Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Guinea-Bissau
Guinea-Bissau: Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested was 26,138 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Guinea-Bissau, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Guinea-Bissau stood at 26,138 ha.
The figure is down 2.6% on the previous year and up 45.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Guinea-Bissau peaked at 26,845 ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 5,000 ha, in 1975.
Guinea-Bissau ranks 94th of 191 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.
Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Guinea-Bissau, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 6,500 ha | — |
| 1962 | 6,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 6,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 6,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 6,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 6,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 6,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 7,000 ha | +7.7% |
| 1969 | 6,500 ha | -7.1% |
| 1970 | 6,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 6,000 ha | -7.7% |
| 1972 | 6,500 ha | +8.3% |
| 1973 | 6,000 ha | -7.7% |
| 1974 | 6,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 5,000 ha | -16.7% |
| 1976 | 5,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 8,000 ha | +60.0% |
| 1978 | 6,500 ha | -18.8% |
| 1979 | 8,000 ha | +23.1% |
| 1980 | 9,000 ha | +12.5% |
| 1981 | 6,500 ha | -27.8% |
| 1982 | 6,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 8,000 ha | +23.1% |
| 1984 | 7,000 ha | -12.5% |
| 1985 | 7,500 ha | +7.1% |
| 1986 | 9,000 ha | +20.0% |
| 1987 | 10,000 ha | +11.1% |
| 1988 | 10,592 ha | +5.9% |
| 1989 | 10,200 ha | -3.7% |
| 1990 | 10,065 ha | -1.3% |
| 1991 | 9,730 ha | -3.3% |
| 1992 | 9,681 ha | -0.5% |
| 1993 | 9,881 ha | +2.1% |
| 1994 | 10,100 ha | +2.2% |
| 1995 | 10,315 ha | +2.1% |
| 1996 | 10,900 ha | +5.7% |
| 1997 | 11,800 ha | +8.3% |
| 1998 | 12,100 ha | +2.5% |
| 1999 | 12,390 ha | +2.4% |
| 2000 | 12,534 ha | +1.2% |
| 2001 | 12,816 ha | +2.2% |
| 2002 | 12,967 ha | +1.2% |
| 2003 | 13,500 ha | +4.1% |
| 2004 | 13,839 ha | +2.5% |
| 2005 | 14,571 ha | +5.3% |
| 2006 | 15,500 ha | +6.4% |
| 2007 | 16,767 ha | +8.2% |
| 2008 | 16,839 ha | +0.4% |
| 2009 | 14,651 ha | -13.0% |
| 2010 | 16,717 ha | +14.1% |
| 2011 | 16,071 ha | -3.9% |
| 2012 | 17,791 ha | +10.7% |
| 2013 | 14,373 ha | -19.2% |
| 2014 | 18,003 ha | +25.3% |
| 2015 | 19,132 ha | +6.3% |
| 2016 | 17,273 ha | -9.7% |
| 2017 | 17,446 ha | +1.0% |
| 2018 | 17,917 ha | +2.7% |
| 2019 | 23,934 ha | +33.6% |
| 2020 | 24,857 ha | +3.9% |
| 2021 | 26,550 ha | +6.8% |
| 2022 | 26,360 ha | -0.7% |
| 2023 | 26,845 ha | +1.8% |
| 2024 | 26,138 ha | -2.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6,556 ha | 6,500 ha | 7,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 6,350 ha | 5,000 ha | 8,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 8,429 ha | 6,500 ha | 10,592 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 10,696 ha | 9,681 ha | 12,390 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 14,398 ha | 12,534 ha | 16,839 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 17,866 ha | 14,373 ha | 23,934 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 26,150 ha | 24,857 ha | 26,845 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 roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Guinea-Bissau?
- Roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Guinea-Bissau was 26,138 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest roots and tubers, total — area harvested recorded in Guinea-Bissau?
- The highest recorded value was 26,845 ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest roots and tubers, total — area harvested recorded in Guinea-Bissau?
- The lowest recorded value was 5,000 ha in 1975.
- How does Guinea-Bissau rank for roots and tubers, total — area harvested?
- Guinea-Bissau ranks 94th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is roots and tubers, total — area harvested rising or falling in Guinea-Bissau?
- Over the last ten years it is up 45.2%. 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 Roots and Tubers, 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.