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.
That places Western Africa 18th out of 21 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
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
- 15 Thailand 20,161 kg/ha compare
- 16 Barbados 19,870 kg/ha compare
- 17 Malaysia 18,692 kg/ha compare
- 18 French Polynesia 18,517 kg/ha compare
- 19 Paraguay 18,472 kg/ha compare
- 20 South Sudan 17,829 kg/ha compare
- 21 Cook Islands 17,745 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Western Africa
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight 48 kg/An (2024)
- Fat of pigs — Producing Animals/Slaughtered 14.80 million An (2024)
- Fat of pigs — Production 50,778 t (2024)
- Swine / pigs — Stocks 17.11 million An (2024)
- Tomatoes — Area harvested 1.05 million ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield 6,608 kg/ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Production 6.91 million t (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested 39,728 ha (2024)
- Bananas — Production 8.72 million t (2024)
- Bananas — Area harvested 598,635 ha (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 18th out of 21 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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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.