Sesame seed — Area harvested in Guinea
Guinea: Sesame seed — Area harvested was 14,228 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sesame seed — Area harvested in Guinea, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, sesame seed — area harvested in Guinea stood at 14,228 ha.
That represents a change of up 1.8% on the previous year and down 30.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sesame seed — area harvested in Guinea peaked at 20,516 ha in 2014 and was at its lowest, 1,936 ha, in 2005.
That places Guinea 36th out of 72 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Sesame seed — Area harvested in Guinea, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 2,333 ha | +16.7% |
| 1991 | 2,529 ha | +8.4% |
| 1992 | 2,537 ha | +0.3% |
| 1993 | 2,546 ha | +0.4% |
| 1994 | 2,555 ha | +0.4% |
| 1995 | 2,564 ha | +0.4% |
| 1996 | 2,574 ha | +0.4% |
| 1997 | 2,583 ha | +0.3% |
| 1998 | 2,592 ha | +0.3% |
| 1999 | 2,601 ha | +0.3% |
| 2000 | 2,611 ha | +0.4% |
| 2001 | 2,697 ha | +3.3% |
| 2002 | 2,833 ha | +5.0% |
| 2003 | 2,596 ha | -8.4% |
| 2004 | 2,251 ha | -13.3% |
| 2005 | 1,936 ha | -14.0% |
| 2006 | 2,200 ha | +13.6% |
| 2007 | 2,543 ha | +15.6% |
| 2008 | 2,250 ha | -11.5% |
| 2009 | 3,388 ha | +50.6% |
| 2010 | 7,400 ha | +118.4% |
| 2011 | 5,600 ha | -24.3% |
| 2012 | 8,920 ha | +59.3% |
| 2013 | 6,260 ha | -29.8% |
| 2014 | 20,516 ha | +227.7% |
| 2015 | 4,538 ha | -77.9% |
| 2016 | 8,000 ha | +76.3% |
| 2017 | 9,813 ha | +22.7% |
| 2018 | 10,551 ha | +7.5% |
| 2019 | 10,926 ha | +3.6% |
| 2020 | 18,501 ha | +69.3% |
| 2021 | 13,809 ha | -25.4% |
| 2022 | 12,963 ha | -6.1% |
| 2023 | 13,971 ha | +7.8% |
| 2024 | 14,228 ha | +1.8% |
Guinea compared with similar countries
- Guinea's 14,228 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 12,856 ha, 1.1× the median. (24 countries reporting)
- Guinea's 14,228 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 41,975 ha, 34% of the median. (25 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sesame seed — Area harvested 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 | +227.7% | 6,260 ha | 20,516 ha |
| 2010 | +118.4% | 3,388 ha | 7,400 ha |
| 2015 | -77.9% | 20,516 ha | 4,538 ha |
| 2016 | +76.3% | 4,538 ha | 8,000 ha |
| 2020 | +69.3% | 10,926 ha | 18,501 ha |
| 2012 | +59.3% | 5,600 ha | 8,920 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,000 ha | 2,000 ha | 2,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,000 ha | 2,000 ha | 2,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,000 ha | 2,000 ha | 2,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,541 ha | 2,333 ha | 2,601 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,530 ha | 1,936 ha | 3,388 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 9,252 ha | 4,538 ha | 20,516 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 14,694 ha | 12,963 ha | 18,501 ha | 5 |
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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 sesame seed — area harvested in Guinea?
- Sesame seed — area harvested in Guinea was 14,228 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sesame seed — area harvested recorded in Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 20,516 ha in 2014.
- What is the lowest sesame seed — area harvested recorded in Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,936 ha in 2005.
- How does Guinea rank for sesame seed — area harvested?
- Guinea ranks 36th out of 72 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sesame seed — area harvested rising or falling in Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is down 30.6%. 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 Sesame seed — 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.