Roots and Tubers, Total — Production in Guinea
Guinea: Roots and Tubers, Total — Production was 4.51 million t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Roots and Tubers, Total — Production in Guinea, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for roots and tubers, total — production in Guinea is 4.51 million t, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.6% on the previous year and up 130.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots and tubers, total — production in Guinea peaked at 4.51 million t in 2024 and was at its lowest, 573,000 t, in 1963.
Guinea ranks 30th of 191 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Roots and Tubers, Total — Production in Guinea, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 610,000 t | — |
| 1962 | 617,000 t | +1.1% |
| 1963 | 573,000 t | -7.1% |
| 1964 | 609,000 t | +6.3% |
| 1965 | 588,000 t | -3.4% |
| 1966 | 599,300 t | +1.9% |
| 1967 | 617,500 t | +3.0% |
| 1968 | 616,800 t | -0.1% |
| 1969 | 633,000 t | +2.6% |
| 1970 | 642,000 t | +1.4% |
| 1971 | 663,000 t | +3.3% |
| 1972 | 668,000 t | +0.8% |
| 1973 | 748,895 t | +12.1% |
| 1974 | 757,210 t | +1.1% |
| 1975 | 764,895 t | +1.0% |
| 1976 | 772,700 t | +1.0% |
| 1977 | 797,625 t | +3.2% |
| 1978 | 806,385 t | +1.1% |
| 1979 | 654,161 t | -18.9% |
| 1980 | 635,800 t | -2.8% |
| 1981 | 642,100 t | +1.0% |
| 1982 | 648,500 t | +1.0% |
| 1983 | 653,700 t | +0.8% |
| 1984 | 657,700 t | +0.6% |
| 1985 | 644,140 t | -2.1% |
| 1986 | 671,035 t | +4.2% |
| 1987 | 700,810 t | +4.4% |
| 1988 | 737,580 t | +5.2% |
| 1989 | 768,170 t | +4.1% |
| 1990 | 797,775 t | +3.9% |
| 1991 | 840,750 t | +5.4% |
| 1992 | 850,630 t | +1.2% |
| 1993 | 881,565 t | +3.6% |
| 1994 | 954,490 t | +8.3% |
| 1995 | 955,665 t | +0.1% |
| 1996 | 980,090 t | +2.6% |
| 1997 | 1.02 million t | +4.3% |
| 1998 | 1.06 million t | +3.2% |
| 1999 | 1.09 million t | +3.6% |
| 2000 | 1.13 million t | +3.4% |
| 2001 | 1.13 million t | -0.1% |
| 2002 | 1.13 million t | +0.1% |
| 2003 | 1.17 million t | +3.1% |
| 2004 | 1.21 million t | +4.1% |
| 2005 | 1.27 million t | +4.5% |
| 2006 | 1.33 million t | +4.9% |
| 2007 | 1.40 million t | +5.5% |
| 2008 | 1.35 million t | -3.7% |
| 2009 | 1.35 million t | +0.1% |
| 2010 | 1.49 million t | +9.7% |
| 2011 | 1.51 million t | +1.5% |
| 2012 | 1.67 million t | +10.7% |
| 2013 | 1.76 million t | +5.1% |
| 2014 | 1.96 million t | +11.4% |
| 2015 | 2.09 million t | +6.6% |
| 2016 | 2.25 million t | +7.8% |
| 2017 | 2.39 million t | +6.1% |
| 2018 | 2.61 million t | +9.3% |
| 2019 | 2.97 million t | +14.0% |
| 2020 | 3.50 million t | +17.7% |
| 2021 | 3.88 million t | +10.9% |
| 2022 | 4.31 million t | +11.2% |
| 2023 | 4.48 million t | +3.8% |
| 2024 | 4.51 million t | +0.6% |
Guinea compared with similar countries
- Guinea's 4.51 million t is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 1.54 million t, 2.9× the median. (40 countries reporting)
- Guinea's 4.51 million t is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 1.62 million t, 2.8× the median. (44 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 607,067 t | 573,000 t | 633,000 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 727,487 t | 642,000 t | 806,385 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 675,954 t | 635,800 t | 768,170 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 943,160 t | 797,775 t | 1.09 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.25 million t | 1.13 million t | 1.40 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.07 million t | 1.49 million t | 2.97 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 4.13 million t | 3.50 million t | 4.51 million t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Guinea
- 27 Poland 5.92 million t compare
- 28 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 5.52 million t compare
- 28 Caribbean 3.10 million t compare
- 29 Algeria 4.60 million t compare
- 29 Cabo Verde 6,606 t compare
- 31 Madagascar 4.35 million t compare
- 32 Kenya 4.29 million t compare
- 33 Colombia 4.15 million t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Guinea
- Cropland extent over the long-term, annual growth rate 2.07 % change on previous year (2025)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0.0002 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per capita 0.4594 hectares per person (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, annual growth rate 0.8053 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0.0006 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per capita 1.17 hectares per person (2025)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is roots and tubers, total — production in Guinea?
- Roots and tubers, total — production in Guinea was 4.51 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest roots and tubers, total — production recorded in Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 4.51 million t in 2024.
- What is the lowest roots and tubers, total — production recorded in Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 573,000 t in 1963.
- How does Guinea rank for roots and tubers, total — production?
- Guinea ranks 30th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is roots and tubers, total — production rising or falling in Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is up 130.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Guinea data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Roots and Tubers, Total — Production. 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.