Sugar cane — Area harvested in Guinea-Bissau
Guinea-Bissau: Sugar cane — Area harvested was 262 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sugar cane — Area harvested in Guinea-Bissau, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, sugar cane — area harvested in Guinea-Bissau stood at 262 ha.
The figure is up 7.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar cane — area harvested in Guinea-Bissau peaked at 300 ha in 1973 and was at its lowest, 180 ha, in 1961.
That places Guinea-Bissau 86th out of 103 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Sugar cane — Area harvested in Guinea-Bissau, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 180 ha | — |
| 1962 | 190 ha | +5.6% |
| 1963 | 200 ha | +5.3% |
| 1964 | 200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 300 ha | +50.0% |
| 1974 | 200 ha | -33.3% |
| 1975 | 200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 210 ha | +5.0% |
| 1987 | 210 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 210 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 210 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 210 ha | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 209 ha | -0.5% |
| 1992 | 209 ha | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 210 ha | +0.5% |
| 1994 | 200 ha | -4.8% |
| 1995 | 200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 200 ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 200 ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 200 ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 200 ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 200 ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 200 ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 200 ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 200 ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 200 ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 220 ha | +10.0% |
| 2009 | 220 ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 230 ha | +4.5% |
| 2011 | 230 ha | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 240 ha | +4.3% |
| 2013 | 240 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 243 ha | +1.2% |
| 2015 | 248 ha | +2.1% |
| 2016 | 250 ha | +0.8% |
| 2017 | 253 ha | +1.2% |
| 2018 | 255 ha | +0.8% |
| 2019 | 258 ha | +1.2% |
| 2020 | 260 ha | +0.8% |
| 2021 | 264 ha | +1.5% |
| 2022 | 261 ha | -1.1% |
| 2023 | 262 ha | +0.4% |
| 2024 | 262 ha | +0.0% |
Guinea-Bissau compared with similar countries
- Guinea-Bissau's 262 ha is below the median for low income countries, which is 8,060 ha, 3% of the median. (19 countries reporting)
- Guinea-Bissau's 262 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 18,222 ha, 1% of the median. (32 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 196.67 ha | 180 ha | 200 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 210 ha | 200 ha | 300 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 204 ha | 200 ha | 210 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 203.8 ha | 200 ha | 210 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 204 ha | 200 ha | 220 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 244.7 ha | 230 ha | 258 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 261.8 ha | 260 ha | 264 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 sugar cane — area harvested in Guinea-Bissau?
- Sugar cane — area harvested in Guinea-Bissau was 262 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar cane — area harvested recorded in Guinea-Bissau?
- The highest recorded value was 300 ha in 1973.
- What is the lowest sugar cane — area harvested recorded in Guinea-Bissau?
- The lowest recorded value was 180 ha in 1961.
- How does Guinea-Bissau rank for sugar cane — area harvested?
- Guinea-Bissau ranks 86th out of 103 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sugar cane — area harvested rising or falling in Guinea-Bissau?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.8%. 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 Sugar cane — 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.