Potatoes — Yield in Guinea
Guinea: Potatoes — Yield was 14,163 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Potatoes — Yield in Guinea, 2003–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, potatoes — yield in Guinea stood at 14,163 kg/ha.
The figure is up 4.8% on the previous year and up 21.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, potatoes — yield in Guinea peaked at 26,148 kg/ha in 2016 and was at its lowest, 5,696 kg/ha, in 2011.
Guinea ranks 113th of 153 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 22 years of available data.
Potatoes — Yield in Guinea, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 6,337 kg/ha | — |
| 2004 | 6,136 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 2005 | 6,319 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 2006 | 6,101 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 2007 | 5,938 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 2008 | 7,007 kg/ha | +18.0% |
| 2009 | 8,988 kg/ha | +28.3% |
| 2010 | 5,984 kg/ha | -33.4% |
| 2011 | 5,696 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 2012 | 6,823 kg/ha | +19.8% |
| 2013 | 7,524 kg/ha | +10.3% |
| 2014 | 11,637 kg/ha | +54.7% |
| 2015 | 13,075 kg/ha | +12.4% |
| 2016 | 26,148 kg/ha | +100.0% |
| 2017 | 17,106 kg/ha | -34.6% |
| 2018 | 12,876 kg/ha | -24.7% |
| 2019 | 12,000 kg/ha | -6.8% |
| 2020 | 12,300 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 2021 | 12,400 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2022 | 12,500 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2023 | 13,513 kg/ha | +8.1% |
| 2024 | 14,163 kg/ha | +4.8% |
Guinea compared with similar countries
- Guinea's 14,163 kg/ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 16,651 kg/ha, 85% of the median. (33 countries reporting)
- Guinea's 14,163 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 10,316 kg/ha, 1.4× the median. (32 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Potatoes — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | +100.0% | 13,075 kg/ha | 26,148 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 6,689 kg/ha | 5,938 kg/ha | 8,988 kg/ha | 7 |
| 2010s | 11,887 kg/ha | 5,696 kg/ha | 26,148 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 12,975 kg/ha | 12,300 kg/ha | 14,163 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Guinea
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 potatoes — yield in Guinea?
- Potatoes — yield in Guinea was 14,163 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest potatoes — yield recorded in Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 26,148 kg/ha in 2016.
- What is the lowest potatoes — yield recorded in Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 5,696 kg/ha in 2011.
- How does Guinea rank for potatoes — yield?
- Guinea ranks 113th out of 153 countries with data for 2024.
- Is potatoes — yield rising or falling in Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is up 21.7%. 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 Potatoes — 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.