Cassava, fresh — Yield in Western Africa
Western Africa: Cassava, fresh — Yield was 7,780 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cassava, fresh — Yield in Western Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for cassava, fresh — yield in Western Africa is 7,780 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 3.2% on the previous year and down 12.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cassava, fresh — yield in Western Africa peaked at 11,784 kg/ha in 2010 and was at its lowest, 7,398 kg/ha, in 1962.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Cassava, fresh — Yield in Western Africa, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 7,827 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 7,398 kg/ha | -5.5% |
| 1963 | 7,679 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 1964 | 7,442 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 1965 | 7,890 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 1966 | 7,773 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1967 | 7,671 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1968 | 8,092 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 1969 | 8,237 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1970 | 9,189 kg/ha | +11.6% |
| 1971 | 8,400 kg/ha | -8.6% |
| 1972 | 8,313 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1973 | 8,268 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1974 | 8,018 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 1975 | 8,501 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 1976 | 8,848 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 1977 | 8,753 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1978 | 9,266 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 1979 | 8,978 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 1980 | 8,554 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 1981 | 8,408 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1982 | 8,124 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 1983 | 7,783 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 1984 | 8,345 kg/ha | +7.2% |
| 1985 | 9,355 kg/ha | +12.1% |
| 1986 | 9,176 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 1987 | 9,024 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1988 | 9,436 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 1989 | 9,160 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 1990 | 9,993 kg/ha | +9.1% |
| 1991 | 9,610 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 1992 | 9,798 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1993 | 9,935 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1994 | 9,893 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1995 | 10,056 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1996 | 10,116 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1997 | 10,948 kg/ha | +8.2% |
| 1998 | 10,283 kg/ha | -6.1% |
| 1999 | 9,643 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 2000 | 9,732 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2001 | 9,743 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2002 | 9,979 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 2003 | 10,240 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 2004 | 10,584 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 2005 | 10,774 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2006 | 11,242 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 2007 | 10,728 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 2008 | 11,164 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 2009 | 11,376 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2010 | 11,784 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 2011 | 11,424 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 2012 | 9,071 kg/ha | -20.6% |
| 2013 | 8,378 kg/ha | -7.6% |
| 2014 | 8,895 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 2015 | 8,360 kg/ha | -6.0% |
| 2016 | 9,832 kg/ha | +17.6% |
| 2017 | 9,985 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2018 | 10,269 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 2019 | 7,460 kg/ha | -27.4% |
| 2020 | 7,550 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2021 | 7,616 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2022 | 7,954 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 2023 | 8,039 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2024 | 7,780 kg/ha | -3.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 7,779 kg/ha | 7,398 kg/ha | 8,237 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 8,654 kg/ha | 8,018 kg/ha | 9,266 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 8,736 kg/ha | 7,783 kg/ha | 9,436 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 10,027 kg/ha | 9,610 kg/ha | 10,948 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 10,556 kg/ha | 9,732 kg/ha | 11,376 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 9,546 kg/ha | 7,460 kg/ha | 11,784 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 7,788 kg/ha | 7,550 kg/ha | 8,039 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Western Africa
- 12 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 7,128 kg/ha compare
- 12 Jamaica 20,310 kg/ha compare
- 13 Thailand 20,161 kg/ha compare
- 13 United Republic of Tanzania 6,417 kg/ha compare
- 14 Barbados 19,870 kg/ha compare
- 14 Cabo Verde 7,996 kg/ha compare
- 15 Malaysia 18,692 kg/ha compare
- 15 Timor-Leste 3,582 kg/ha compare
- 16 Côte d'Ivoire 6,087 kg/ha compare
- 16 French Polynesia 18,517 kg/ha compare
- 17 Paraguay 18,472 kg/ha compare
- 17 Caribbean 5,371 kg/ha compare
- 18 South Sudan 17,829 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Western Africa
- Crops — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand US$) 1.9 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) -2.77 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables and Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant) -1.47 % change on previous year (2024)
- Roots and Tubers, Total — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 2.73 % change on previous year (2024)
- Livestock — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand US$) 2.75 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) 1.52 % change on previous year (2024)
- Food — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand US$) 1.93 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tomatoes — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 0.0113 % change on previous year (2024)
- Hen eggs in shell, fresh — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 5.56 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled (indigenous) — Gross 3.8 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cassava, fresh — yield in Western Africa?
- Cassava, fresh — yield in Western Africa was 7,780 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cassava, fresh — yield recorded in Western Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 11,784 kg/ha in 2010.
- What is the lowest cassava, fresh — yield recorded in Western Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 7,398 kg/ha in 1962.
- How does Western Africa rank for cassava, fresh — yield?
- Western Africa ranks 15th out of 18 groups with data for 2024.
- Is cassava, fresh — yield rising or falling in Western Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 12.5%. 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 Cassava, fresh — 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.