Pulses, Total — Area harvested in Guinea-Bissau
Guinea-Bissau: Pulses, Total — Area harvested was 10,287 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Pulses, Total — Area harvested in Guinea-Bissau, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Guinea-Bissau recorded 10,287 ha for pulses, total — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 8.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pulses, total — area harvested in Guinea-Bissau peaked at 10,320 ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 1,500 ha, in 1961.
That places Guinea-Bissau 114th out of 169 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,500 ha | 1,500 ha | 1,500 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,700 ha | 1,500 ha | 2,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,125 ha | 2,000 ha | 2,250 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 3,462 ha | 2,289 ha | 4,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 5,507 ha | 3,786 ha | 8,400 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 9,630 ha | 8,836 ha | 10,212 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 10,270 ha | 10,200 ha | 10,320 ha | 5 |
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- 111 Azerbaijan 12,727 ha compare
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- 115 Belgium 9,850 ha compare
- 116 Lesotho 9,558 ha compare
- 117 Croatia 9,230 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Guinea-Bissau
- Agriculture share gdp 40.63 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 40.63 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 31.5% (2018)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.2% (2018)
- Rural population 53.3% (2025)
- Rural population growth 1.2% (2025)
- Rural population 1.20 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 40.6% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 1.03 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 8,718 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pulses, total — area harvested in Guinea-Bissau?
- Pulses, total — area harvested in Guinea-Bissau was 10,287 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pulses, total — area harvested recorded in Guinea-Bissau?
- The highest recorded value was 10,320 ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest pulses, total — area harvested recorded in Guinea-Bissau?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,500 ha in 1961.
- How does Guinea-Bissau rank for pulses, total — area harvested?
- Guinea-Bissau ranks 114th out of 169 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pulses, total — area harvested rising or falling in Guinea-Bissau?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Guinea-Bissau data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Pulses, Total — 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.