Cereals, primary — Area harvested in Western Africa
Western Africa: Cereals, primary — Area harvested was 54.74 million ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cereals, primary — Area harvested in Western Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Western Africa recorded 54.74 million ha for cereals, primary — area harvested in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.1% on the previous year and up 16.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereals, primary — area harvested in Western Africa peaked at 54.74 million ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 18.18 million ha, in 1981.
That places Western Africa 12th out of 29 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Cereals, primary — Area harvested in Western Africa, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 20.25 million ha | — |
| 1962 | 20.79 million ha | +2.6% |
| 1963 | 21.20 million ha | +2.0% |
| 1964 | 21.44 million ha | +1.1% |
| 1965 | 22.56 million ha | +5.2% |
| 1966 | 20.55 million ha | -8.9% |
| 1967 | 21.96 million ha | +6.9% |
| 1968 | 21.31 million ha | -3.0% |
| 1969 | 25.49 million ha | +19.6% |
| 1970 | 23.63 million ha | -7.3% |
| 1971 | 22.83 million ha | -3.4% |
| 1972 | 19.41 million ha | -15.0% |
| 1973 | 23.11 million ha | +19.1% |
| 1974 | 21.88 million ha | -5.3% |
| 1975 | 19.81 million ha | -9.5% |
| 1976 | 21.72 million ha | +9.6% |
| 1977 | 19.80 million ha | -8.8% |
| 1978 | 18.58 million ha | -6.1% |
| 1979 | 18.61 million ha | +0.2% |
| 1980 | 19.72 million ha | +6.0% |
| 1981 | 18.18 million ha | -7.8% |
| 1982 | 18.68 million ha | +2.8% |
| 1983 | 19.34 million ha | +3.5% |
| 1984 | 22.10 million ha | +14.2% |
| 1985 | 24.04 million ha | +8.8% |
| 1986 | 27.32 million ha | +13.6% |
| 1987 | 28.13 million ha | +3.0% |
| 1988 | 29.45 million ha | +4.7% |
| 1989 | 31.66 million ha | +7.5% |
| 1990 | 33.46 million ha | +5.7% |
| 1991 | 35.29 million ha | +5.5% |
| 1992 | 36.25 million ha | +2.7% |
| 1993 | 36.89 million ha | +1.8% |
| 1994 | 37.91 million ha | +2.8% |
| 1995 | 38.30 million ha | +1.0% |
| 1996 | 36.68 million ha | -4.2% |
| 1997 | 36.66 million ha | -0.1% |
| 1998 | 37.96 million ha | +3.6% |
| 1999 | 38.09 million ha | +0.3% |
| 2000 | 37.48 million ha | -1.6% |
| 2001 | 37.04 million ha | -1.2% |
| 2002 | 38.88 million ha | +5.0% |
| 2003 | 39.90 million ha | +2.6% |
| 2004 | 38.58 million ha | -3.3% |
| 2005 | 41.11 million ha | +6.5% |
| 2006 | 42.77 million ha | +4.0% |
| 2007 | 43.11 million ha | +0.8% |
| 2008 | 45.30 million ha | +5.1% |
| 2009 | 39.21 million ha | -13.4% |
| 2010 | 44.79 million ha | +14.2% |
| 2011 | 44.13 million ha | -1.5% |
| 2012 | 44.91 million ha | +1.8% |
| 2013 | 46.43 million ha | +3.4% |
| 2014 | 47.19 million ha | +1.6% |
| 2015 | 47.29 million ha | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 49.61 million ha | +4.9% |
| 2017 | 50.95 million ha | +2.7% |
| 2018 | 52.66 million ha | +3.4% |
| 2019 | 51.81 million ha | -1.6% |
| 2020 | 51.34 million ha | -0.9% |
| 2021 | 51.85 million ha | +1.0% |
| 2022 | 52.94 million ha | +2.1% |
| 2023 | 54.13 million ha | +2.2% |
| 2024 | 54.74 million ha | +1.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 21.73 million ha | 20.25 million ha | 25.49 million ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 20.94 million ha | 18.58 million ha | 23.63 million ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 23.86 million ha | 18.18 million ha | 31.66 million ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 36.75 million ha | 33.46 million ha | 38.30 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 40.34 million ha | 37.04 million ha | 45.30 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 47.98 million ha | 44.13 million ha | 52.66 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 53.00 million ha | 51.34 million ha | 54.74 million ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is cereals, primary — area harvested in Western Africa?
- Cereals, primary — area harvested in Western Africa was 54.74 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cereals, primary — area harvested recorded in Western Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 54.74 million ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest cereals, primary — area harvested recorded in Western Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 18.18 million ha in 1981.
- How does Western Africa rank for cereals, primary — area harvested?
- Western Africa ranks 12th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is cereals, primary — area harvested rising or falling in Western Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 16.0%. 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, primary — 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.