Wood fuel — Production, per capita in Guinea-Bissau
Guinea-Bissau: Wood fuel — Production, per capita was 1.41 m3 per person in 2024. ▲ Rising
Wood fuel — Production, per capita in Guinea-Bissau, 1961–2024
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in m3 per person.
Analysis
Guinea-Bissau recorded 1.41 m3 per person for wood fuel — production, per capita in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.0% on the previous year and down 10.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, wood fuel — production, per capita in Guinea-Bissau peaked at 1.92 m3 per person in 1990 and was at its lowest, 0.6616 m3 per person, in 1962.
Guinea-Bissau ranks 7th of 170 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Wood fuel — Production, per capita in Guinea-Bissau, year by year
| Year | m3 per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.6695 m3 per person | — |
| 1962 | 0.6616 m3 per person | -1.2% |
| 1963 | 0.6645 m3 per person | +0.4% |
| 1964 | 0.6711 m3 per person | +1.0% |
| 1965 | 0.687 m3 per person | +2.4% |
| 1966 | 1.32 m3 per person | +92.5% |
| 1967 | 1.39 m3 per person | +4.8% |
| 1968 | 1.44 m3 per person | +3.6% |
| 1969 | 1.5 m3 per person | +4.6% |
| 1970 | 1.57 m3 per person | +4.7% |
| 1971 | 1.61 m3 per person | +2.5% |
| 1972 | 1.66 m3 per person | +3.0% |
| 1973 | 1.71 m3 per person | +3.0% |
| 1974 | 1.73 m3 per person | +1.1% |
| 1975 | 1.7 m3 per person | -1.6% |
| 1976 | 1.68 m3 per person | -1.0% |
| 1977 | 1.71 m3 per person | +1.7% |
| 1978 | 1.67 m3 per person | -2.7% |
| 1979 | 1.7 m3 per person | +2.0% |
| 1980 | 1.84 m3 per person | +8.3% |
| 1981 | 1.83 m3 per person | -0.9% |
| 1982 | 1.84 m3 per person | +1.0% |
| 1983 | 1.88 m3 per person | +1.8% |
| 1984 | 1.86 m3 per person | -0.8% |
| 1985 | 1.87 m3 per person | +0.3% |
| 1986 | 1.89 m3 per person | +1.4% |
| 1987 | 1.9 m3 per person | +0.1% |
| 1988 | 1.9 m3 per person | +0.1% |
| 1989 | 1.91 m3 per person | +0.5% |
| 1990 | 1.92 m3 per person | +0.8% |
| 1991 | 1.9 m3 per person | -1.3% |
| 1992 | 1.86 m3 per person | -2.0% |
| 1993 | 1.82 m3 per person | -2.4% |
| 1994 | 1.76 m3 per person | -2.9% |
| 1995 | 1.74 m3 per person | -1.0% |
| 1996 | 1.73 m3 per person | -0.5% |
| 1997 | 1.72 m3 per person | -0.6% |
| 1998 | 1.75 m3 per person | +1.7% |
| 1999 | 1.78 m3 per person | +1.6% |
| 2000 | 1.81 m3 per person | +1.4% |
| 2001 | 1.8 m3 per person | -0.5% |
| 2002 | 1.78 m3 per person | -0.6% |
| 2003 | 1.77 m3 per person | -0.7% |
| 2004 | 1.76 m3 per person | -0.7% |
| 2005 | 1.75 m3 per person | -0.8% |
| 2006 | 1.73 m3 per person | -0.9% |
| 2007 | 1.71 m3 per person | -1.0% |
| 2008 | 1.7 m3 per person | -1.0% |
| 2009 | 1.68 m3 per person | -1.0% |
| 2010 | 1.66 m3 per person | -1.1% |
| 2011 | 1.64 m3 per person | -1.2% |
| 2012 | 1.62 m3 per person | -1.2% |
| 2013 | 1.6 m3 per person | -1.2% |
| 2014 | 1.58 m3 per person | -1.2% |
| 2015 | 1.56 m3 per person | -1.2% |
| 2016 | 1.54 m3 per person | -1.3% |
| 2017 | 1.52 m3 per person | -1.2% |
| 2018 | 1.51 m3 per person | -1.2% |
| 2019 | 1.47 m3 per person | -2.3% |
| 2020 | 1.47 m3 per person | +0.1% |
| 2021 | 1.46 m3 per person | -1.1% |
| 2022 | 1.44 m3 per person | -1.1% |
| 2023 | 1.43 m3 per person | -1.1% |
| 2024 | 1.41 m3 per person | -1.0% |
Guinea-Bissau compared with similar countries
- Guinea-Bissau's 1.41 m3 per person is above the median for low income countries, which is 0.4272 m3 per person, 3.3× the median. (22 countries reporting)
- Guinea-Bissau's 1.41 m3 per person is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.4386 m3 per person, 3.2× the median. (44 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Wood fuel — Production, per capita in Guinea-Bissau 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1966 | +92.5% | 0.687 m3 per person | 1.32 m3 per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1 m3 per person | 0.6616 m3 per person | 1.5 m3 per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 1.68 m3 per person | 1.57 m3 per person | 1.73 m3 per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.87 m3 per person | 1.83 m3 per person | 1.91 m3 per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.8 m3 per person | 1.72 m3 per person | 1.92 m3 per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.75 m3 per person | 1.68 m3 per person | 1.81 m3 per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.57 m3 per person | 1.47 m3 per person | 1.66 m3 per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.44 m3 per person | 1.41 m3 per person | 1.47 m3 per person | 5 |
Countries ranked near Guinea-Bissau
More environment data for Guinea-Bissau
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -2.65 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -2.47 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.303 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.27 °C (2025)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 0.7036 % change on previous year (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e), per 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is wood fuel — production, per capita in Guinea-Bissau?
- Wood fuel — production, per capita in Guinea-Bissau was 1.41 m3 per person in 2024, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest wood fuel — production, per capita recorded in Guinea-Bissau?
- The highest recorded value was 1.92 m3 per person in 1990.
- What is the lowest wood fuel — production, per capita recorded in Guinea-Bissau?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6616 m3 per person in 1962.
- How does Guinea-Bissau rank for wood fuel — production, per capita?
- Guinea-Bissau ranks 7th out of 170 countries with data for 2024.
- Is wood fuel — production, per capita rising or falling in Guinea-Bissau?
- Over the last ten years it is down 10.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Guinea-Bissau data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Wood fuel — Production, per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Wood fuel — Production divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Wood fuel — Production ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Wood fuel — Production Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Wood fuel — Production divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.