Coffee, green — Area harvested in Western Africa
Western Africa: Coffee, green — Area harvested was 1.09 million ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Coffee, green — Area harvested in Western Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, coffee, green — area harvested in Western Africa stood at 1.09 million ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 23.4% on the previous year and up 18.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, coffee, green — area harvested in Western Africa peaked at 1.69 million ha in 2018 and was at its lowest, 291,987 ha, in 2011.
That places Western Africa 11th out of 20 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.
Coffee, green — Area harvested in Western Africa, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 499,100 ha | — |
| 1962 | 558,100 ha | +11.8% |
| 1963 | 617,100 ha | +10.6% |
| 1964 | 654,100 ha | +6.0% |
| 1965 | 678,100 ha | +3.7% |
| 1966 | 732,440 ha | +8.0% |
| 1967 | 754,570 ha | +3.0% |
| 1968 | 789,880 ha | +4.7% |
| 1969 | 777,150 ha | -1.6% |
| 1970 | 787,970 ha | +1.4% |
| 1971 | 800,130 ha | +1.5% |
| 1972 | 823,172 ha | +2.9% |
| 1973 | 854,688 ha | +3.8% |
| 1974 | 951,870 ha | +11.4% |
| 1975 | 975,620 ha | +2.5% |
| 1976 | 1.02 million ha | +4.9% |
| 1977 | 1.04 million ha | +1.9% |
| 1978 | 1.06 million ha | +2.0% |
| 1979 | 1.12 million ha | +5.0% |
| 1980 | 1.15 million ha | +3.1% |
| 1981 | 1.19 million ha | +3.2% |
| 1982 | 1.23 million ha | +3.8% |
| 1983 | 1.27 million ha | +3.2% |
| 1984 | 1.20 million ha | -5.6% |
| 1985 | 1.20 million ha | -0.0% |
| 1986 | 1.19 million ha | -0.6% |
| 1987 | 1.21 million ha | +1.0% |
| 1988 | 1.28 million ha | +5.8% |
| 1989 | 1.16 million ha | -9.4% |
| 1990 | 1.44 million ha | +24.6% |
| 1991 | 1.14 million ha | -21.2% |
| 1992 | 937,119 ha | -17.4% |
| 1993 | 936,457 ha | -0.1% |
| 1994 | 783,953 ha | -16.3% |
| 1995 | 1.07 million ha | +36.1% |
| 1996 | 968,978 ha | -9.2% |
| 1997 | 949,981 ha | -2.0% |
| 1998 | 1.05 million ha | +11.0% |
| 1999 | 967,789 ha | -8.2% |
| 2000 | 963,595 ha | -0.4% |
| 2001 | 728,638 ha | -24.4% |
| 2002 | 563,120 ha | -22.7% |
| 2003 | 512,566 ha | -9.0% |
| 2004 | 852,468 ha | +66.3% |
| 2005 | 833,184 ha | -2.3% |
| 2006 | 866,632 ha | +4.0% |
| 2007 | 893,948 ha | +3.2% |
| 2008 | 770,869 ha | -13.8% |
| 2009 | 740,330 ha | -4.0% |
| 2010 | 559,609 ha | -24.4% |
| 2011 | 291,987 ha | -47.8% |
| 2012 | 826,585 ha | +183.1% |
| 2013 | 784,742 ha | -5.1% |
| 2014 | 924,322 ha | +17.8% |
| 2015 | 1.51 million ha | +62.9% |
| 2016 | 1.39 million ha | -7.6% |
| 2017 | 826,527 ha | -40.6% |
| 2018 | 1.69 million ha | +104.0% |
| 2019 | 1.39 million ha | -17.8% |
| 2020 | 1.24 million ha | -10.2% |
| 2021 | 1.13 million ha | -8.8% |
| 2022 | 1.24 million ha | +9.4% |
| 2023 | 886,010 ha | -28.6% |
| 2024 | 1.09 million ha | +23.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 673,393 ha | 499,100 ha | 789,880 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 943,775 ha | 787,970 ha | 1.12 million ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.21 million ha | 1.15 million ha | 1.28 million ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.02 million ha | 783,953 ha | 1.44 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 772,535 ha | 512,566 ha | 963,595 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.02 million ha | 291,987 ha | 1.69 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.12 million ha | 886,010 ha | 1.24 million ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is coffee, green — area harvested in Western Africa?
- Coffee, green — area harvested in Western Africa was 1.09 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest coffee, green — area harvested recorded in Western Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 1.69 million ha in 2018.
- What is the lowest coffee, green — area harvested recorded in Western Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 291,987 ha in 2011.
- How does Western Africa rank for coffee, green — area harvested?
- Western Africa ranks 11th out of 20 groups with data for 2024.
- Is coffee, green — area harvested rising or falling in Western Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 18.3%. 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 Coffee, green — 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.