Cashew nuts, in shell — Yield in Western Africa
Western Africa: Cashew nuts, in shell — Yield was 641.9 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cashew nuts, in shell — Yield in Western Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Western Africa recorded 641.9 kg/ha for cashew nuts, in shell — yield in 2024.
The figure is down 14.8% on the previous year and up 28.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cashew nuts, in shell — yield in Western Africa peaked at 859.7 kg/ha in 2001 and was at its lowest, 270 kg/ha, in 1961.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 401.79 kg/ha | 270 kg/ha | 446.7 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 412.82 kg/ha | 402.3 kg/ha | 431.5 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 369.82 kg/ha | 347.5 kg/ha | 397.2 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 429.64 kg/ha | 379.9 kg/ha | 705.3 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 742.28 kg/ha | 655.5 kg/ha | 859.7 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 568.96 kg/ha | 470.8 kg/ha | 735 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 669.76 kg/ha | 618.8 kg/ha | 753.4 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Western Africa
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- Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested 39,728 ha (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is cashew nuts, in shell — yield in Western Africa?
- Cashew nuts, in shell — yield in Western Africa was 641.9 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cashew nuts, in shell — yield recorded in Western Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 859.7 kg/ha in 2001.
- What is the lowest cashew nuts, in shell — yield recorded in Western Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 270 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Western Africa rank for cashew nuts, in shell — yield?
- Western Africa ranks 8th out of 17 groups with data for 2024.
- Is cashew nuts, in shell — yield rising or falling in Western Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 28.1%. 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 Cashew nuts, in shell — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.