Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested in Guinea-Bissau
Guinea-Bissau: Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested was 156,837 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested in Guinea-Bissau, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested in Guinea-Bissau stood at 156,837 ha. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 6.3% on the previous year and up 99.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested in Guinea-Bissau peaked at 156,837 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 34,193 ha, in 1992.
That places Guinea-Bissau 86th out of 186 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested in Guinea-Bissau, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 125,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 125,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 118,500 ha | -5.2% |
| 1964 | 119,000 ha | +0.4% |
| 1965 | 119,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 109,500 ha | -8.0% |
| 1967 | 109,800 ha | +0.3% |
| 1968 | 109,000 ha | -0.7% |
| 1969 | 110,000 ha | +0.9% |
| 1970 | 107,500 ha | -2.3% |
| 1971 | 98,000 ha | -8.8% |
| 1972 | 97,500 ha | -0.5% |
| 1973 | 93,000 ha | -4.6% |
| 1974 | 98,000 ha | +5.4% |
| 1975 | 106,000 ha | +8.2% |
| 1976 | 106,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 99,200 ha | -6.4% |
| 1978 | 104,300 ha | +5.1% |
| 1979 | 104,400 ha | +0.1% |
| 1980 | 105,500 ha | +1.1% |
| 1981 | 106,000 ha | +0.5% |
| 1982 | 106,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 102,200 ha | -3.6% |
| 1984 | 104,500 ha | +2.3% |
| 1985 | 66,600 ha | -36.3% |
| 1986 | 74,300 ha | +11.6% |
| 1987 | 50,800 ha | -31.6% |
| 1988 | 36,419 ha | -28.3% |
| 1989 | 38,661 ha | +6.2% |
| 1990 | 37,577 ha | -2.8% |
| 1991 | 39,065 ha | +4.0% |
| 1992 | 34,193 ha | -12.5% |
| 1993 | 37,173 ha | +8.7% |
| 1994 | 34,465 ha | -7.3% |
| 1995 | 35,600 ha | +3.3% |
| 1996 | 35,111 ha | -1.4% |
| 1997 | 36,700 ha | +4.5% |
| 1998 | 37,330 ha | +1.7% |
| 1999 | 38,593 ha | +3.4% |
| 2000 | 40,144 ha | +4.0% |
| 2001 | 40,845 ha | +1.7% |
| 2002 | 41,265 ha | +1.0% |
| 2003 | 39,527 ha | -4.2% |
| 2004 | 38,758 ha | -1.9% |
| 2005 | 44,388 ha | +14.5% |
| 2006 | 43,263 ha | -2.5% |
| 2007 | 46,745 ha | +8.0% |
| 2008 | 55,937 ha | +19.7% |
| 2009 | 51,663 ha | -7.6% |
| 2010 | 58,528 ha | +13.3% |
| 2011 | 54,965 ha | -6.1% |
| 2012 | 64,177 ha | +16.8% |
| 2013 | 71,319 ha | +11.1% |
| 2014 | 78,533 ha | +10.1% |
| 2015 | 89,200 ha | +13.6% |
| 2016 | 97,011 ha | +8.8% |
| 2017 | 104,677 ha | +7.9% |
| 2018 | 111,739 ha | +6.7% |
| 2019 | 120,675 ha | +8.0% |
| 2020 | 123,263 ha | +2.1% |
| 2021 | 127,630 ha | +3.5% |
| 2022 | 134,517 ha | +5.4% |
| 2023 | 147,475 ha | +9.6% |
| 2024 | 156,837 ha | +6.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 116,089 ha | 109,000 ha | 125,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 101,390 ha | 93,000 ha | 107,500 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 79,098 ha | 36,419 ha | 106,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 36,581 ha | 34,193 ha | 39,065 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 44,254 ha | 38,758 ha | 55,937 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 85,082 ha | 54,965 ha | 120,675 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 137,944 ha | 123,263 ha | 156,837 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 oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested in Guinea-Bissau?
- Oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested in Guinea-Bissau was 156,837 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested recorded in Guinea-Bissau?
- The highest recorded value was 156,837 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested recorded in Guinea-Bissau?
- The lowest recorded value was 34,193 ha in 1992.
- How does Guinea-Bissau rank for oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested?
- Guinea-Bissau ranks 86th out of 186 countries with data for 2024.
- Is oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested rising or falling in Guinea-Bissau?
- Over the last ten years it is up 99.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Guinea-Bissau data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — 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.