Pulses, Total — Area harvested in Guinea
Guinea: Pulses, Total — Area harvested was 62,870 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Pulses, Total — Area harvested in Guinea, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for pulses, total — area harvested in Guinea is 62,870 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.1% on the previous year and down 2.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pulses, total — area harvested in Guinea peaked at 71,200 ha in 2008 and was at its lowest, 55,000 ha, in 1961.
Guinea ranks 78th of 169 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Pulses, Total — Area harvested in Guinea, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 55,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 55,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 55,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 55,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 55,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 55,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 60,000 ha | +9.1% |
| 1968 | 60,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 60,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 60,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 60,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 60,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 60,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 60,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 60,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 60,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 60,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 65,000 ha | +8.3% |
| 1979 | 65,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 65,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 65,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 65,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 65,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 65,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 65,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 65,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 65,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 65,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 70,000 ha | +7.7% |
| 1990 | 71,127 ha | +1.6% |
| 1991 | 70,863 ha | -0.4% |
| 1992 | 70,694 ha | -0.2% |
| 1993 | 70,526 ha | -0.2% |
| 1994 | 70,359 ha | -0.2% |
| 1995 | 70,192 ha | -0.2% |
| 1996 | 70,026 ha | -0.2% |
| 1997 | 69,860 ha | -0.2% |
| 1998 | 69,965 ha | +0.2% |
| 1999 | 66,036 ha | -5.6% |
| 2000 | 65,000 ha | -1.6% |
| 2001 | 70,000 ha | +7.7% |
| 2002 | 70,017 ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 70,030 ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 69,813 ha | -0.3% |
| 2005 | 69,381 ha | -0.6% |
| 2006 | 70,500 ha | +1.6% |
| 2007 | 71,000 ha | +0.7% |
| 2008 | 71,200 ha | +0.3% |
| 2009 | 70,000 ha | -1.7% |
| 2010 | 66,011 ha | -5.7% |
| 2011 | 60,500 ha | -8.3% |
| 2012 | 61,000 ha | +0.8% |
| 2013 | 62,970 ha | +3.2% |
| 2014 | 64,232 ha | +2.0% |
| 2015 | 63,087 ha | -1.8% |
| 2016 | 62,541 ha | -0.9% |
| 2017 | 62,299 ha | -0.4% |
| 2018 | 62,646 ha | +0.6% |
| 2019 | 62,739 ha | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 62,867 ha | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 62,885 ha | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 62,974 ha | +0.1% |
| 2023 | 62,922 ha | -0.1% |
| 2024 | 62,870 ha | -0.1% |
Guinea compared with similar countries
- Guinea's 62,870 ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 123,442 ha, 51% of the median. (38 countries reporting)
- Guinea's 62,870 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 161,940 ha, 39% of the median. (40 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 56,667 ha | 55,000 ha | 60,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 61,000 ha | 60,000 ha | 65,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 65,500 ha | 65,000 ha | 70,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 69,965 ha | 66,036 ha | 71,127 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 69,694 ha | 65,000 ha | 71,200 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 62,802 ha | 60,500 ha | 66,011 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 62,904 ha | 62,867 ha | 62,974 ha | 5 |
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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 pulses, total — area harvested in Guinea?
- Pulses, total — area harvested in Guinea was 62,870 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pulses, total — area harvested recorded in Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 71,200 ha in 2008.
- What is the lowest pulses, total — area harvested recorded in Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 55,000 ha in 1961.
- How does Guinea rank for pulses, total — area harvested?
- Guinea ranks 78th out of 169 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pulses, total — area harvested rising or falling in Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.1%. 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 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.