Taro — Area harvested in Guinea
Guinea: Taro — Area harvested was 29,571 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Taro — Area harvested in Guinea, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Guinea recorded 29,571 ha for taro — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of up 3.4% on the previous year and up 57.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, taro — area harvested in Guinea peaked at 37,027 ha in 2017 and was at its lowest, 3,420 ha, in 1996.
Guinea ranks 9th of 52 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Taro — Area harvested in Guinea, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 4,300 ha | — |
| 1962 | 4,600 ha | +7.0% |
| 1963 | 4,000 ha | -13.0% |
| 1964 | 3,800 ha | -5.0% |
| 1965 | 4,300 ha | +13.2% |
| 1966 | 4,100 ha | -4.7% |
| 1967 | 4,150 ha | +1.2% |
| 1968 | 4,200 ha | +1.2% |
| 1969 | 4,250 ha | +1.2% |
| 1970 | 4,280 ha | +0.7% |
| 1971 | 4,300 ha | +0.5% |
| 1972 | 4,350 ha | +1.2% |
| 1973 | 4,380 ha | +0.7% |
| 1974 | 4,420 ha | +0.9% |
| 1975 | 4,470 ha | +1.1% |
| 1976 | 4,500 ha | +0.7% |
| 1977 | 4,550 ha | +1.1% |
| 1978 | 4,596 ha | +1.0% |
| 1979 | 4,642 ha | +1.0% |
| 1980 | 4,690 ha | +1.0% |
| 1981 | 4,740 ha | +1.1% |
| 1982 | 4,780 ha | +0.8% |
| 1983 | 4,830 ha | +1.0% |
| 1984 | 4,880 ha | +1.0% |
| 1985 | 4,935 ha | +1.1% |
| 1986 | 5,000 ha | +1.3% |
| 1987 | 5,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 5,100 ha | +2.0% |
| 1989 | 5,135 ha | +0.7% |
| 1990 | 5,650 ha | +10.0% |
| 1991 | 5,700 ha | +0.9% |
| 1992 | 6,000 ha | +5.3% |
| 1993 | 6,187 ha | +3.1% |
| 1994 | 6,375 ha | +3.0% |
| 1995 | 4,500 ha | -29.4% |
| 1996 | 3,420 ha | -24.0% |
| 1997 | 3,899 ha | +14.0% |
| 1998 | 4,445 ha | +14.0% |
| 1999 | 4,500 ha | +1.2% |
| 2000 | 4,438 ha | -1.4% |
| 2001 | 4,800 ha | +8.2% |
| 2002 | 4,766 ha | -0.7% |
| 2003 | 4,370 ha | -8.3% |
| 2004 | 3,818 ha | -12.6% |
| 2005 | 4,000 ha | +4.8% |
| 2006 | 4,900 ha | +22.5% |
| 2007 | 7,000 ha | +42.9% |
| 2008 | 9,120 ha | +30.3% |
| 2009 | 13,150 ha | +44.2% |
| 2010 | 14,100 ha | +7.2% |
| 2011 | 15,000 ha | +6.4% |
| 2012 | 15,430 ha | +2.9% |
| 2013 | 15,873 ha | +2.9% |
| 2014 | 18,830 ha | +18.6% |
| 2015 | 24,188 ha | +28.5% |
| 2016 | 32,009 ha | +32.3% |
| 2017 | 37,027 ha | +15.7% |
| 2018 | 28,293 ha | -23.6% |
| 2019 | 24,874 ha | -12.1% |
| 2020 | 26,117 ha | +5.0% |
| 2021 | 26,915 ha | +3.1% |
| 2022 | 27,741 ha | +3.1% |
| 2023 | 28,611 ha | +3.1% |
| 2024 | 29,571 ha | +3.4% |
Guinea compared with similar countries
- Guinea's 29,571 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 1,710 ha, 17.3× the median. (17 countries reporting)
- Guinea's 29,571 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 15,423 ha, 1.9× the median. (18 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Taro — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | +44.2% | 9,120 ha | 13,150 ha |
| 2007 | +42.9% | 4,900 ha | 7,000 ha |
| 2016 | +32.3% | 24,188 ha | 32,009 ha |
| 1995 | -29.4% | 6,375 ha | 4,500 ha |
| 2008 | +30.3% | 7,000 ha | 9,120 ha |
| 2015 | +28.5% | 18,830 ha | 24,188 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4,189 ha | 3,800 ha | 4,600 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 4,449 ha | 4,280 ha | 4,642 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 4,909 ha | 4,690 ha | 5,135 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 5,068 ha | 3,420 ha | 6,375 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 6,036 ha | 3,818 ha | 13,150 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 22,562 ha | 14,100 ha | 37,027 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 27,791 ha | 26,117 ha | 29,571 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Guinea
- 6 Democratic Republic of the Congo 18,972 ha compare
- 6 Ethiopia 72,391 ha compare
- 7 Lao People's Democratic Republic 7,414 ha compare
- 7 Madagascar 39,102 ha compare
- 8 Papua New Guinea 35,288 ha compare
- 8 Polynesia 4,375 ha compare
- 9 Côte d'Ivoire 76,400 ha compare
- 9 Micronesia 361 ha compare
- 10 Rwanda 28,816 ha compare
- 10 Türkiye 0 ha compare
- 11 Chad 27,836 ha compare
- 12 Central African Republic 15,914 ha compare
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 taro — area harvested in Guinea?
- Taro — area harvested in Guinea was 29,571 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest taro — area harvested recorded in Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 37,027 ha in 2017.
- What is the lowest taro — area harvested recorded in Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,420 ha in 1996.
- How does Guinea rank for taro — area harvested?
- Guinea ranks 9th out of 52 countries with data for 2024.
- Is taro — area harvested rising or falling in Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is up 57.0%. 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 Taro — 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.