Sorghum — Yield in Guinea-Bissau
Guinea-Bissau: Sorghum — Yield was 1,160 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sorghum — Yield in Guinea-Bissau, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sorghum — yield in Guinea-Bissau is 1,160 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 17.1% on the previous year and up 18.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sorghum — yield in Guinea-Bissau peaked at 1,642 kg/ha in 1988 and was at its lowest, 520 kg/ha, in 1971.
That places Guinea-Bissau 71st out of 111 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 — Yield in Guinea-Bissau, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 750 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 750 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 750 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 750 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 750 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 642.9 kg/ha | -14.3% |
| 1967 | 661.5 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1968 | 666.7 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1969 | 600 kg/ha | -10.0% |
| 1970 | 600 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 520 kg/ha | -13.3% |
| 1972 | 600 kg/ha | +15.4% |
| 1973 | 642.9 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 1974 | 625 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 1975 | 600 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 1976 | 727.3 kg/ha | +21.2% |
| 1977 | 714.3 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1978 | 650 kg/ha | -9.0% |
| 1979 | 600 kg/ha | -7.7% |
| 1980 | 642.9 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 1981 | 666.7 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 1982 | 650 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 1983 | 657.1 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1984 | 636.4 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 1985 | 800 kg/ha | +25.7% |
| 1986 | 800 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 1,000 kg/ha | +25.0% |
| 1988 | 1,642 kg/ha | +64.2% |
| 1989 | 821.9 kg/ha | -49.9% |
| 1990 | 884 kg/ha | +7.6% |
| 1991 | 1,028 kg/ha | +16.3% |
| 1992 | 856.1 kg/ha | -16.7% |
| 1993 | 900.2 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 1994 | 921 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1995 | 926.9 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1996 | 907.8 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 1997 | 825.6 kg/ha | -9.1% |
| 1998 | 902.6 kg/ha | +9.3% |
| 1999 | 965 kg/ha | +6.9% |
| 2000 | 781.3 kg/ha | -19.0% |
| 2001 | 800 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 2002 | 954.7 kg/ha | +19.3% |
| 2003 | 668.3 kg/ha | -30.0% |
| 2004 | 861.4 kg/ha | +28.9% |
| 2005 | 934.4 kg/ha | +8.5% |
| 2006 | 1,168 kg/ha | +25.0% |
| 2007 | 917.9 kg/ha | -21.4% |
| 2008 | 1,274 kg/ha | +38.8% |
| 2009 | 795.2 kg/ha | -37.6% |
| 2010 | 901.8 kg/ha | +13.4% |
| 2011 | 944.4 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 2012 | 956.6 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2013 | 964.5 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2014 | 982.5 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2015 | 990.6 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2016 | 998.9 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2017 | 963.6 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 2018 | 1,050 kg/ha | +9.0% |
| 2019 | 894 kg/ha | -14.9% |
| 2020 | 897 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2021 | 899 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2022 | 1,337 kg/ha | +48.7% |
| 2023 | 1,400 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 2024 | 1,160 kg/ha | -17.1% |
Guinea-Bissau compared with similar countries
- Guinea-Bissau's 1,160 kg/ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 709.65 kg/ha, 1.6× the median. (20 countries reporting)
- Guinea-Bissau's 1,160 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 955.6 kg/ha, 1.2× the median. (36 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sorghum — Yield in Guinea-Bissau 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | +64.2% | 1,000 kg/ha | 1,642 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 702.34 kg/ha | 600 kg/ha | 750 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 627.95 kg/ha | 520 kg/ha | 727.3 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 831.7 kg/ha | 636.4 kg/ha | 1,642 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 911.7 kg/ha | 825.6 kg/ha | 1,028 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 915.56 kg/ha | 668.3 kg/ha | 1,274 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 964.69 kg/ha | 894 kg/ha | 1,050 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,139 kg/ha | 897 kg/ha | 1,400 kg/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 — yield in Guinea-Bissau?
- Sorghum — yield in Guinea-Bissau was 1,160 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sorghum — yield recorded in Guinea-Bissau?
- The highest recorded value was 1,642 kg/ha in 1988.
- What is the lowest sorghum — yield recorded in Guinea-Bissau?
- The lowest recorded value was 520 kg/ha in 1971.
- How does Guinea-Bissau rank for sorghum — yield?
- Guinea-Bissau ranks 71st out of 111 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sorghum — yield rising or falling in Guinea-Bissau?
- Over the last ten years it is up 18.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- 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 — Yield. 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.