Maize (corn) — Area harvested in Guinea-Bissau
Guinea-Bissau: Maize (corn) — Area harvested was 15,000 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Maize (corn) — 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 maize (corn) — area harvested in Guinea-Bissau is 15,000 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 114.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, maize (corn) — area harvested in Guinea-Bissau peaked at 39,813 ha in 2006 and was at its lowest, 3,000 ha, in 1961.
That places Guinea-Bissau 127th out of 182 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,667 ha | 3,000 ha | 6,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 6,650 ha | 3,000 ha | 12,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 13,098 ha | 6,480 ha | 16,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 14,291 ha | 9,500 ha | 25,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 23,953 ha | 14,562 ha | 39,813 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 8,068 ha | 6,874 ha | 12,440 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 17,403 ha | 15,000 ha | 20,546 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Guinea-Bissau
- 124 Sierra Leone 16,108 ha compare
- 125 Switzerland 15,708 ha compare
- 126 Republic of Korea 15,578 ha compare
- 128 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 14,520 ha compare
- 129 Lithuania 14,190 ha compare
- 130 Congo 13,000 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Guinea-Bissau
- Agriculture share gdp 40.63 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 40.63 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 31.5% (2018)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.2% (2018)
- Rural population 53.3% (2025)
- Rural population growth 1.2% (2025)
- Rural population 1.20 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 40.6% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 1.03 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 8,718 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is maize (corn) — area harvested in Guinea-Bissau?
- Maize (corn) — area harvested in Guinea-Bissau was 15,000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest maize (corn) — area harvested recorded in Guinea-Bissau?
- The highest recorded value was 39,813 ha in 2006.
- What is the lowest maize (corn) — area harvested recorded in Guinea-Bissau?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,000 ha in 1961.
- How does Guinea-Bissau rank for maize (corn) — area harvested?
- Guinea-Bissau ranks 127th out of 182 countries with data for 2024.
- Is maize (corn) — area harvested rising or falling in Guinea-Bissau?
- Over the last ten years it is up 114.3%. 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 Maize (corn) — 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.