Maize (corn) — Area harvested, per capita in Guinea
Guinea: Maize (corn) — Area harvested, per capita was 0.0441 ha per person in 2024. ▲ Rising
Maize (corn) — Area harvested, per capita in Guinea, 1961–2024
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in ha per person.
Analysis
The most recent figure for maize (corn) — area harvested, per capita in Guinea is 0.0441 ha per person, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 2.4% on the previous year and down 10.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, maize (corn) — area harvested, per capita in Guinea peaked at 0.0506 ha per person in 2016 and was at its lowest, 0.0126 ha per person, in 1976.
That places Guinea 24th out of 150 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Maize (corn) — Area harvested, per capita in Guinea, year by year
| Year | ha per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.0235 ha per person | — |
| 1962 | 0.0231 ha per person | -1.8% |
| 1963 | 0.0213 ha per person | -7.6% |
| 1964 | 0.0228 ha per person | +6.8% |
| 1965 | 0.0193 ha per person | -15.4% |
| 1966 | 0.0159 ha per person | -17.6% |
| 1967 | 0.0156 ha per person | -1.9% |
| 1968 | 0.0126 ha per person | -19.0% |
| 1969 | 0.0141 ha per person | +11.3% |
| 1970 | 0.0138 ha per person | -1.9% |
| 1971 | 0.0135 ha per person | -1.8% |
| 1972 | 0.0131 ha per person | -3.4% |
| 1973 | 0.0128 ha per person | -2.2% |
| 1974 | 0.0127 ha per person | -0.6% |
| 1975 | 0.0126 ha per person | -0.6% |
| 1976 | 0.0126 ha per person | -0.4% |
| 1977 | 0.0135 ha per person | +7.6% |
| 1978 | 0.0144 ha per person | +6.0% |
| 1979 | 0.0161 ha per person | +12.4% |
| 1980 | 0.0178 ha per person | +10.5% |
| 1981 | 0.0175 ha per person | -1.9% |
| 1982 | 0.0172 ha per person | -2.0% |
| 1983 | 0.0168 ha per person | -2.1% |
| 1984 | 0.0173 ha per person | +2.9% |
| 1985 | 0.016 ha per person | -7.2% |
| 1986 | 0.0157 ha per person | -2.4% |
| 1987 | 0.0136 ha per person | -13.4% |
| 1988 | 0.0155 ha per person | +14.5% |
| 1989 | 0.0163 ha per person | +5.0% |
| 1990 | 0.017 ha per person | +4.1% |
| 1991 | 0.0176 ha per person | +3.6% |
| 1992 | 0.0184 ha per person | +4.4% |
| 1993 | 0.0192 ha per person | +4.6% |
| 1994 | 0.0201 ha per person | +4.6% |
| 1995 | 0.021 ha per person | +4.8% |
| 1996 | 0.022 ha per person | +4.8% |
| 1997 | 0.0233 ha per person | +5.6% |
| 1998 | 0.0246 ha per person | +5.8% |
| 1999 | 0.026 ha per person | +5.4% |
| 2000 | 0.0274 ha per person | +5.7% |
| 2001 | 0.029 ha per person | +5.6% |
| 2002 | 0.0306 ha per person | +5.5% |
| 2003 | 0.032 ha per person | +4.8% |
| 2004 | 0.0336 ha per person | +4.9% |
| 2005 | 0.0353 ha per person | +5.0% |
| 2006 | 0.037 ha per person | +5.0% |
| 2007 | 0.0388 ha per person | +4.7% |
| 2008 | 0.0489 ha per person | +26.2% |
| 2009 | 0.0342 ha per person | -30.1% |
| 2010 | 0.0344 ha per person | +0.8% |
| 2011 | 0.0346 ha per person | +0.4% |
| 2012 | 0.0481 ha per person | +39.1% |
| 2013 | 0.0481 ha per person | -0.1% |
| 2014 | 0.0494 ha per person | +2.8% |
| 2015 | 0.0494 ha per person | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 0.0506 ha per person | +2.2% |
| 2017 | 0.0489 ha per person | -3.3% |
| 2018 | 0.0481 ha per person | -1.5% |
| 2019 | 0.0409 ha per person | -15.0% |
| 2020 | 0.0417 ha per person | +2.0% |
| 2021 | 0.0402 ha per person | -3.8% |
| 2022 | 0.0386 ha per person | -3.8% |
| 2023 | 0.0451 ha per person | +16.8% |
| 2024 | 0.0441 ha per person | -2.4% |
Guinea compared with similar countries
- Guinea's 0.0441 ha per person is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.0135 ha per person, 3.3× the median. (37 countries reporting)
- Guinea's 0.0441 ha per person is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.024 ha per person, 1.8× the median. (41 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Maize (corn) — Area harvested, per capita 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | +39.1% | 0.0346 ha per person | 0.0481 ha per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0187 ha per person | 0.0126 ha per person | 0.0235 ha per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.0135 ha per person | 0.0126 ha per person | 0.0161 ha per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.0164 ha per person | 0.0136 ha per person | 0.0178 ha per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0209 ha per person | 0.017 ha per person | 0.026 ha per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0347 ha per person | 0.0274 ha per person | 0.0489 ha per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0453 ha per person | 0.0344 ha per person | 0.0506 ha per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0419 ha per person | 0.0386 ha per person | 0.0451 ha per person | 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 maize (corn) — area harvested, per capita in Guinea?
- Maize (corn) — area harvested, per capita in Guinea was 0.0441 ha per person in 2024, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest maize (corn) — area harvested, per capita recorded in Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0506 ha per person in 2016.
- What is the lowest maize (corn) — area harvested, per capita recorded in Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0126 ha per person in 1976.
- How does Guinea rank for maize (corn) — area harvested, per capita?
- Guinea ranks 24th out of 150 countries with data for 2024.
- Is maize (corn) — area harvested, per capita rising or falling in Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is down 10.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Guinea data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Maize (corn) — Area harvested, per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Maize (corn) — Area harvested divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Maize (corn) — Area harvested ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Maize (corn) — Area harvested Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Maize (corn) — Area harvested divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.