Sorghum — Area harvested in Guinea-Bissau
Guinea-Bissau: Sorghum — Area harvested was 25,000 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sorghum — 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 sorghum — area harvested in Guinea-Bissau is 25,000 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 25.0% on the previous year and up 75.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sorghum — area harvested in Guinea-Bissau peaked at 40,000 ha in 1982 and was at its lowest, 4,000 ha, in 1961.
That places Guinea-Bissau 53rd out of 120 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.
Sorghum — Area harvested in Guinea-Bissau, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 4,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 4,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 4,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 4,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 4,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 7,000 ha | +75.0% |
| 1967 | 6,500 ha | -7.1% |
| 1968 | 6,000 ha | -7.7% |
| 1969 | 5,000 ha | -16.7% |
| 1970 | 5,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 5,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 5,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 7,000 ha | +40.0% |
| 1974 | 8,000 ha | +14.3% |
| 1975 | 10,000 ha | +25.0% |
| 1976 | 11,000 ha | +10.0% |
| 1977 | 14,000 ha | +27.3% |
| 1978 | 20,000 ha | +42.9% |
| 1979 | 25,000 ha | +25.0% |
| 1980 | 28,000 ha | +12.0% |
| 1981 | 30,000 ha | +7.1% |
| 1982 | 40,000 ha | +33.3% |
| 1983 | 35,000 ha | -12.5% |
| 1984 | 33,000 ha | -5.7% |
| 1985 | 25,000 ha | -24.2% |
| 1986 | 25,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 15,000 ha | -40.0% |
| 1988 | 9,935 ha | -33.8% |
| 1989 | 11,544 ha | +16.2% |
| 1990 | 12,750 ha | +10.4% |
| 1991 | 13,110 ha | +2.8% |
| 1992 | 12,491 ha | -4.7% |
| 1993 | 15,456 ha | +23.7% |
| 1994 | 15,427 ha | -0.2% |
| 1995 | 16,751 ha | +8.6% |
| 1996 | 24,750 ha | +47.8% |
| 1997 | 15,000 ha | -39.4% |
| 1998 | 12,520 ha | -16.5% |
| 1999 | 15,400 ha | +23.0% |
| 2000 | 27,000 ha | +75.3% |
| 2001 | 18,853 ha | -30.2% |
| 2002 | 15,400 ha | -18.3% |
| 2003 | 15,000 ha | -2.6% |
| 2004 | 18,000 ha | +20.0% |
| 2005 | 25,000 ha | +38.9% |
| 2006 | 21,000 ha | -16.0% |
| 2007 | 15,942 ha | -24.1% |
| 2008 | 14,354 ha | -10.0% |
| 2009 | 18,309 ha | +27.6% |
| 2010 | 19,507 ha | +6.5% |
| 2011 | 20,118 ha | +3.1% |
| 2012 | 24,615 ha | +22.4% |
| 2013 | 27,860 ha | +13.2% |
| 2014 | 14,249 ha | -48.9% |
| 2015 | 16,151 ha | +13.3% |
| 2016 | 17,018 ha | +5.4% |
| 2017 | 20,756 ha | +22.0% |
| 2018 | 20,000 ha | -3.6% |
| 2019 | 24,497 ha | +22.5% |
| 2020 | 23,055 ha | -5.9% |
| 2021 | 25,404 ha | +10.2% |
| 2022 | 20,000 ha | -21.3% |
| 2023 | 20,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 25,000 ha | +25.0% |
Guinea-Bissau compared with similar countries
- Guinea-Bissau's 25,000 ha is below the median for low income countries, which is 260,000 ha, 10% of the median. (20 countries reporting)
- Guinea-Bissau's 25,000 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 225,850 ha, 11% of the median. (36 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4,944 ha | 4,000 ha | 7,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 11,000 ha | 5,000 ha | 25,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 25,248 ha | 9,935 ha | 40,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 15,366 ha | 12,491 ha | 24,750 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 18,886 ha | 14,354 ha | 27,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 20,477 ha | 14,249 ha | 27,860 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 22,692 ha | 20,000 ha | 25,404 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Guinea-Bissau
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)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 40.6% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 40.6% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 31.5% (2018)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.2% (2018)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sorghum — area harvested in Guinea-Bissau?
- Sorghum — area harvested in Guinea-Bissau was 25,000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sorghum — area harvested recorded in Guinea-Bissau?
- The highest recorded value was 40,000 ha in 1982.
- What is the lowest sorghum — area harvested recorded in Guinea-Bissau?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,000 ha in 1961.
- How does Guinea-Bissau rank for sorghum — area harvested?
- Guinea-Bissau ranks 53rd out of 120 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sorghum — area harvested rising or falling in Guinea-Bissau?
- Over the last ten years it is up 75.5%. 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 Sorghum — Area harvested. 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.