Corn yields in Guinea
Guinea: Corn yields was 1.44 tonnes per hectare in 2024. ▲ Rising
Corn yields in Guinea, 1961–2024
Source: USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) (2026); Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in tonnes per hectare.
Analysis
In 2024, corn yields in Guinea stood at 1.44 tonnes per hectare.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 4.6% on the previous year and up 17.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, corn yields in Guinea peaked at 1.66 tonnes per hectare in 2011 and was at its lowest, 0.8 tonnes per hectare, in 1965.
That places Guinea 138th out of 170 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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.07 tonnes per hectare | 0.8 tonnes per hectare | 1.16 tonnes per hectare | 9 |
| 1970s | 1.12 tonnes per hectare | 1 tonnes per hectare | 1.17 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.05 tonnes per hectare | 0.952 tonnes per hectare | 1.11 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.19 tonnes per hectare | 1.02 tonnes per hectare | 1.38 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.47 tonnes per hectare | 1.08 tonnes per hectare | 1.63 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.36 tonnes per hectare | 1.22 tonnes per hectare | 1.66 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.46 tonnes per hectare | 1.42 tonnes per hectare | 1.51 tonnes per hectare | 5 |
Countries ranked near Guinea
More agriculture & rural data for Guinea
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 8.87 billion current US$ (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 31.3% (2025)
- Rural population 9.28 million (2025)
- Rural population growth 1.6% (2025)
- Rural population 61.5% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.4% (2016)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.8% (2016)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 31.3% (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 31.3% (2025)
- Land under cereal production 3.99 million hectares (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is corn yields in Guinea?
- Corn yields in Guinea was 1.44 tonnes per hectare in 2024, according to USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) (2026); Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest corn yields recorded in Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 1.66 tonnes per hectare in 2011.
- What is the lowest corn yields recorded in Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.8 tonnes per hectare in 1965.
- How does Guinea rank for corn yields?
- Guinea ranks 138th out of 170 countries with data for 2024.
- Is corn yields 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 USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) (2026); Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Corn yields. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Average corn yields measured in tonnes per hectare.