What is land area in Guinea?

Land area in Guinea was 24.57 million hectares in 2011, according to Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.

What is the highest land area recorded in Guinea?

The highest recorded value was 24.57 million hectares in 1961.

What is the lowest land area recorded in Guinea?

The lowest recorded value was 24.57 million hectares in 1961.

How does Guinea rank for land area?

Guinea ranks 30th out of 53 countries with data for 2011.

Is land area rising or falling in Guinea?

Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.

Where does this Guinea data come from?

The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site, published as part of Land area (hectares). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Land area in Guinea

Name: Land area in Guinea
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site
License: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)

Guinea: Land area was 24.57 million hectares in 2011. ▬ Flat

Latest (2011)

24.57 million hectares

Change on year

unchanged

World rank

30th

of 53 countries

All-time high

24.57 million hectares

in 1961

All-time low

24.57 million hectares

in 1961

Years of data

1961–2011

Land area in Guinea, 1961–2011

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site. Measured in hectares.

Analysis

The most recent figure for land area in Guinea is 24.57 million hectares, measured in 2011. That is the highest value across all 51 years on record.

That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.

Over the whole period, land area in Guinea peaked at 24.57 million hectares in 1961 and was at its lowest, 24.57 million hectares, in 1961.

That places Guinea 30th out of 53 countries with data for 2011, putting it in the middle of the range.

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1960s	24.57 million hectares	24.57 million hectares	24.57 million hectares	9
1970s	24.57 million hectares	24.57 million hectares	24.57 million hectares	10
1980s	24.57 million hectares	24.57 million hectares	24.57 million hectares	10
1990s	24.57 million hectares	24.57 million hectares	24.57 million hectares	10
2000s	24.57 million hectares	24.57 million hectares	24.57 million hectares	10
2010s	24.57 million hectares	24.57 million hectares	24.57 million hectares	2

Countries ranked near Guinea

27 Cote d'Ivoire 31.80 million hectares compare
28 Burkina Faso 27.36 million hectares compare
29 Gabon 25.77 million hectares compare
31 Ghana 22.75 million hectares compare
32 Uganda 19.98 million hectares compare
33 Senegal 19.25 million hectares compare

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More agriculture & rural data for Guinea

Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 8.87 billion current US$ (2025)
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 31.3% (2025)
Rural population 9.28 million (2025)
Rural population growth 1.6% (2025)
Rural population 61.5% (2025)
Agricultural raw materials imports 0.4% (2016)
Agricultural raw materials exports 1.8% (2016)
Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 31.3% (2025)
Share of GDP from agriculture 31.3% (2025)
Land under cereal production 3.99 million hectares (2024)

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Frequently asked questions

What is land area in Guinea?: Land area in Guinea was 24.57 million hectares in 2011, according to Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.
What is the highest land area recorded in Guinea?: The highest recorded value was 24.57 million hectares in 1961.
What is the lowest land area recorded in Guinea?: The lowest recorded value was 24.57 million hectares in 1961.
How does Guinea rank for land area?: Guinea ranks 30th out of 53 countries with data for 2011.
Is land area rising or falling in Guinea?: Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Guinea data come from?: The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site, published as part of Land area (hectares). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator: Land area (hectares)
Unit: hectares
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 59 places, 2,983 data points, 1960–2011
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Land area is a country's total area, excluding area under inland water bodies, national claims to continental shelf, and exclusive economic zones. In most cases the definition of inland water bodies includes major rivers and lakes.