Rice — Area harvested, per capita in Guinea-Bissau
Guinea-Bissau: Rice — Area harvested, per capita was 0.0766 ha per person in 2024. ▼ Falling
Rice — Area harvested, per capita in Guinea-Bissau, 1961–2024
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in ha per person.
Analysis
The most recent figure for rice — area harvested, per capita in Guinea-Bissau is 0.0766 ha per person, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 9.9% on the previous year and up 56.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rice — area harvested, per capita in Guinea-Bissau peaked at 0.1671 ha per person in 1982 and was at its lowest, 0.0459 ha per person, in 2006.
That places Guinea-Bissau 8th out of 120 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Rice — Area harvested, per capita in Guinea-Bissau, year by year
| Year | ha per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.1047 ha per person | — |
| 1962 | 0.1103 ha per person | +5.3% |
| 1963 | 0.1094 ha per person | -0.8% |
| 1964 | 0.1359 ha per person | +24.3% |
| 1965 | 0.1043 ha per person | -23.2% |
| 1966 | 0.0794 ha per person | -23.9% |
| 1967 | 0.0615 ha per person | -22.5% |
| 1968 | 0.0519 ha per person | -15.6% |
| 1969 | 0.0516 ha per person | -0.6% |
| 1970 | 0.0513 ha per person | -0.5% |
| 1971 | 0.0512 ha per person | -0.3% |
| 1972 | 0.0545 ha per person | +6.6% |
| 1973 | 0.059 ha per person | +8.2% |
| 1974 | 0.0815 ha per person | +38.1% |
| 1975 | 0.1152 ha per person | +41.3% |
| 1976 | 0.1296 ha per person | +12.5% |
| 1977 | 0.1078 ha per person | -16.8% |
| 1978 | 0.0758 ha per person | -29.7% |
| 1979 | 0.0732 ha per person | -3.4% |
| 1980 | 0.0723 ha per person | -1.1% |
| 1981 | 0.1068 ha per person | +47.7% |
| 1982 | 0.1671 ha per person | +56.4% |
| 1983 | 0.138 ha per person | -17.4% |
| 1984 | 0.1132 ha per person | -18.0% |
| 1985 | 0.0668 ha per person | -40.9% |
| 1986 | 0.0603 ha per person | -9.8% |
| 1987 | 0.0539 ha per person | -10.5% |
| 1988 | 0.0518 ha per person | -4.0% |
| 1989 | 0.057 ha per person | +10.1% |
| 1990 | 0.0617 ha per person | +8.2% |
| 1991 | 0.0618 ha per person | +0.1% |
| 1992 | 0.0635 ha per person | +2.8% |
| 1993 | 0.0602 ha per person | -5.1% |
| 1994 | 0.0598 ha per person | -0.8% |
| 1995 | 0.0624 ha per person | +4.4% |
| 1996 | 0.0572 ha per person | -8.3% |
| 1997 | 0.0515 ha per person | -10.0% |
| 1998 | 0.0508 ha per person | -1.4% |
| 1999 | 0.0562 ha per person | +10.7% |
| 2000 | 0.0605 ha per person | +7.6% |
| 2001 | 0.0546 ha per person | -9.6% |
| 2002 | 0.0527 ha per person | -3.5% |
| 2003 | 0.0493 ha per person | -6.5% |
| 2004 | 0.0482 ha per person | -2.3% |
| 2005 | 0.047 ha per person | -2.3% |
| 2006 | 0.0459 ha per person | -2.4% |
| 2007 | 0.0483 ha per person | +5.2% |
| 2008 | 0.0552 ha per person | +14.4% |
| 2009 | 0.0585 ha per person | +5.9% |
| 2010 | 0.0642 ha per person | +9.7% |
| 2011 | 0.0581 ha per person | -9.5% |
| 2012 | 0.0692 ha per person | +19.1% |
| 2013 | 0.0796 ha per person | +15.0% |
| 2014 | 0.0488 ha per person | -38.7% |
| 2015 | 0.0612 ha per person | +25.3% |
| 2016 | 0.0651 ha per person | +6.3% |
| 2017 | 0.0565 ha per person | -13.1% |
| 2018 | 0.0592 ha per person | +4.8% |
| 2019 | 0.0617 ha per person | +4.1% |
| 2020 | 0.0592 ha per person | -4.0% |
| 2021 | 0.0615 ha per person | +3.9% |
| 2022 | 0.063 ha per person | +2.4% |
| 2023 | 0.0697 ha per person | +10.6% |
| 2024 | 0.0766 ha per person | +9.9% |
Guinea-Bissau compared with similar countries
- Guinea-Bissau's 0.0766 ha per person is above the median for low income countries, which is 0.0072 ha per person, 10.7× the median. (20 countries reporting)
- Guinea-Bissau's 0.0766 ha per person is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.0055 ha per person, 13.9× the median. (37 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0899 ha per person | 0.0516 ha per person | 0.1359 ha per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.0799 ha per person | 0.0512 ha per person | 0.1296 ha per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.0887 ha per person | 0.0518 ha per person | 0.1671 ha per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0585 ha per person | 0.0508 ha per person | 0.0635 ha per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.052 ha per person | 0.0459 ha per person | 0.0605 ha per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0624 ha per person | 0.0488 ha per person | 0.0796 ha per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.066 ha per person | 0.0592 ha per person | 0.0766 ha per person | 5 |
Countries ranked near Guinea-Bissau
- 5 Myanmar 0.1287 ha per person compare
- 6 Sierra Leone 0.1142 ha per person compare
- 7 Suriname 0.0801 ha per person compare
- 9 Bangladesh 0.066 ha per person compare
- 10 Madagascar 0.0638 ha per person compare
- 11 Liberia 0.0517 ha per person compare
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 rice — area harvested, per capita in Guinea-Bissau?
- Rice — area harvested, per capita in Guinea-Bissau was 0.0766 ha per person in 2024, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest rice — area harvested, per capita recorded in Guinea-Bissau?
- The highest recorded value was 0.1671 ha per person in 1982.
- What is the lowest rice — area harvested, per capita recorded in Guinea-Bissau?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0459 ha per person in 2006.
- How does Guinea-Bissau rank for rice — area harvested, per capita?
- Guinea-Bissau ranks 8th out of 120 countries with data for 2024.
- Is rice — area harvested, per capita rising or falling in Guinea-Bissau?
- Over the last ten years it is up 56.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Guinea-Bissau data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Rice — Area harvested, per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Rice — Area harvested divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Rice — Area harvested ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Rice — Area harvested Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Rice — Area harvested divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.