Cereals n.e.c. — Yield in Western Africa
Western Africa: Cereals n.e.c. — Yield was 735.4 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cereals n.e.c. — Yield in Western Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Western Africa recorded 735.4 kg/ha for cereals n.e.c. — yield in 2024.
The figure is down 6.2% on the previous year and up 5.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereals n.e.c. — yield in Western Africa peaked at 1,101 kg/ha in 1998 and was at its lowest, 236.7 kg/ha, in 1966.
Western Africa ranks 26th of 29 groups on this measure, 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 | 336.87 kg/ha | 236.7 kg/ha | 442.9 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 438.35 kg/ha | 362.5 kg/ha | 488.1 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 565.94 kg/ha | 307.3 kg/ha | 657.1 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 751.47 kg/ha | 329.8 kg/ha | 1,101 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 648.53 kg/ha | 551.1 kg/ha | 757.9 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 660.71 kg/ha | 625.8 kg/ha | 695.7 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 713.6 kg/ha | 654.9 kg/ha | 784 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Western Africa
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 cereals n.e.c. — yield in Western Africa?
- Cereals n.e.c. — yield in Western Africa was 735.4 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cereals n.e.c. — yield recorded in Western Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 1,101 kg/ha in 1998.
- What is the lowest cereals n.e.c. — yield recorded in Western Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 236.7 kg/ha in 1966.
- How does Western Africa rank for cereals n.e.c. — yield?
- Western Africa ranks 26th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is cereals n.e.c. — yield rising or falling in Western Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.7%. 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 Cereals n.e.c. — 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.