Maize (corn) — Yield in Guinea
Guinea: Maize (corn) — Yield was 1,442 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Maize (corn) — Yield in Guinea, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for maize (corn) — yield in Guinea is 1,442 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 4.6% on the previous year and up 17.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, maize (corn) — yield in Guinea peaked at 1,658 kg/ha in 2011 and was at its lowest, 800 kg/ha, in 1965.
That places Guinea 132nd out of 163 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Maize (corn) — Yield in Guinea, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,118 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,059 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 1963 | 875 kg/ha | -17.4% |
| 1964 | 1,149 kg/ha | +31.4% |
| 1965 | 800 kg/ha | -30.4% |
| 1966 | 1,159 kg/ha | +44.8% |
| 1967 | 1,159 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 1,154 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1969 | 1,152 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1970 | 1,152 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 1,152 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 1,155 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1973 | 1,150 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1974 | 1,167 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1975 | 1,150 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1976 | 1,150 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 1,077 kg/ha | -6.4% |
| 1978 | 1,000 kg/ha | -7.1% |
| 1979 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 1,111 kg/ha | +11.1% |
| 1982 | 1,111 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 1,111 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 1,056 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 1985 | 1,111 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 1986 | 1,111 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 1,000 kg/ha | -10.0% |
| 1988 | 952 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 1989 | 984.5 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1990 | 1,018 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1991 | 1,053 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1992 | 1,088 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1993 | 1,126 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1994 | 1,164 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1995 | 1,204 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1996 | 1,245 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1997 | 1,287 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1998 | 1,331 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1999 | 1,376 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 2000 | 1,423 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 2001 | 1,443 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2002 | 1,466 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2003 | 1,490 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2004 | 1,514 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2005 | 1,539 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2006 | 1,564 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2007 | 1,589 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2008 | 1,079 kg/ha | -32.1% |
| 2009 | 1,632 kg/ha | +51.2% |
| 2010 | 1,631 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2011 | 1,658 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2012 | 1,220 kg/ha | -26.4% |
| 2013 | 1,250 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 2014 | 1,232 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 2015 | 1,250 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2016 | 1,226 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 2017 | 1,350 kg/ha | +10.1% |
| 2018 | 1,339 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2019 | 1,450 kg/ha | +8.3% |
| 2020 | 1,420 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 2021 | 1,450 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 2022 | 1,500 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 2023 | 1,511 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2024 | 1,442 kg/ha | -4.6% |
Guinea compared with similar countries
- Guinea's 1,442 kg/ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 2,004 kg/ha, 72% of the median. (37 countries reporting)
- Guinea's 1,442 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 1,273 kg/ha, 1.1× the median. (41 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Maize (corn) — Yield 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | +51.2% | 1,079 kg/ha | 1,632 kg/ha |
| 1966 | +44.8% | 800 kg/ha | 1,159 kg/ha |
| 2008 | -32.1% | 1,589 kg/ha | 1,079 kg/ha |
| 1965 | -30.4% | 1,149 kg/ha | 800 kg/ha |
| 1964 | +31.4% | 875 kg/ha | 1,149 kg/ha |
| 2012 | -26.4% | 1,658 kg/ha | 1,220 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,069 kg/ha | 800 kg/ha | 1,159 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,115 kg/ha | 1,000 kg/ha | 1,167 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,055 kg/ha | 952 kg/ha | 1,111 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,189 kg/ha | 1,018 kg/ha | 1,376 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,474 kg/ha | 1,079 kg/ha | 1,632 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,361 kg/ha | 1,220 kg/ha | 1,658 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,464 kg/ha | 1,420 kg/ha | 1,511 kg/ha | 5 |
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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) — yield in Guinea?
- Maize (corn) — yield in Guinea was 1,442 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest maize (corn) — yield recorded in Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 1,658 kg/ha in 2011.
- What is the lowest maize (corn) — yield recorded in Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 800 kg/ha in 1965.
- How does Guinea rank for maize (corn) — yield?
- Guinea ranks 132nd out of 163 countries with data for 2024.
- Is maize (corn) — yield rising or falling in Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is up 17.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- 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) — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.