Maize (corn) — Production in Guinea-Bissau
Guinea-Bissau: Maize (corn) — Production was 15,000 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Maize (corn) — Production in Guinea-Bissau, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for maize (corn) — production in Guinea-Bissau is 15,000 t, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 28.6% on the previous year and up 114.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, maize (corn) — production in Guinea-Bissau peaked at 41,827 t in 2006 and was at its lowest, 1,650 t, in 1971.
That places Guinea-Bissau 138th out of 183 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
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 | 2,611 t | 2,000 t | 4,000 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 4,315 t | 1,650 t | 8,000 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 10,257 t | 8,074 t | 13,000 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 14,214 t | 8,885 t | 24,775 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 25,724 t | 13,907 t | 41,827 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 7,751 t | 6,000 t | 12,312 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 17,354 t | 13,470 t | 21,000 t | 5 |
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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) — production in Guinea-Bissau?
- Maize (corn) — production in Guinea-Bissau was 15,000 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest maize (corn) — production recorded in Guinea-Bissau?
- The highest recorded value was 41,827 t in 2006.
- What is the lowest maize (corn) — production recorded in Guinea-Bissau?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,650 t in 1971.
- How does Guinea-Bissau rank for maize (corn) — production?
- Guinea-Bissau ranks 138th out of 183 countries with data for 2024.
- Is maize (corn) — production 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) — Production. 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.