Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in Guinea-Bissau
Guinea-Bissau: Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield was 6,974 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in Guinea-Bissau, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Guinea-Bissau recorded 6,974 kg/ha for roots and tubers, total — yield in 2024.
The figure is up 1.2% on the previous year and down 7.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots and tubers, total — yield in Guinea-Bissau peaked at 7,856 kg/ha in 1997 and was at its lowest, 5,556 kg/ha, in 1980.
That places Guinea-Bissau 160th out of 191 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in Guinea-Bissau, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 6,154 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 6,154 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 6,154 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 6,154 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 6,154 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 6,154 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 6,154 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 6,429 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 1969 | 6,154 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 1970 | 6,154 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 5,833 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 1972 | 6,154 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 1973 | 5,833 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 1974 | 5,833 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 6,000 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1976 | 6,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 6,250 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 1978 | 6,154 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1979 | 6,250 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1980 | 5,556 kg/ha | -11.1% |
| 1981 | 6,154 kg/ha | +10.8% |
| 1982 | 6,154 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 6,250 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1984 | 6,286 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1985 | 7,200 kg/ha | +14.5% |
| 1986 | 6,889 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 1987 | 7,000 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1988 | 7,298 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 1989 | 7,059 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 1990 | 6,904 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 1991 | 6,770 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 1992 | 7,198 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 1993 | 7,153 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1994 | 7,112 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1995 | 7,050 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1996 | 7,440 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 1997 | 7,856 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 1998 | 7,810 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1999 | 7,568 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 2000 | 7,603 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2001 | 7,774 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 2002 | 7,708 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2003 | 7,852 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2004 | 7,604 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 2005 | 7,332 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 2006 | 7,161 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 2007 | 6,823 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 2008 | 7,051 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 2009 | 6,806 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 2010 | 7,557 kg/ha | +11.0% |
| 2011 | 7,363 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 2012 | 7,494 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2013 | 6,334 kg/ha | -15.5% |
| 2014 | 7,560 kg/ha | +19.3% |
| 2015 | 7,368 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 2016 | 7,032 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 2017 | 7,768 kg/ha | +10.5% |
| 2018 | 7,701 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2019 | 7,396 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 2020 | 7,067 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 2021 | 6,884 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 2022 | 6,915 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2023 | 6,894 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2024 | 6,974 kg/ha | +1.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6,184 kg/ha | 6,154 kg/ha | 6,429 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 6,046 kg/ha | 5,833 kg/ha | 6,250 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 6,584 kg/ha | 5,556 kg/ha | 7,298 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 7,286 kg/ha | 6,770 kg/ha | 7,856 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 7,372 kg/ha | 6,806 kg/ha | 7,852 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 7,357 kg/ha | 6,334 kg/ha | 7,768 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 6,947 kg/ha | 6,884 kg/ha | 7,067 kg/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)
- Agriculture share gdp 40.63 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 40.63 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 31.5% (2018)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.2% (2018)
Frequently asked questions
- What is roots and tubers, total — yield in Guinea-Bissau?
- Roots and tubers, total — yield in Guinea-Bissau was 6,974 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest roots and tubers, total — yield recorded in Guinea-Bissau?
- The highest recorded value was 7,856 kg/ha in 1997.
- What is the lowest roots and tubers, total — yield recorded in Guinea-Bissau?
- The lowest recorded value was 5,556 kg/ha in 1980.
- How does Guinea-Bissau rank for roots and tubers, total — yield?
- Guinea-Bissau ranks 160th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is roots and tubers, total — yield rising or falling in Guinea-Bissau?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.7%. 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 — Yield. 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.