Sorghum — Area harvested in Guinea
Guinea: Sorghum — Area harvested was 45,000 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sorghum — Area harvested in Guinea, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Guinea recorded 45,000 ha for sorghum — area harvested in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 26.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sorghum — area harvested in Guinea peaked at 45,000 ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 13,600 ha, in 1988.
That places Guinea 45th out of 120 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Sorghum — Area harvested in Guinea, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 20,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 20,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 20,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 20,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 20,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 20,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 20,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 20,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 20,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 20,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 20,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 20,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 20,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 20,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 20,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 20,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 20,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 20,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 20,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 20,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 20,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 20,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 21,000 ha | +5.0% |
| 1984 | 22,000 ha | +4.8% |
| 1985 | 23,000 ha | +4.5% |
| 1986 | 23,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 20,000 ha | -13.0% |
| 1988 | 13,600 ha | -32.0% |
| 1989 | 14,545 ha | +6.9% |
| 1990 | 15,560 ha | +7.0% |
| 1991 | 16,640 ha | +6.9% |
| 1992 | 17,795 ha | +6.9% |
| 1993 | 19,030 ha | +6.9% |
| 1994 | 20,355 ha | +7.0% |
| 1995 | 21,770 ha | +7.0% |
| 1996 | 23,285 ha | +7.0% |
| 1997 | 24,905 ha | +7.0% |
| 1998 | 26,635 ha | +6.9% |
| 1999 | 28,490 ha | +7.0% |
| 2000 | 30,470 ha | +6.9% |
| 2001 | 33,200 ha | +9.0% |
| 2002 | 33,500 ha | +0.9% |
| 2003 | 37,000 ha | +10.4% |
| 2004 | 34,000 ha | -8.1% |
| 2005 | 35,000 ha | +2.9% |
| 2006 | 35,500 ha | +1.4% |
| 2007 | 36,500 ha | +2.8% |
| 2008 | 39,421 ha | +8.0% |
| 2009 | 44,660 ha | +13.3% |
| 2010 | 44,834 ha | +0.4% |
| 2011 | 30,723 ha | -31.5% |
| 2012 | 40,505 ha | +31.8% |
| 2013 | 41,277 ha | +1.9% |
| 2014 | 35,694 ha | -13.5% |
| 2015 | 31,828 ha | -10.8% |
| 2016 | 23,200 ha | -27.1% |
| 2017 | 22,103 ha | -4.7% |
| 2018 | 42,566 ha | +92.6% |
| 2019 | 42,907 ha | +0.8% |
| 2020 | 43,025 ha | +0.3% |
| 2021 | 43,141 ha | +0.3% |
| 2022 | 43,258 ha | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 45,000 ha | +4.0% |
| 2024 | 45,000 ha | +0.0% |
Guinea compared with similar countries
- Guinea's 45,000 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 28,421 ha, 1.6× the median. (31 countries reporting)
- Guinea's 45,000 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 225,850 ha, 20% of the median. (36 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sorghum — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | +92.6% | 22,103 ha | 42,566 ha |
| 1988 | -32.0% | 20,000 ha | 13,600 ha |
| 2011 | -31.5% | 44,834 ha | 30,723 ha |
| 2012 | +31.8% | 30,723 ha | 40,505 ha |
| 2016 | -27.1% | 31,828 ha | 23,200 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 20,000 ha | 20,000 ha | 20,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 20,000 ha | 20,000 ha | 20,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 19,714 ha | 13,600 ha | 23,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 21,446 ha | 15,560 ha | 28,490 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 35,925 ha | 30,470 ha | 44,660 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 35,564 ha | 22,103 ha | 44,834 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 43,885 ha | 43,025 ha | 45,000 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 sorghum — area harvested in Guinea?
- Sorghum — area harvested in Guinea was 45,000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sorghum — area harvested recorded in Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 45,000 ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest sorghum — area harvested recorded in Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 13,600 ha in 1988.
- How does Guinea rank for sorghum — area harvested?
- Guinea ranks 45th out of 120 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sorghum — area harvested rising or falling in Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is up 26.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Guinea 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.