Yams — Area harvested in Guinea
Guinea: Yams — Area harvested was 39,033 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Yams — Area harvested in Guinea, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for yams — area harvested in Guinea is 39,033 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 18.8% on the previous year and up 215.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, yams — area harvested in Guinea peaked at 48,065 ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 2,000 ha, in 2003.
That places Guinea 9th out of 61 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Yams — Area harvested in Guinea, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 6,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 6,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 6,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 6,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 6,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 6,500 ha | +8.3% |
| 1967 | 6,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 7,000 ha | +7.7% |
| 1969 | 6,500 ha | -7.1% |
| 1970 | 7,000 ha | +7.7% |
| 1971 | 6,500 ha | -7.1% |
| 1972 | 6,000 ha | -7.7% |
| 1973 | 6,400 ha | +6.7% |
| 1974 | 6,560 ha | +2.5% |
| 1975 | 6,630 ha | +1.1% |
| 1976 | 6,700 ha | +1.1% |
| 1977 | 8,800 ha | +31.3% |
| 1978 | 8,888 ha | +1.0% |
| 1979 | 8,997 ha | +1.2% |
| 1980 | 6,760 ha | -24.9% |
| 1981 | 6,830 ha | +1.0% |
| 1982 | 6,940 ha | +1.6% |
| 1983 | 6,970 ha | +0.4% |
| 1984 | 7,040 ha | +1.0% |
| 1985 | 7,500 ha | +6.5% |
| 1986 | 7,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 7,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 7,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 8,000 ha | +6.7% |
| 1990 | 8,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 9,500 ha | +18.8% |
| 1992 | 7,500 ha | -21.1% |
| 1993 | 6,772 ha | -9.7% |
| 1994 | 9,500 ha | +40.3% |
| 1995 | 8,000 ha | -15.8% |
| 1996 | 8,014 ha | +0.2% |
| 1997 | 8,500 ha | +6.1% |
| 1998 | 7,500 ha | -11.8% |
| 1999 | 7,850 ha | +4.7% |
| 2000 | 7,638 ha | -2.7% |
| 2001 | 7,787 ha | +2.0% |
| 2002 | 3,700 ha | -52.5% |
| 2003 | 2,000 ha | -45.9% |
| 2004 | 2,129 ha | +6.5% |
| 2005 | 2,195 ha | +3.1% |
| 2006 | 2,200 ha | +0.2% |
| 2007 | 2,421 ha | +10.0% |
| 2008 | 3,000 ha | +23.9% |
| 2009 | 7,000 ha | +133.3% |
| 2010 | 9,400 ha | +34.3% |
| 2011 | 7,000 ha | -25.5% |
| 2012 | 10,900 ha | +55.7% |
| 2013 | 11,500 ha | +5.5% |
| 2014 | 12,392 ha | +7.8% |
| 2015 | 14,132 ha | +14.0% |
| 2016 | 15,394 ha | +8.9% |
| 2017 | 9,496 ha | -38.3% |
| 2018 | 20,065 ha | +111.3% |
| 2019 | 27,302 ha | +36.1% |
| 2020 | 31,632 ha | +15.9% |
| 2021 | 36,649 ha | +15.9% |
| 2022 | 42,462 ha | +15.9% |
| 2023 | 48,065 ha | +13.2% |
| 2024 | 39,033 ha | -18.8% |
Guinea compared with similar countries
- Guinea's 39,033 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 6,684 ha, 5.8× the median. (18 countries reporting)
- Guinea's 39,033 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 7,822 ha, 5.0× the median. (23 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Yams — 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 | +133.3% | 3,000 ha | 7,000 ha |
| 2018 | +111.3% | 9,496 ha | 20,065 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6,278 ha | 6,000 ha | 7,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 7,248 ha | 6,000 ha | 8,997 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 7,254 ha | 6,760 ha | 8,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 8,114 ha | 6,772 ha | 9,500 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 4,007 ha | 2,000 ha | 7,787 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 13,758 ha | 7,000 ha | 27,302 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 39,568 ha | 31,632 ha | 48,065 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Guinea
- 6 Cameroon 80,505 ha compare
- 6 Democratic Republic of the Congo 27,602 ha compare
- 7 Ethiopia PDR 64,000 ha compare
- 7 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 5,266 ha compare
- 8 Sudan (former) 58,933 ha compare
- 8 United Republic of Tanzania 1,513 ha compare
- 9 Polynesia 530 ha compare
- 10 India 39,000 ha compare
- 11 Gabon 37,055 ha compare
- 12 Colombia 35,120 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 yams — area harvested in Guinea?
- Yams — area harvested in Guinea was 39,033 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest yams — area harvested recorded in Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 48,065 ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest yams — area harvested recorded in Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,000 ha in 2003.
- How does Guinea rank for yams — area harvested?
- Guinea ranks 9th out of 61 countries with data for 2024.
- Is yams — area harvested rising or falling in Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is up 215.0%. 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 Yams — 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.