Avocados — Area harvested in Western Africa
Western Africa: Avocados — Area harvested was 7,321 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Avocados — Area harvested in Western Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, avocados — area harvested in Western Africa stood at 7,321 ha.
The figure is up 2.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, avocados — area harvested in Western Africa peaked at 7,336 ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 2,250 ha, in 1961.
Western Africa ranks 22nd of 27 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Avocados — Area harvested in Western Africa, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,250 ha | — |
| 1962 | 2,250 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 2,250 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 2,250 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 2,250 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 2,500 ha | +11.1% |
| 1967 | 2,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 2,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 2,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 2,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 2,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 2,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 2,600 ha | +4.0% |
| 1974 | 2,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 2,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 2,650 ha | +1.9% |
| 1977 | 2,650 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 2,650 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 2,750 ha | +3.8% |
| 1980 | 2,830 ha | +2.9% |
| 1981 | 2,830 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 2,930 ha | +3.5% |
| 1983 | 2,890 ha | -1.4% |
| 1984 | 2,990 ha | +3.5% |
| 1985 | 3,300 ha | +10.4% |
| 1986 | 3,450 ha | +4.5% |
| 1987 | 3,800 ha | +10.1% |
| 1988 | 4,300 ha | +13.2% |
| 1989 | 4,900 ha | +14.0% |
| 1990 | 4,118 ha | -16.0% |
| 1991 | 5,641 ha | +37.0% |
| 1992 | 5,827 ha | +3.3% |
| 1993 | 5,832 ha | +0.1% |
| 1994 | 5,952 ha | +2.1% |
| 1995 | 6,094 ha | +2.4% |
| 1996 | 6,115 ha | +0.3% |
| 1997 | 6,160 ha | +0.7% |
| 1998 | 6,238 ha | +1.3% |
| 1999 | 5,951 ha | -4.6% |
| 2000 | 6,203 ha | +4.2% |
| 2001 | 5,498 ha | -11.4% |
| 2002 | 6,871 ha | +25.0% |
| 2003 | 6,645 ha | -3.3% |
| 2004 | 6,924 ha | +4.2% |
| 2005 | 5,701 ha | -17.7% |
| 2006 | 5,960 ha | +4.5% |
| 2007 | 6,398 ha | +7.3% |
| 2008 | 6,383 ha | -0.2% |
| 2009 | 6,319 ha | -1.0% |
| 2010 | 6,640 ha | +5.1% |
| 2011 | 6,903 ha | +4.0% |
| 2012 | 7,071 ha | +2.4% |
| 2013 | 7,088 ha | +0.2% |
| 2014 | 7,158 ha | +1.0% |
| 2015 | 7,160 ha | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 7,204 ha | +0.6% |
| 2017 | 7,237 ha | +0.5% |
| 2018 | 7,265 ha | +0.4% |
| 2019 | 7,297 ha | +0.4% |
| 2020 | 7,336 ha | +0.5% |
| 2021 | 7,333 ha | -0.0% |
| 2022 | 7,318 ha | -0.2% |
| 2023 | 7,324 ha | +0.1% |
| 2024 | 7,321 ha | -0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,361 ha | 2,250 ha | 2,500 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,600 ha | 2,500 ha | 2,750 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,422 ha | 2,830 ha | 4,900 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 5,793 ha | 4,118 ha | 6,238 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 6,290 ha | 5,498 ha | 6,924 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 7,102 ha | 6,640 ha | 7,297 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 7,326 ha | 7,318 ha | 7,336 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is avocados — area harvested in Western Africa?
- Avocados — area harvested in Western Africa was 7,321 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest avocados — area harvested recorded in Western Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 7,336 ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest avocados — area harvested recorded in Western Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,250 ha in 1961.
- How does Western Africa rank for avocados — area harvested?
- Western Africa ranks 22nd out of 27 groups with data for 2024.
- Is avocados — area harvested rising or falling in Western Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Western Africa data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Avocados — 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.