | 52,800 ha | +7.5% |
| 1987 | 30,000 ha | -43.2% |
| 1988 | 13,966 ha | -53.4% |
| 1989 | 17,766 ha | +27.2% |
| 1990 | 18,080 ha | +1.8% |
| 1991 | 19,000 ha | +5.1% |
| 1992 | 15,588 ha | -18.0% |
| 1993 | 18,173 ha | +16.6% |
| 1994 | 15,681 ha | -13.7% |
| 1995 | 15,500 ha | -1.2% |
| 1996 | 15,111 ha | -2.5% |
| 1997 | 15,500 ha | +2.6% |
| 1998 | 16,000 ha | +3.2% |
| 1999 | 16,929 ha | +5.8% |
| 2000 | 18,361 ha | +8.5% |
| 2001 | 18,663 ha | +1.6% |
| 2002 | 18,995 ha | +1.8% |
| 2003 | 17,000 ha | -10.5% |
| 2004 | 16,000 ha | -5.9% |
| 2005 | 21,327 ha | +33.3% |
| 2006 | 20,000 ha | -6.2% |
| 2007 | 23,230 ha | +16.2% |
| 2008 | 32,283 ha | +39.0% |
| 2009 | 29,163 ha | -9.7% |
| 2010 | 35,038 ha | +20.1% |
| 2011 | 31,018 ha | -11.5% |
| 2012 | 38,977 ha | +25.7% |
| 2013 | 46,119 ha | +18.3% |
| 2014 | 52,863 ha | +14.6% |
| 2015 | 63,595 ha | +20.3% |
| 2016 | 71,248 ha | +12.0% |
| 2017 | 78,682 ha | +10.4% |
| 2018 | 85,949 ha | +9.2% |
| 2019 | 94,804 ha | +10.3% |
| 2020 | 97,543 ha | +2.9% |
| 2021 | 101,778 ha | +4.3% |
| 2022 | 109,001 ha | +7.1% |
| 2023 | 121,460 ha | +11.4% |
| 2024 | 130,659 ha | +7.6% |
Guinea-Bissau compared with similar countries
- Guinea-Bissau's 130,659 ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 130,659 ha, 1.0× the median. (21 countries reporting)
- Guinea-Bissau's 130,659 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 107,211 ha, 1.2× the median. (40 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 95,556 ha | 90,000 ha | 100,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 84,000 ha | 80,000 ha | 90,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 58,863 ha | 13,966 ha | 85,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 16,556 ha | 15,111 ha | 19,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 21,502 ha | 16,000 ha | 32,283 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 59,829 ha | 31,018 ha | 94,804 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 112,088 ha | 97,543 ha | 130,659 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Guinea-Bissau
- 24 Indonesia 185,439 ha compare
- 25 Central African Republic 184,312 ha compare
- 26 Pakistan 143,805 ha compare
- 27 Cabo Verde 0 ha compare
- 28 Zambia 129,357 ha compare
- 29 Sierra Leone 125,530 ha compare
- 30 Zimbabwe 88,892 ha compare
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 groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in Guinea-Bissau?
- Groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in Guinea-Bissau was 130,659 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested recorded in Guinea-Bissau?
- The highest recorded value was 130,659 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested recorded in Guinea-Bissau?
- The lowest recorded value was 13,966 ha in 1988.
- How does Guinea-Bissau rank for groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested?
- Guinea-Bissau ranks 27th out of 112 countries with data for 2024.
- Is groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested rising or falling in Guinea-Bissau?
- Over the last ten years it is up 147.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Guinea-Bissau data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Groundnuts, excluding shelled — 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.