Citrus Fruit, Total — Area harvested in Western Africa
Western Africa: Citrus Fruit, Total — Area harvested was 1.02 million ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Citrus Fruit, Total — Area harvested in Western Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, citrus fruit, total — area harvested in Western Africa stood at 1.02 million ha.
The figure is down 0.3% on the previous year and up 9.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, citrus fruit, total — area harvested in Western Africa peaked at 1.03 million ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 342,965 ha, in 1962.
That places Western Africa 8th out of 28 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.
Citrus Fruit, Total — Area harvested in Western Africa, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 347,375 ha | — |
| 1962 | 342,965 ha | -1.3% |
| 1963 | 344,965 ha | +0.6% |
| 1964 | 345,465 ha | +0.1% |
| 1965 | 351,200 ha | +1.7% |
| 1966 | 351,900 ha | +0.2% |
| 1967 | 356,300 ha | +1.3% |
| 1968 | 357,000 ha | +0.2% |
| 1969 | 358,650 ha | +0.5% |
| 1970 | 518,750 ha | +44.6% |
| 1971 | 520,315 ha | +0.3% |
| 1972 | 517,197 ha | -0.6% |
| 1973 | 525,260 ha | +1.6% |
| 1974 | 530,770 ha | +1.0% |
| 1975 | 531,882 ha | +0.2% |
| 1976 | 518,002 ha | -2.6% |
| 1977 | 512,460 ha | -1.1% |
| 1978 | 513,253 ha | +0.2% |
| 1979 | 612,429 ha | +19.3% |
| 1980 | 634,807 ha | +3.7% |
| 1981 | 634,944 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 632,685 ha | -0.4% |
| 1983 | 648,264 ha | +2.5% |
| 1984 | 647,890 ha | -0.1% |
| 1985 | 661,957 ha | +2.2% |
| 1986 | 662,619 ha | +0.1% |
| 1987 | 663,149 ha | +0.1% |
| 1988 | 662,317 ha | -0.1% |
| 1989 | 670,112 ha | +1.2% |
| 1990 | 674,633 ha | +0.7% |
| 1991 | 730,016 ha | +8.2% |
| 1992 | 756,078 ha | +3.6% |
| 1993 | 786,467 ha | +4.0% |
| 1994 | 753,584 ha | -4.2% |
| 1995 | 759,531 ha | +0.8% |
| 1996 | 782,258 ha | +3.0% |
| 1997 | 804,876 ha | +2.9% |
| 1998 | 841,058 ha | +4.5% |
| 1999 | 857,300 ha | +1.9% |
| 2000 | 868,428 ha | +1.3% |
| 2001 | 868,864 ha | +0.1% |
| 2002 | 856,022 ha | -1.5% |
| 2003 | 856,234 ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 876,755 ha | +2.4% |
| 2005 | 858,276 ha | -2.1% |
| 2006 | 849,737 ha | -1.0% |
| 2007 | 863,945 ha | +1.7% |
| 2008 | 848,903 ha | -1.7% |
| 2009 | 912,178 ha | +7.5% |
| 2010 | 934,193 ha | +2.4% |
| 2011 | 938,926 ha | +0.5% |
| 2012 | 945,386 ha | +0.7% |
| 2013 | 940,584 ha | -0.5% |
| 2014 | 935,754 ha | -0.5% |
| 2015 | 937,974 ha | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 968,332 ha | +3.2% |
| 2017 | 973,315 ha | +0.5% |
| 2018 | 960,124 ha | -1.4% |
| 2019 | 968,308 ha | +0.9% |
| 2020 | 1.00 million ha | +3.7% |
| 2021 | 1.01 million ha | +0.7% |
| 2022 | 1.02 million ha | +0.5% |
| 2023 | 1.03 million ha | +1.0% |
| 2024 | 1.02 million ha | -0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 350,647 ha | 342,965 ha | 358,650 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 530,032 ha | 512,460 ha | 612,429 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 651,874 ha | 632,685 ha | 670,112 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 774,580 ha | 674,633 ha | 857,300 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 865,934 ha | 848,903 ha | 912,178 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 950,290 ha | 934,193 ha | 973,315 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.02 million ha | 1.00 million ha | 1.03 million 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 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield, annual growth rate 1.39 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tomatoes — Production, annual growth rate 0.0114 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tomatoes — Area harvested, annual growth rate -1.36 % change on previous year (2024)
- Swine / pigs — Stocks, annual growth rate 2.75 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Producing 3.17 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production, annual 3.78 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fat of pigs — Production, annual growth rate 4.07 % change on previous year (2024)
- Edible offal of pigs, fresh, chilled or frozen — Production, annual 3.87 % change on previous year (2024)
- Edible offal of pigs, fresh, chilled or frozen — Producing 3.17 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is citrus fruit, total — area harvested in Western Africa?
- Citrus fruit, total — area harvested in Western Africa was 1.02 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest citrus fruit, total — area harvested recorded in Western Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 1.03 million ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest citrus fruit, total — area harvested recorded in Western Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 342,965 ha in 1962.
- How does Western Africa rank for citrus fruit, total — area harvested?
- Western Africa ranks 8th out of 28 groups with data for 2024.
- Is citrus fruit, total — area harvested rising or falling in Western Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.3%. 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 Citrus Fruit, Total — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 64 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO).
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.