Cereal yield vs. extreme poverty rate in Guinea
Guinea: Cereal yield vs. extreme poverty rate was 11.7% in 2018. ◆ Volatile
Cereal yield vs. extreme poverty rate in Guinea, 1991–2018
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Guinea recorded 11.7% for cereal yield vs. extreme poverty rate in 2018. That is the lowest value across all 6 years on record.
The figure is down 73.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereal yield vs. extreme poverty rate in Guinea peaked at 86.4% in 1991 and was at its lowest, 11.7%, in 2018.
That places Guinea 27th out of 118 countries with data for 2018, putting it in the top quarter.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 61.9% | 37.5% | 86.4% | 2 |
| 2000s | 47.2% | 44.0% | 50.3% | 2 |
| 2010s | 16.5% | 11.7% | 21.3% | 2 |
Countries ranked near Guinea
- 24 Senegal 17.9% compare
- 25 South Africa 17.4% compare
- 26 Honduras 15.7% compare
- 28 Philippines 11.5% compare
- 29 Mauritania 10.2% compare
- 30 Venezuela 9.7% compare
More poverty & inequality data for Guinea
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 1 surveys (2025)
- Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 4.22 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 1,351 kg per hectare (2024)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 11.9% (2023)
- Gender Inequality Index 0.609 (2023)
- Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 23.9% (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men 0.2446 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex 0.228 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women 0.228 (2023)
- Income inequality: Atkinson index 0.3163 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cereal yield vs. extreme poverty rate in Guinea?
- Cereal yield vs. extreme poverty rate in Guinea was 11.7% in 2018, according to World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest cereal yield vs. extreme poverty rate recorded in Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 86.4% in 1991.
- What is the lowest cereal yield vs. extreme poverty rate recorded in Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 11.7% in 2018.
- How does Guinea rank for cereal yield vs. extreme poverty rate?
- Guinea ranks 27th out of 118 countries with data for 2018.
- Is cereal yield vs. extreme poverty rate rising or falling in Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is down 73.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Guinea data come from?
- The figures come from World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Cereal yield vs. extreme poverty rate. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of population living in households with an income or consumption below $3 per day.