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 48th out of 131 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.
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 share gdp 31.29 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 31.29 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.8% (2016)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.4% (2016)
- Rural population 61.5% (2025)
- Rural population growth 1.6% (2025)
- Rural population 9.28 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 31.3% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 8.87 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 231,171 t (2024)
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 48th out of 131 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.