Rice — Area harvested in Guinea-Bissau
Guinea-Bissau: Rice — Area harvested was 168,574 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Rice — Area harvested in Guinea-Bissau, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, rice — area harvested in Guinea-Bissau stood at 168,574 ha. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 12.3% on the previous year and up 98.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rice — area harvested in Guinea-Bissau peaked at 168,574 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 30,000 ha, in 1968.
Guinea-Bissau ranks 40th of 133 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.
Rice — Area harvested in Guinea-Bissau, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 61,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 65,000 ha | +6.6% |
| 1963 | 65,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 80,000 ha | +23.1% |
| 1965 | 60,000 ha | -25.0% |
| 1966 | 45,000 ha | -25.0% |
| 1967 | 35,000 ha | -22.2% |
| 1968 | 30,000 ha | -14.3% |
| 1969 | 30,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 30,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 30,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 32,000 ha | +6.7% |
| 1973 | 35,000 ha | +9.4% |
| 1974 | 50,000 ha | +42.9% |
| 1975 | 75,000 ha | +50.0% |
| 1976 | 90,000 ha | +20.0% |
| 1977 | 80,000 ha | -11.1% |
| 1978 | 60,000 ha | -25.0% |
| 1979 | 60,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 60,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 90,000 ha | +50.0% |
| 1982 | 143,000 ha | +58.9% |
| 1983 | 120,000 ha | -16.1% |
| 1984 | 100,000 ha | -16.7% |
| 1985 | 60,000 ha | -40.0% |
| 1986 | 55,000 ha | -8.3% |
| 1987 | 50,000 ha | -9.1% |
| 1988 | 48,795 ha | -2.4% |
| 1989 | 54,639 ha | +12.0% |
| 1990 | 60,100 ha | +10.0% |
| 1991 | 61,436 ha | +2.2% |
| 1992 | 65,023 ha | +5.8% |
| 1993 | 63,788 ha | -1.9% |
| 1994 | 65,290 ha | +2.4% |
| 1995 | 69,881 ha | +7.0% |
| 1996 | 65,417 ha | -6.4% |
| 1997 | 60,000 ha | -8.3% |
| 1998 | 60,293 ha | +0.5% |
| 1999 | 68,000 ha | +12.8% |
| 2000 | 74,650 ha | +9.8% |
| 2001 | 68,920 ha | -7.7% |
| 2002 | 68,000 ha | -1.3% |
| 2003 | 65,000 ha | -4.4% |
| 2004 | 65,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 65,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 65,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 70,087 ha | +7.8% |
| 2008 | 82,197 ha | +17.3% |
| 2009 | 89,305 ha | +8.6% |
| 2010 | 100,510 ha | +12.5% |
| 2011 | 93,418 ha | -7.1% |
| 2012 | 114,270 ha | +22.3% |
| 2013 | 135,000 ha | +18.1% |
| 2014 | 85,000 ha | -37.0% |
| 2015 | 109,298 ha | +28.6% |
| 2016 | 119,165 ha | +9.0% |
| 2017 | 106,062 ha | -11.0% |
| 2018 | 113,833 ha | +7.3% |
| 2019 | 121,350 ha | +6.6% |
| 2020 | 119,147 ha | -1.8% |
| 2021 | 126,654 ha | +6.3% |
| 2022 | 132,634 ha | +4.7% |
| 2023 | 150,078 ha | +13.2% |
| 2024 | 168,574 ha | +12.3% |
Guinea-Bissau compared with similar countries
- Guinea-Bissau's 168,574 ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 114,310 ha, 1.5× the median. (20 countries reporting)
- Guinea-Bissau's 168,574 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 88,500 ha, 1.9× the median. (37 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 52,333 ha | 30,000 ha | 80,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 54,200 ha | 30,000 ha | 90,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 78,143 ha | 48,795 ha | 143,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 63,923 ha | 60,000 ha | 69,881 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 71,316 ha | 65,000 ha | 89,305 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 109,791 ha | 85,000 ha | 135,000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 139,417 ha | 119,147 ha | 168,574 ha | 5 |
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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 in Guinea-Bissau?
- Rice — area harvested in Guinea-Bissau was 168,574 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest rice — area harvested recorded in Guinea-Bissau?
- The highest recorded value was 168,574 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest rice — area harvested recorded in Guinea-Bissau?
- The lowest recorded value was 30,000 ha in 1968.
- How does Guinea-Bissau rank for rice — area harvested?
- Guinea-Bissau ranks 40th out of 133 countries with data for 2024.
- Is rice — area harvested rising or falling in Guinea-Bissau?
- Over the last ten years it is up 98.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Guinea-Bissau data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Rice — 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.