Sorghum — Production in Guinea
Guinea: Sorghum — Production was 65,000 t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sorghum — Production in Guinea, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sorghum — production in Guinea is 65,000 t, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 71.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sorghum — production in Guinea peaked at 65,000 t in 2023 and was at its lowest, 20,000 t, in 1963.
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 — Production in Guinea, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 25,000 t | — |
| 1962 | 28,000 t | +12.0% |
| 1963 | 20,000 t | -28.6% |
| 1964 | 25,000 t | +25.0% |
| 1965 | 25,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 25,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 25,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 25,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 25,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 25,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 25,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 25,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 25,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 25,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 25,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 25,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 25,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 22,000 t | -12.0% |
| 1979 | 25,000 t | +13.6% |
| 1980 | 25,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 25,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 22,000 t | -12.0% |
| 1983 | 25,000 t | +13.6% |
| 1984 | 30,000 t | +20.0% |
| 1985 | 32,000 t | +6.7% |
| 1986 | 32,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 28,000 t | -12.5% |
| 1988 | 24,400 t | -12.9% |
| 1989 | 24,970 t | +2.3% |
| 1990 | 25,550 t | +2.3% |
| 1991 | 26,150 t | +2.3% |
| 1992 | 26,760 t | +2.3% |
| 1993 | 27,385 t | +2.3% |
| 1994 | 28,025 t | +2.3% |
| 1995 | 28,680 t | +2.3% |
| 1996 | 29,350 t | +2.3% |
| 1997 | 30,035 t | +2.3% |
| 1998 | 30,740 t | +2.3% |
| 1999 | 31,460 t | +2.3% |
| 2000 | 32,192 t | +2.3% |
| 2001 | 33,567 t | +4.3% |
| 2002 | 34,082 t | +1.5% |
| 2003 | 34,605 t | +1.5% |
| 2004 | 35,136 t | +1.5% |
| 2005 | 36,130 t | +2.8% |
| 2006 | 36,980 t | +2.4% |
| 2007 | 37,800 t | +2.2% |
| 2008 | 39,590 t | +4.7% |
| 2009 | 43,366 t | +9.5% |
| 2010 | 44,770 t | +3.2% |
| 2011 | 30,573 t | -31.7% |
| 2012 | 40,167 t | +31.4% |
| 2013 | 40,790 t | +1.6% |
| 2014 | 38,000 t | -6.8% |
| 2015 | 36,463 t | -4.0% |
| 2016 | 28,800 t | -21.0% |
| 2017 | 29,400 t | +2.1% |
| 2018 | 60,570 t | +106.0% |
| 2019 | 62,215 t | +2.7% |
| 2020 | 63,110 t | +1.4% |
| 2021 | 64,012 t | +1.4% |
| 2022 | 64,928 t | +1.4% |
| 2023 | 65,000 t | +0.1% |
| 2024 | 65,000 t | +0.0% |
Guinea compared with similar countries
- Guinea's 65,000 t is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 29,359 t, 2.2× the median. (31 countries reporting)
- Guinea's 65,000 t is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 127,000 t, 51% of the median. (36 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sorghum — Production 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 | +106.0% | 29,400 t | 60,570 t |
| 2011 | -31.7% | 44,770 t | 30,573 t |
| 1963 | -28.6% | 28,000 t | 20,000 t |
| 2012 | +31.4% | 30,573 t | 40,167 t |
| 1964 | +25.0% | 20,000 t | 25,000 t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 24,778 t | 20,000 t | 28,000 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 24,700 t | 22,000 t | 25,000 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 26,837 t | 22,000 t | 32,000 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 28,414 t | 25,550 t | 31,460 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 36,345 t | 32,192 t | 43,366 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 41,175 t | 28,800 t | 62,215 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 64,410 t | 63,110 t | 65,000 t | 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 — production in Guinea?
- Sorghum — production in Guinea was 65,000 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sorghum — production recorded in Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 65,000 t in 2023.
- What is the lowest sorghum — production recorded in Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 20,000 t in 1963.
- How does Guinea rank for sorghum — production?
- Guinea ranks 45th out of 120 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sorghum — production rising or falling in Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is up 71.1%. 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 — Production. 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.