Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested in Guinea
Guinea: Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested was 1.29 million ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested in Guinea, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested in Guinea stood at 1.29 million ha.
The figure is down 1.3% on the previous year and up 39.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested in Guinea peaked at 1.31 million ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 319,668 ha, in 1988.
That places Guinea 36th out of 186 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested in Guinea, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 332,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 334,000 ha | +0.6% |
| 1963 | 336,000 ha | +0.6% |
| 1964 | 337,000 ha | +0.3% |
| 1965 | 340,000 ha | +0.9% |
| 1966 | 342,600 ha | +0.8% |
| 1967 | 343,700 ha | +0.3% |
| 1968 | 344,850 ha | +0.3% |
| 1969 | 346,000 ha | +0.3% |
| 1970 | 347,200 ha | +0.3% |
| 1971 | 348,400 ha | +0.3% |
| 1972 | 349,600 ha | +0.3% |
| 1973 | 350,780 ha | +0.3% |
| 1974 | 351,980 ha | +0.3% |
| 1975 | 353,190 ha | +0.3% |
| 1976 | 355,000 ha | +0.5% |
| 1977 | 356,200 ha | +0.3% |
| 1978 | 357,442 ha | +0.3% |
| 1979 | 358,695 ha | +0.4% |
| 1980 | 359,500 ha | +0.2% |
| 1981 | 360,800 ha | +0.4% |
| 1982 | 362,100 ha | +0.4% |
| 1983 | 362,478 ha | +0.1% |
| 1984 | 363,834 ha | +0.4% |
| 1985 | 365,240 ha | +0.4% |
| 1986 | 358,161 ha | -1.9% |
| 1987 | 344,004 ha | -4.0% |
| 1988 | 319,668 ha | -7.1% |
| 1989 | 338,699 ha | +6.0% |
| 1990 | 365,109 ha | +7.8% |
| 1991 | 394,551 ha | +8.1% |
| 1992 | 443,562 ha | +12.4% |
| 1993 | 461,169 ha | +4.0% |
| 1994 | 457,994 ha | -0.7% |
| 1995 | 468,174 ha | +2.2% |
| 1996 | 484,208 ha | +3.4% |
| 1997 | 498,357 ha | +2.9% |
| 1998 | 516,774 ha | +3.7% |
| 1999 | 536,543 ha | +3.8% |
| 2000 | 524,537 ha | -2.2% |
| 2001 | 522,747 ha | -0.3% |
| 2002 | 521,434 ha | -0.3% |
| 2003 | 531,768 ha | +2.0% |
| 2004 | 540,877 ha | +1.7% |
| 2005 | 550,606 ha | +1.8% |
| 2006 | 566,406 ha | +2.9% |
| 2007 | 578,998 ha | +2.2% |
| 2008 | 565,634 ha | -2.3% |
| 2009 | 571,244 ha | +1.0% |
| 2010 | 593,853 ha | +4.0% |
| 2011 | 609,653 ha | +2.7% |
| 2012 | 670,678 ha | +10.0% |
| 2013 | 669,824 ha | -0.1% |
| 2014 | 925,974 ha | +38.2% |
| 2015 | 990,498 ha | +7.0% |
| 2016 | 1.05 million ha | +6.2% |
| 2017 | 1.12 million ha | +6.5% |
| 2018 | 1.18 million ha | +5.2% |
| 2019 | 1.07 million ha | -9.6% |
| 2020 | 1.14 million ha | +6.8% |
| 2021 | 1.19 million ha | +4.8% |
| 2022 | 1.26 million ha | +5.9% |
| 2023 | 1.31 million ha | +3.8% |
| 2024 | 1.29 million ha | -1.3% |
Guinea compared with similar countries
- Guinea's 1.29 million ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 261,986 ha, 4.9× the median. (39 countries reporting)
- Guinea's 1.29 million ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 348,823 ha, 3.7× the median. (43 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | +38.2% | 669,824 ha | 925,974 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 339,572 ha | 332,000 ha | 346,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 352,849 ha | 347,200 ha | 358,695 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 353,448 ha | 319,668 ha | 365,240 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 462,644 ha | 365,109 ha | 536,543 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 547,425 ha | 521,434 ha | 578,998 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 887,457 ha | 593,853 ha | 1.18 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.24 million ha | 1.14 million ha | 1.31 million ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Guinea
More agriculture & rural data for Guinea
- Cropland extent over the long-term, annual growth rate 2.07 % change on previous year (2025)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0.0002 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per capita 0.4594 hectares per person (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, annual growth rate 0.8053 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0.0006 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per capita 1.17 hectares per person (2025)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested in Guinea?
- Oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested in Guinea was 1.29 million 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?
- The highest recorded value was 1.31 million ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested recorded in Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 319,668 ha in 1988.
- How does Guinea rank for oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested?
- Guinea ranks 36th out of 186 countries with data for 2024.
- Is oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested rising or falling in Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is up 39.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Guinea 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.