Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Guinea
Guinea: Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops was 0.2554 in 2023. ▼ Falling
Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Guinea, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025); Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
Analysis
In 2023, arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Guinea stood at 0.2554.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 5.5% on the previous year and down 40.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Guinea peaked at 1.06 in 1963 and was at its lowest, 0.242, in 2022.
Guinea ranks 121st of 163 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 63 years of available data.
Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Guinea, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1 | — |
| 1962 | 0.9838 | -1.6% |
| 1963 | 1.06 | +8.1% |
| 1964 | 1.02 | -4.5% |
| 1965 | 1.03 | +1.8% |
| 1966 | 0.9681 | -6.4% |
| 1967 | 0.9243 | -4.5% |
| 1968 | 0.9127 | -1.3% |
| 1969 | 0.9203 | +0.8% |
| 1970 | 0.8957 | -2.7% |
| 1971 | 0.8601 | -4.0% |
| 1972 | 0.8819 | +2.5% |
| 1973 | 0.8798 | -0.2% |
| 1974 | 0.8773 | -0.3% |
| 1975 | 0.8636 | -1.6% |
| 1976 | 0.8225 | -4.8% |
| 1977 | 0.8203 | -0.3% |
| 1978 | 0.8207 | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 0.7864 | -4.2% |
| 1980 | 0.7799 | -0.8% |
| 1981 | 0.7779 | -0.2% |
| 1982 | 0.7722 | -0.7% |
| 1983 | 0.7637 | -1.1% |
| 1984 | 0.7201 | -5.7% |
| 1985 | 0.7071 | -1.8% |
| 1986 | 0.7042 | -0.4% |
| 1987 | 0.6969 | -1.0% |
| 1988 | 0.6732 | -3.4% |
| 1989 | 0.6363 | -5.5% |
| 1990 | 0.6062 | -4.7% |
| 1991 | 0.5751 | -5.1% |
| 1992 | 0.5473 | -4.8% |
| 1993 | 0.5332 | -2.6% |
| 1994 | 0.508 | -4.7% |
| 1995 | 0.5029 | -1.0% |
| 1996 | 0.495 | -1.6% |
| 1997 | 0.4812 | -2.8% |
| 1998 | 0.4639 | -3.6% |
| 1999 | 0.4488 | -3.2% |
| 2000 | 0.4234 | -5.7% |
| 2001 | 0.4292 | +1.4% |
| 2002 | 0.4101 | -4.4% |
| 2003 | 0.3922 | -4.4% |
| 2004 | 0.3776 | -3.7% |
| 2005 | 0.3628 | -3.9% |
| 2006 | 0.3619 | -0.3% |
| 2007 | 0.3634 | +0.4% |
| 2008 | 0.3613 | -0.6% |
| 2009 | 0.3532 | -2.2% |
| 2010 | 0.4058 | +14.9% |
| 2011 | 0.3886 | -4.2% |
| 2012 | 0.4314 | +11.0% |
| 2013 | 0.4272 | -1.0% |
| 2014 | 0.4448 | +4.1% |
| 2015 | 0.2927 | -34.2% |
| 2016 | 0.287 | -2.0% |
| 2017 | 0.2832 | -1.3% |
| 2018 | 0.2784 | -1.7% |
| 2019 | 0.2567 | -7.8% |
| 2020 | 0.2473 | -3.7% |
| 2021 | 0.2438 | -1.4% |
| 2022 | 0.242 | -0.7% |
| 2023 | 0.2554 | +5.5% |
Guinea compared with similar countries
- Guinea's 0.2554 is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.2966, 86% of the median. (43 countries reporting)
- Guinea's 0.2554 is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.3874, 66% of the median. (44 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | -34.2% | 0.4448 | 0.2927 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.9802 | 0.9127 | 1.06 | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.8508 | 0.7864 | 0.8957 | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.7232 | 0.6363 | 0.7799 | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.5161 | 0.4488 | 0.6062 | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.3835 | 0.3532 | 0.4292 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.3496 | 0.2567 | 0.4448 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.2471 | 0.242 | 0.2554 | 4 |
Countries ranked near Guinea
More reference data data for Guinea
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.111 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 2.56 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 3.05 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.2883 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 3.05 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.3722 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.2242 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 13.37 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 16 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 1.57 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Guinea?
- Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Guinea was 0.2554 in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025); Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops recorded in Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 1.06 in 1963.
- What is the lowest arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops recorded in Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.242 in 2022.
- How does Guinea rank for arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops?
- Guinea ranks 121st out of 163 countries with data for 2023.
- Is arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops rising or falling in Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is down 40.2%. 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 (2025); Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Index of arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops (where values in 1961 are equal to 1.0).