Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in Guinea
Guinea: Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield was 8,476 kg/ha in 2024. ▬ Flat
Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in Guinea, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Guinea recorded 8,476 kg/ha for roots and tubers, total — yield in 2024.
That represents a change of down 1.5% on the previous year and up 6.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots and tubers, total — yield in Guinea peaked at 8,603 kg/ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 6,230 kg/ha, in 2000.
Guinea ranks 151st of 191 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in Guinea, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 7,596 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 7,655 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1963 | 7,162 kg/ha | -6.4% |
| 1964 | 7,632 kg/ha | +6.5% |
| 1965 | 7,322 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 1966 | 7,436 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1967 | 7,210 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 1968 | 7,156 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1969 | 6,975 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 1970 | 7,033 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1971 | 7,222 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1972 | 7,273 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1973 | 7,113 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 1974 | 7,115 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 7,115 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 7,115 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 7,138 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1978 | 7,144 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1979 | 7,172 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1980 | 7,088 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1981 | 7,087 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1982 | 7,092 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1983 | 7,074 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1984 | 6,904 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 1985 | 7,244 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 1986 | 7,146 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1987 | 7,012 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 1988 | 7,003 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1989 | 6,946 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1990 | 6,871 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1991 | 6,841 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1992 | 6,713 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 1993 | 6,679 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1994 | 6,768 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1995 | 6,632 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1996 | 6,542 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1997 | 6,475 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1998 | 6,396 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1999 | 6,305 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 2000 | 6,230 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2001 | 6,308 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2002 | 6,314 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2003 | 6,334 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2004 | 6,450 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2005 | 6,586 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 2006 | 6,734 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2007 | 6,842 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2008 | 6,453 kg/ha | -5.7% |
| 2009 | 7,782 kg/ha | +20.6% |
| 2010 | 6,842 kg/ha | -12.1% |
| 2011 | 6,995 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2012 | 6,262 kg/ha | -10.5% |
| 2013 | 6,293 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2014 | 7,955 kg/ha | +26.4% |
| 2015 | 7,881 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2016 | 7,703 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 2017 | 7,470 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 2018 | 7,435 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2019 | 7,757 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 2020 | 8,332 kg/ha | +7.4% |
| 2021 | 8,416 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2022 | 8,532 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2023 | 8,603 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2024 | 8,476 kg/ha | -1.5% |
Guinea compared with similar countries
- Guinea's 8,476 kg/ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 13,513 kg/ha, 63% of the median. (40 countries reporting)
- Guinea's 8,476 kg/ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 9,054 kg/ha, 94% of the median. (44 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in Guinea changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | +26.4% | 6,293 kg/ha | 7,955 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 7,349 kg/ha | 6,975 kg/ha | 7,655 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 7,144 kg/ha | 7,033 kg/ha | 7,273 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 7,060 kg/ha | 6,904 kg/ha | 7,244 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 6,622 kg/ha | 6,305 kg/ha | 6,871 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 6,603 kg/ha | 6,230 kg/ha | 7,782 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 7,259 kg/ha | 6,262 kg/ha | 7,955 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 8,472 kg/ha | 8,332 kg/ha | 8,603 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Guinea
More agriculture & rural data for Guinea
- 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)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0003 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6148 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 31.3% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 31.3% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.8% (2016)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.4% (2016)
Frequently asked questions
- What is roots and tubers, total — yield in Guinea?
- Roots and tubers, total — yield in Guinea was 8,476 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?
- The highest recorded value was 8,603 kg/ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest roots and tubers, total — yield recorded in Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 6,230 kg/ha in 2000.
- How does Guinea rank for roots and tubers, total — yield?
- Guinea ranks 151st out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is roots and tubers, total — yield rising or falling in Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- 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 — 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.