Millet — Area harvested in Guinea-Bissau
Guinea-Bissau: Millet — Area harvested was 30,000 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Millet — Area harvested in Guinea-Bissau, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Guinea-Bissau recorded 30,000 ha for millet — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of up 276.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, millet — area harvested in Guinea-Bissau peaked at 38,086 ha in 1995 and was at its lowest, 7,959 ha, in 2014.
That places Guinea-Bissau 39th out of 86 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Millet — Area harvested in Guinea-Bissau, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 9,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 9,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 9,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 9,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 9,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 12,000 ha | +33.3% |
| 1967 | 12,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 11,000 ha | -8.3% |
| 1969 | 11,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 11,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 10,000 ha | -9.1% |
| 1972 | 11,000 ha | +10.0% |
| 1973 | 12,000 ha | +9.1% |
| 1974 | 12,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 13,000 ha | +8.3% |
| 1976 | 13,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 13,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 12,000 ha | -7.7% |
| 1979 | 15,000 ha | +25.0% |
| 1980 | 18,000 ha | +20.0% |
| 1981 | 20,000 ha | +11.1% |
| 1982 | 25,000 ha | +25.0% |
| 1983 | 27,300 ha | +9.2% |
| 1984 | 20,000 ha | -26.7% |
| 1985 | 20,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 20,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 20,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 17,197 ha | -14.0% |
| 1989 | 17,804 ha | +3.5% |
| 1990 | 20,090 ha | +12.8% |
| 1991 | 23,253 ha | +15.7% |
| 1992 | 26,633 ha | +14.5% |
| 1993 | 30,754 ha | +15.5% |
| 1994 | 37,205 ha | +21.0% |
| 1995 | 38,086 ha | +2.4% |
| 1996 | 24,742 ha | -35.0% |
| 1997 | 32,000 ha | +29.3% |
| 1998 | 27,000 ha | -15.6% |
| 1999 | 24,623 ha | -8.8% |
| 2000 | 28,000 ha | +13.7% |
| 2001 | 34,363 ha | +22.7% |
| 2002 | 37,200 ha | +8.3% |
| 2003 | 30,000 ha | -19.4% |
| 2004 | 27,701 ha | -7.7% |
| 2005 | 25,000 ha | -9.8% |
| 2006 | 26,000 ha | +4.0% |
| 2007 | 31,139 ha | +19.8% |
| 2008 | 29,552 ha | -5.1% |
| 2009 | 10,169 ha | -65.6% |
| 2010 | 12,242 ha | +20.4% |
| 2011 | 11,547 ha | -5.7% |
| 2012 | 13,657 ha | +18.3% |
| 2013 | 14,239 ha | +4.3% |
| 2014 | 7,959 ha | -44.1% |
| 2015 | 11,312 ha | +42.1% |
| 2016 | 11,263 ha | -0.4% |
| 2017 | 13,830 ha | +22.8% |
| 2018 | 15,000 ha | +8.5% |
| 2019 | 23,913 ha | +59.4% |
| 2020 | 29,346 ha | +22.7% |
| 2021 | 30,960 ha | +5.5% |
| 2022 | 30,000 ha | -3.1% |
| 2023 | 30,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 30,000 ha | +0.0% |
Guinea-Bissau compared with similar countries
- Guinea-Bissau's 30,000 ha is below the median for low income countries, which is 69,059 ha, 43% of the median. (19 countries reporting)
- Guinea-Bissau's 30,000 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 72,000 ha, 42% of the median. (33 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 10,111 ha | 9,000 ha | 12,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 12,200 ha | 10,000 ha | 15,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 20,530 ha | 17,197 ha | 27,300 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 28,439 ha | 20,090 ha | 38,086 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 27,912 ha | 10,169 ha | 37,200 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 13,496 ha | 7,959 ha | 23,913 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 30,061 ha | 29,346 ha | 30,960 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Guinea-Bissau
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.52 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.4063 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 456.57 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.17 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0005 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.5335 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 40.6% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 40.6% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 31.5% (2018)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.2% (2018)
Frequently asked questions
- What is millet — area harvested in Guinea-Bissau?
- Millet — area harvested in Guinea-Bissau was 30,000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest millet — area harvested recorded in Guinea-Bissau?
- The highest recorded value was 38,086 ha in 1995.
- What is the lowest millet — area harvested recorded in Guinea-Bissau?
- The lowest recorded value was 7,959 ha in 2014.
- How does Guinea-Bissau rank for millet — area harvested?
- Guinea-Bissau ranks 39th out of 86 countries with data for 2024.
- Is millet — area harvested rising or falling in Guinea-Bissau?
- Over the last ten years it is up 276.9%. 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 Millet — 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.