Ethiopia vs Western Africa: Cereals, primary — Production

Ethiopia
31.76 million t
in 2024
Western Africa
77.04 million t
in 2024
Ethiopia rank
20th
Western Africa rank
17th

Cereals, primary — Production over time

  • Ethiopia
  • Western Africa
020.0M40.0M60.0M80.0M196119922024

How they compare

Western Africa currently reports 77.04 million t against 31.76 million t in Ethiopia, a difference of 45.28 million t.

That makes Western Africa's figure about 2.4 times Ethiopia's.

Across all 32 years both countries report, Western Africa has been ahead every year.

Ethiopia ranks 20th and Western Africa ranks 17th of 178 countries.

Western Africa has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Ethiopia Western Africa Difference Ahead
1990s 7.39 million t 36.57 million t 29.19 million t Western Africa
2000s 11.65 million t 44.84 million t 33.19 million t Western Africa
2010s 24.99 million t 59.28 million t 34.29 million t Western Africa
2020s 31.88 million t 73.34 million t 41.46 million t Western Africa

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher cereals, primary — production, Ethiopia or Western Africa?
Western Africa, at 77.04 million t against 31.76 million t in Ethiopia as of 2024.
What is the difference in cereals, primary — production between Ethiopia and Western Africa?
45.28 million t, with Western Africa ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Ethiopia and Western Africa?
32 years are reported by both, from 1993 to 2024.
How do Ethiopia and Western Africa rank globally for cereals, primary — production?
Ethiopia ranks 20th and Western Africa ranks 17th of 178 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Cereals, primary — Production. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Cereals, primary — Production
Unit
t
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
226 places, 12,898 data points, 1961–2024
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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.