Taro — Yield in Guinea
Guinea: Taro — Yield was 4,333 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Taro — Yield in Guinea, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Guinea recorded 4,333 kg/ha for taro — yield in 2024.
That represents a change of down 5.7% on the previous year and down 28.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, taro — yield in Guinea peaked at 7,003 kg/ha in 1996 and was at its lowest, 3,806 kg/ha, in 2018.
Guinea ranks 43rd of 52 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Taro — Yield in Guinea, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 6,279 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 6,522 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 1963 | 6,250 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 1964 | 5,263 kg/ha | -15.8% |
| 1965 | 6,512 kg/ha | +23.7% |
| 1966 | 6,415 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1967 | 6,386 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1968 | 6,381 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1969 | 6,118 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 1970 | 5,841 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 1971 | 6,046 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 1972 | 6,437 kg/ha | +6.5% |
| 1973 | 6,500 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1974 | 6,500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 6,500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 6,500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 6,500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 6,500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 6,500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 6,503 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 6,498 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1982 | 6,569 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1983 | 6,501 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1984 | 6,496 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1985 | 6,505 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1986 | 6,000 kg/ha | -7.8% |
| 1987 | 6,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 6,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 5,998 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1990 | 6,018 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1991 | 6,053 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1992 | 6,300 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 1993 | 6,288 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1994 | 6,274 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1995 | 6,222 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1996 | 7,003 kg/ha | +12.5% |
| 1997 | 6,811 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 1998 | 6,624 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 1999 | 6,222 kg/ha | -6.1% |
| 2000 | 6,309 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2001 | 6,250 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2002 | 6,311 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2003 | 6,312 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 6,310 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2005 | 6,250 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2006 | 6,224 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2007 | 6,286 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2008 | 6,250 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2009 | 6,250 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 6,247 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2011 | 6,270 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2012 | 6,286 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2013 | 6,301 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2014 | 6,038 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 2015 | 5,337 kg/ha | -11.6% |
| 2016 | 4,808 kg/ha | -9.9% |
| 2017 | 4,364 kg/ha | -9.2% |
| 2018 | 3,806 kg/ha | -12.8% |
| 2019 | 4,500 kg/ha | +18.2% |
| 2020 | 4,500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 4,550 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2022 | 4,600 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2023 | 4,597 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2024 | 4,333 kg/ha | -5.7% |
Guinea compared with similar countries
- Guinea's 4,333 kg/ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 7,771 kg/ha, 56% of the median. (17 countries reporting)
- Guinea's 4,333 kg/ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 6,621 kg/ha, 65% of the median. (18 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6,236 kg/ha | 5,263 kg/ha | 6,522 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 6,382 kg/ha | 5,841 kg/ha | 6,500 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 6,307 kg/ha | 5,998 kg/ha | 6,569 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 6,381 kg/ha | 6,018 kg/ha | 7,003 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 6,275 kg/ha | 6,224 kg/ha | 6,312 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 5,396 kg/ha | 3,806 kg/ha | 6,301 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,516 kg/ha | 4,333 kg/ha | 4,600 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Guinea
- 40 New Caledonia 5,571 kg/ha compare
- 41 Kiribati 5,340 kg/ha compare
- 42 Chad 5,158 kg/ha compare
- 44 Antigua and Barbuda 4,061 kg/ha compare
- 45 Puerto Rico 3,936 kg/ha compare
- 46 Barbados 3,488 kg/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 — yield in Guinea?
- Taro — yield in Guinea was 4,333 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest taro — yield recorded in Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 7,003 kg/ha in 1996.
- What is the lowest taro — yield recorded in Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,806 kg/ha in 2018.
- How does Guinea rank for taro — yield?
- Guinea ranks 43rd out of 52 countries with data for 2024.
- Is taro — yield rising or falling in Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is down 28.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Guinea data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Taro — Yield. 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.