Seed cotton, unginned — Area harvested in Guinea-Bissau
Guinea-Bissau: Seed cotton, unginned — Area harvested was 4,994 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Seed cotton, unginned — Area harvested in Guinea-Bissau, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for seed cotton, unginned — area harvested in Guinea-Bissau is 4,994 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 3.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, seed cotton, unginned — area harvested in Guinea-Bissau peaked at 5,092 ha in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0 ha, in 1961.
Guinea-Bissau ranks 52nd of 94 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Seed cotton, unginned — Area harvested in Guinea-Bissau, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0 ha | — |
| 1962 | 0 ha | — |
| 1963 | 0 ha | — |
| 1964 | 0 ha | — |
| 1965 | 0 ha | — |
| 1966 | 0 ha | — |
| 1967 | 0 ha | — |
| 1968 | 0 ha | — |
| 1969 | 0 ha | — |
| 1970 | 0 ha | — |
| 1971 | 0 ha | — |
| 1972 | 0 ha | — |
| 1973 | 0 ha | — |
| 1974 | 0 ha | — |
| 1975 | 0 ha | — |
| 1976 | 0 ha | — |
| 1977 | 0 ha | — |
| 1978 | 0 ha | — |
| 1979 | 0 ha | — |
| 1980 | 1,000 ha | — |
| 1981 | 1,500 ha | +50.0% |
| 1982 | 1,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 1,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 1,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 1,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 1,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 1,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 3,153 ha | +110.2% |
| 1989 | 1,395 ha | -55.8% |
| 1990 | 2,458 ha | +76.2% |
| 1991 | 3,265 ha | +32.8% |
| 1992 | 1,754 ha | -46.3% |
| 1993 | 2,000 ha | +14.0% |
| 1994 | 1,700 ha | -15.0% |
| 1995 | 2,800 ha | +64.7% |
| 1996 | 2,500 ha | -10.7% |
| 1997 | 2,800 ha | +12.0% |
| 1998 | 2,946 ha | +5.2% |
| 1999 | 3,300 ha | +12.0% |
| 2000 | 3,283 ha | -0.5% |
| 2001 | 3,500 ha | +6.6% |
| 2002 | 3,518 ha | +0.5% |
| 2003 | 3,599 ha | +2.3% |
| 2004 | 3,691 ha | +2.6% |
| 2005 | 3,842 ha | +4.1% |
| 2006 | 3,885 ha | +1.1% |
| 2007 | 4,000 ha | +3.0% |
| 2008 | 3,900 ha | -2.5% |
| 2009 | 3,900 ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 4,000 ha | +2.6% |
| 2011 | 4,100 ha | +2.5% |
| 2012 | 4,700 ha | +14.6% |
| 2013 | 4,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 4,850 ha | +3.2% |
| 2015 | 4,897 ha | +1.0% |
| 2016 | 4,914 ha | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 4,887 ha | -0.5% |
| 2018 | 4,900 ha | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 5,092 ha | +3.9% |
| 2020 | 4,960 ha | -2.6% |
| 2021 | 4,984 ha | +0.5% |
| 2022 | 5,012 ha | +0.6% |
| 2023 | 4,985 ha | -0.5% |
| 2024 | 4,994 ha | +0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0 ha | 0 ha | 0 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 0 ha | 0 ha | 0 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,605 ha | 1,000 ha | 3,153 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,552 ha | 1,700 ha | 3,300 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,712 ha | 3,283 ha | 4,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 4,704 ha | 4,000 ha | 5,092 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,987 ha | 4,960 ha | 5,012 ha | 5 |
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- 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 seed cotton, unginned — area harvested in Guinea-Bissau?
- Seed cotton, unginned — area harvested in Guinea-Bissau was 4,994 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest seed cotton, unginned — area harvested recorded in Guinea-Bissau?
- The highest recorded value was 5,092 ha in 2019.
- What is the lowest seed cotton, unginned — area harvested recorded in Guinea-Bissau?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 ha in 1961.
- How does Guinea-Bissau rank for seed cotton, unginned — area harvested?
- Guinea-Bissau ranks 52nd out of 94 countries with data for 2024.
- Is seed cotton, unginned — area harvested rising or falling in Guinea-Bissau?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Guinea-Bissau data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Seed cotton, unginned — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.