Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per capita in Guinea-Bissau
Guinea-Bissau: Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per capita was 0.0035 ha per person in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per capita in Guinea-Bissau, 2019–2024
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in ha per person.
Analysis
In 2024, sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita in Guinea-Bissau stood at 0.0035 ha per person.
That represents a change of down 8.6% on the previous year and up 9.8% over ten years.
Guinea-Bissau ranks 16th of 99 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per capita in Guinea-Bissau, year by year
| Year | ha per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 0.0032 ha per person | — |
| 2020 | 0.0035 ha per person | +9.5% |
| 2021 | 0.0044 ha per person | +24.6% |
| 2022 | 0.0039 ha per person | -11.7% |
| 2023 | 0.0039 ha per person | -0.3% |
| 2024 | 0.0035 ha per person | -8.6% |
Guinea-Bissau compared with similar countries
- Guinea-Bissau's 0.0035 ha per person is above the median for low income countries, which is 0.0019 ha per person, 1.8× the median. (17 countries reporting)
- Guinea-Bissau's 0.0035 ha per person is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.0015 ha per person, 2.4× the median. (36 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.0032 ha per person | 0.0032 ha per person | 0.0032 ha per person | 1 |
| 2020s | 0.0038 ha per person | 0.0035 ha per person | 0.0044 ha per person | 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 sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita in Guinea-Bissau?
- Sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita in Guinea-Bissau was 0.0035 ha per person in 2024, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita recorded in Guinea-Bissau?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0044 ha per person in 2021.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita recorded in Guinea-Bissau?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0032 ha per person in 2019.
- How does Guinea-Bissau rank for sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita?
- Guinea-Bissau ranks 16th out of 99 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita rising or falling in Guinea-Bissau?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Guinea-Bissau data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Sweet potatoes — Area harvested Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
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About this data
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.