Cereals, primary — Production in Western Africa
Western Africa: Cereals, primary — Production was 77.04 million t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Cereals, primary — Production in Western Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Western Africa recorded 77.04 million t for cereals, primary — production in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 4.4% on the previous year and up 32.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereals, primary — production in Western Africa peaked at 77.04 million t in 2024 and was at its lowest, 12.38 million t, in 1972.
That places Western Africa 17th out of 29 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Cereals, primary — Production in Western Africa, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 13.66 million t | — |
| 1962 | 14.77 million t | +8.1% |
| 1963 | 14.67 million t | -0.7% |
| 1964 | 14.80 million t | +0.9% |
| 1965 | 14.86 million t | +0.4% |
| 1966 | 13.03 million t | -12.3% |
| 1967 | 14.97 million t | +14.8% |
| 1968 | 14.09 million t | -5.8% |
| 1969 | 16.42 million t | +16.5% |
| 1970 | 16.20 million t | -1.3% |
| 1971 | 15.74 million t | -2.8% |
| 1972 | 12.38 million t | -21.4% |
| 1973 | 14.85 million t | +20.0% |
| 1974 | 18.34 million t | +23.5% |
| 1975 | 16.27 million t | -11.3% |
| 1976 | 15.08 million t | -7.3% |
| 1977 | 14.92 million t | -1.1% |
| 1978 | 14.73 million t | -1.3% |
| 1979 | 15.03 million t | +2.0% |
| 1980 | 16.17 million t | +7.6% |
| 1981 | 17.49 million t | +8.2% |
| 1982 | 17.61 million t | +0.7% |
| 1983 | 17.43 million t | -1.0% |
| 1984 | 19.60 million t | +12.5% |
| 1985 | 23.27 million t | +18.7% |
| 1986 | 25.99 million t | +11.7% |
| 1987 | 26.79 million t | +3.1% |
| 1988 | 29.76 million t | +11.1% |
| 1989 | 30.87 million t | +3.7% |
| 1990 | 29.37 million t | -4.8% |
| 1991 | 32.58 million t | +10.9% |
| 1992 | 32.96 million t | +1.2% |
| 1993 | 34.75 million t | +5.4% |
| 1994 | 34.38 million t | -1.1% |
| 1995 | 37.23 million t | +8.3% |
| 1996 | 36.44 million t | -2.1% |
| 1997 | 35.70 million t | -2.0% |
| 1998 | 38.07 million t | +6.6% |
| 1999 | 39.44 million t | +3.6% |
| 2000 | 36.61 million t | -7.2% |
| 2001 | 37.31 million t | +1.9% |
| 2002 | 39.32 million t | +5.4% |
| 2003 | 42.88 million t | +9.0% |
| 2004 | 42.30 million t | -1.3% |
| 2005 | 47.40 million t | +12.0% |
| 2006 | 50.98 million t | +7.6% |
| 2007 | 47.73 million t | -6.4% |
| 2008 | 56.36 million t | +18.1% |
| 2009 | 47.51 million t | -15.7% |
| 2010 | 54.04 million t | +13.7% |
| 2011 | 46.85 million t | -13.3% |
| 2012 | 53.40 million t | +14.0% |
| 2013 | 52.46 million t | -1.8% |
| 2014 | 58.34 million t | +11.2% |
| 2015 | 60.46 million t | +3.6% |
| 2016 | 63.70 million t | +5.4% |
| 2017 | 64.25 million t | +0.9% |
| 2018 | 68.93 million t | +7.3% |
| 2019 | 70.34 million t | +2.0% |
| 2020 | 71.41 million t | +1.5% |
| 2021 | 69.60 million t | -2.5% |
| 2022 | 74.83 million t | +7.5% |
| 2023 | 73.83 million t | -1.3% |
| 2024 | 77.04 million t | +4.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 14.59 million t | 13.03 million t | 16.42 million t | 9 |
| 1970s | 15.36 million t | 12.38 million t | 18.34 million t | 10 |
| 1980s | 22.50 million t | 16.17 million t | 30.87 million t | 10 |
| 1990s | 35.09 million t | 29.37 million t | 39.44 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 44.84 million t | 36.61 million t | 56.36 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 59.28 million t | 46.85 million t | 70.34 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 73.34 million t | 69.60 million t | 77.04 million t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Western Africa
- 14 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 3.49 million t compare
- 14 Australia and New Zealand 53.45 million t compare
- 15 Australia 52.35 million t compare
- 15 Republic of Moldova 2.13 million t compare
- 16 Germany 38.98 million t compare
- 16 Timor-Leste 132,000 t compare
- 17 Thailand 38.64 million t compare
- 17 Melanesia 40,947 t compare
- 18 Micronesia (Federated States of) 289.81 t compare
- 18 Poland 34.35 million t compare
- 18 Micronesia 289.81 t compare
- 19 Mexico 32.64 million t compare
- 20 Ethiopia 31.76 million t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Western Africa
- Cereals, primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 4.86 % 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)
- Crops — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand US$) 1.9 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled (indigenous) — Gross 3.8 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cabbages — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) -7.53 % change on previous year (2024)
- Hen eggs in shell, fresh — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 5.56 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cereals, primary — production in Western Africa?
- Cereals, primary — production in Western Africa was 77.04 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cereals, primary — production recorded in Western Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 77.04 million t in 2024.
- What is the lowest cereals, primary — production recorded in Western Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 12.38 million t in 1972.
- How does Western Africa rank for cereals, primary — production?
- Western Africa ranks 17th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is cereals, primary — production rising or falling in Western Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 32.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- 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 — Production. 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.