Coconuts, in shell — Yield in Western Africa
Western Africa: Coconuts, in shell — Yield was 5,586 kg/ha in 2024. ▬ Flat
Coconuts, in shell — Yield in Western Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Western Africa recorded 5,586 kg/ha for coconuts, in shell — yield in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.6% on the previous year and up 18.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, coconuts, in shell — yield in Western Africa peaked at 5,680 kg/ha in 1986 and was at its lowest, 3,897 kg/ha, in 1969.
Western Africa ranks 10th of 21 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Coconuts, in shell — Yield in Western Africa, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 5,024 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 5,081 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1963 | 4,963 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1964 | 4,748 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 1965 | 4,853 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1966 | 4,687 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 1967 | 5,405 kg/ha | +15.3% |
| 1968 | 4,979 kg/ha | -7.9% |
| 1969 | 3,897 kg/ha | -21.7% |
| 1970 | 5,003 kg/ha | +28.4% |
| 1971 | 4,880 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 1972 | 4,884 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1973 | 4,823 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1974 | 4,853 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1975 | 4,800 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1976 | 4,610 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 1977 | 4,211 kg/ha | -8.7% |
| 1978 | 4,407 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 1979 | 4,526 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1980 | 4,804 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 1981 | 5,512 kg/ha | +14.7% |
| 1982 | 5,254 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 1983 | 5,290 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1984 | 5,320 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1985 | 5,581 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 1986 | 5,680 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1987 | 5,402 kg/ha | -4.9% |
| 1988 | 5,196 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 1989 | 5,221 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1990 | 5,358 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1991 | 5,058 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 1992 | 4,664 kg/ha | -7.8% |
| 1993 | 4,858 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 1994 | 4,560 kg/ha | -6.1% |
| 1995 | 5,406 kg/ha | +18.6% |
| 1996 | 5,459 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1997 | 5,211 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 1998 | 5,099 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 1999 | 5,129 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2000 | 4,994 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 2001 | 5,231 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 2002 | 5,254 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2003 | 5,307 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2004 | 5,437 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 2005 | 5,228 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 2006 | 4,751 kg/ha | -9.1% |
| 2007 | 4,735 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2008 | 4,544 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 2009 | 4,109 kg/ha | -9.6% |
| 2010 | 4,901 kg/ha | +19.3% |
| 2011 | 4,946 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2012 | 4,853 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 2013 | 4,894 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2014 | 4,702 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 2015 | 4,691 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2016 | 5,281 kg/ha | +12.6% |
| 2017 | 4,886 kg/ha | -7.5% |
| 2018 | 4,526 kg/ha | -7.4% |
| 2019 | 4,854 kg/ha | +7.3% |
| 2020 | 4,924 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2021 | 4,898 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2022 | 4,824 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2023 | 5,393 kg/ha | +11.8% |
| 2024 | 5,586 kg/ha | +3.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4,849 kg/ha | 3,897 kg/ha | 5,405 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 4,700 kg/ha | 4,211 kg/ha | 5,003 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 5,326 kg/ha | 4,804 kg/ha | 5,680 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 5,080 kg/ha | 4,560 kg/ha | 5,459 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 4,959 kg/ha | 4,109 kg/ha | 5,437 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 4,853 kg/ha | 4,526 kg/ha | 5,281 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 5,125 kg/ha | 4,824 kg/ha | 5,586 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Western Africa
- 7 Costa Rica 14,108 kg/ha compare
- 8 Pakistan 13,902 kg/ha compare
- 9 Dominican Republic 13,455 kg/ha compare
- 9 Micronesia (Federated States of) 5,279 kg/ha compare
- 10 Suriname 11,048 kg/ha compare
- 10 Polynesia 4,297 kg/ha compare
- 11 Oman 10,570 kg/ha compare
- 11 Timor-Leste 2,929 kg/ha compare
- 12 China, mainland 10,562 kg/ha compare
- 13 China 10,493 kg/ha compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is coconuts, in shell — yield in Western Africa?
- Coconuts, in shell — yield in Western Africa was 5,586 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest coconuts, in shell — yield recorded in Western Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 5,680 kg/ha in 1986.
- What is the lowest coconuts, in shell — yield recorded in Western Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,897 kg/ha in 1969.
- How does Western Africa rank for coconuts, in shell — yield?
- Western Africa ranks 10th out of 21 groups with data for 2024.
- Is coconuts, in shell — yield rising or falling in Western Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 18.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Western Africa data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Coconuts, in shell — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.