Maize (corn) — Area harvested in Guinea
Guinea: Maize (corn) — Area harvested was 650,000 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Maize (corn) — Area harvested in Guinea, 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 is 650,000 ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 14.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, maize (corn) — area harvested in Guinea peaked at 650,000 ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 52,000 ha, in 1968.
Guinea ranks 47th of 182 countries on this measure, 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 | 72,111 ha | 52,000 ha | 87,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 62,526 ha | 57,670 ha | 80,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 91,004 ha | 80,000 ha | 101,320 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 156,638 ha | 109,215 ha | 214,510 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 321,369 ha | 231,220 ha | 484,296 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 529,924 ha | 358,092 ha | 611,474 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 590,363 ha | 543,138 ha | 650,000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Guinea
- 44 Türkiye 789,379 ha compare
- 45 Zambia 684,402 ha compare
- 46 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 652,727 ha compare
- 48 Côte d'Ivoire 640,000 ha compare
- 49 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 585,000 ha compare
- 50 Myanmar 521,862 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Guinea
- Agriculture share gdp 31.29 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 31.29 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.8% (2016)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.4% (2016)
- Rural population 61.5% (2025)
- Rural population growth 1.6% (2025)
- Rural population 9.28 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 31.3% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 8.87 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 231,171 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is maize (corn) — area harvested in Guinea?
- Maize (corn) — area harvested in Guinea was 650,000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest maize (corn) — area harvested recorded in Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 650,000 ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest maize (corn) — area harvested recorded in Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 52,000 ha in 1968.
- How does Guinea rank for maize (corn) — area harvested?
- Guinea ranks 47th out of 182 countries with data for 2024.
- Is maize (corn) — area harvested rising or falling in Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is up 14.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Guinea 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.