Sugar cane — Area harvested in Guinea
Guinea: Sugar cane — Area harvested was 5,980 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sugar cane — Area harvested in Guinea, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, sugar cane — area harvested in Guinea stood at 5,980 ha.
The figure is down 0.5% on the previous year and up 6.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar cane — area harvested in Guinea peaked at 6,013 ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0 ha, in 1961.
Guinea ranks 70th of 103 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Sugar cane — Area harvested in Guinea, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0 ha | — |
| 1962 | 0 ha | — |
| 1963 | 0 ha | — |
| 1964 | 0 ha | — |
| 1965 | 0 ha | — |
| 1966 | 0 ha | — |
| 1967 | 0 ha | — |
| 1968 | 0 ha | — |
| 1969 | 0 ha | — |
| 1970 | 0 ha | — |
| 1971 | 0 ha | — |
| 1972 | 0 ha | — |
| 1973 | 0 ha | — |
| 1974 | 0 ha | — |
| 1975 | 0 ha | — |
| 1976 | 2,800 ha | — |
| 1977 | 2,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 3,200 ha | +14.3% |
| 1979 | 4,300 ha | +34.4% |
| 1980 | 4,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 4,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 4,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 4,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 4,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 4,500 ha | +4.7% |
| 1986 | 4,000 ha | -11.1% |
| 1987 | 4,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 4,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 4,300 ha | +7.5% |
| 1990 | 4,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 4,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 4,000 ha | -7.0% |
| 1993 | 4,300 ha | +7.5% |
| 1994 | 4,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 4,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 4,500 ha | +4.7% |
| 1997 | 4,700 ha | +4.4% |
| 1998 | 4,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 5,200 ha | +10.6% |
| 2000 | 5,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 5,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 5,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 5,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 5,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 5,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 5,250 ha | +1.0% |
| 2007 | 5,300 ha | +1.0% |
| 2008 | 5,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 5,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 5,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 5,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 5,500 ha | +3.8% |
| 2013 | 5,600 ha | +1.8% |
| 2014 | 5,595 ha | -0.1% |
| 2015 | 5,687 ha | +1.6% |
| 2016 | 5,698 ha | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 5,740 ha | +0.7% |
| 2018 | 5,794 ha | +0.9% |
| 2019 | 5,839 ha | +0.8% |
| 2020 | 5,861 ha | +0.4% |
| 2021 | 5,951 ha | +1.5% |
| 2022 | 5,976 ha | +0.4% |
| 2023 | 6,013 ha | +0.6% |
| 2024 | 5,980 ha | -0.5% |
Guinea compared with similar countries
- Guinea's 5,980 ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 32,772 ha, 18% of the median. (27 countries reporting)
- Guinea's 5,980 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 18,222 ha, 33% of the median. (32 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sugar cane — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | +34.4% | 3,200 ha | 4,300 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0 ha | 0 ha | 0 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,310 ha | 0 ha | 4,300 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 4,230 ha | 4,000 ha | 4,500 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 4,460 ha | 4,000 ha | 5,200 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 5,235 ha | 5,200 ha | 5,300 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 5,605 ha | 5,300 ha | 5,839 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 5,956 ha | 5,861 ha | 6,013 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 sugar cane — area harvested in Guinea?
- Sugar cane — area harvested in Guinea was 5,980 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar cane — area harvested recorded in Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 6,013 ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest sugar cane — area harvested recorded in Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 ha in 1961.
- How does Guinea rank for sugar cane — area harvested?
- Guinea ranks 70th out of 103 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sugar cane — area harvested rising or falling in Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Guinea 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.