Maize (corn) — Yield in Guinea-Bissau
Guinea-Bissau: Maize (corn) — Yield was 1,000 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Maize (corn) — Yield in Guinea-Bissau, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Guinea-Bissau recorded 1,000 kg/ha for maize (corn) — yield in 2024.
That represents a change of down 28.6% on the previous year and unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, maize (corn) — yield in Guinea-Bissau peaked at 1,494 kg/ha in 2002 and was at its lowest, 550 kg/ha, in 1971.
Guinea-Bissau ranks 158th of 178 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 716.68 kg/ha | 666.7 kg/ha | 833.3 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 646.32 kg/ha | 550 kg/ha | 750 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 824.86 kg/ha | 593.8 kg/ha | 1,246 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 995.4 kg/ha | 932.8 kg/ha | 1,139 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,090 kg/ha | 942.9 kg/ha | 1,494 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 968.33 kg/ha | 778 kg/ha | 1,051 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,012 kg/ha | 818 kg/ha | 1,400 kg/ha | 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) — yield in Guinea-Bissau?
- Maize (corn) — yield in Guinea-Bissau was 1,000 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest maize (corn) — yield recorded in Guinea-Bissau?
- The highest recorded value was 1,494 kg/ha in 2002.
- What is the lowest maize (corn) — yield recorded in Guinea-Bissau?
- The lowest recorded value was 550 kg/ha in 1971.
- How does Guinea-Bissau rank for maize (corn) — yield?
- Guinea-Bissau ranks 158th out of 178 countries with data for 2024.
- Is maize (corn) — yield rising or falling in Guinea-Bissau?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- 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) — Yield. 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.