Coffee, green — Yield in Western Africa
Western Africa: Coffee, green — Yield was 250.8 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Coffee, green — Yield in Western Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for coffee, green — yield in Western Africa is 250.8 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 19.3% on the previous year and up 33.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, coffee, green — yield in Western Africa peaked at 490 kg/ha in 2001 and was at its lowest, 116.5 kg/ha, in 1984.
Western Africa ranks 18th of 20 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Coffee, green — Yield in Western Africa, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 449.3 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 242.8 kg/ha | -46.0% |
| 1963 | 379.3 kg/ha | +56.2% |
| 1964 | 464.5 kg/ha | +22.5% |
| 1965 | 350.8 kg/ha | -24.5% |
| 1966 | 444.7 kg/ha | +26.8% |
| 1967 | 223.4 kg/ha | -49.8% |
| 1968 | 427.5 kg/ha | +91.4% |
| 1969 | 332.3 kg/ha | -22.3% |
| 1970 | 415.7 kg/ha | +25.1% |
| 1971 | 358.8 kg/ha | -13.7% |
| 1972 | 383.9 kg/ha | +7.0% |
| 1973 | 408 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 1974 | 240.7 kg/ha | -41.0% |
| 1975 | 322.1 kg/ha | +33.8% |
| 1976 | 341.2 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 1977 | 329.9 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 1978 | 219 kg/ha | -33.6% |
| 1979 | 290.9 kg/ha | +32.8% |
| 1980 | 263 kg/ha | -9.6% |
| 1981 | 347.8 kg/ha | +32.2% |
| 1982 | 241.8 kg/ha | -30.5% |
| 1983 | 252.1 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 1984 | 116.5 kg/ha | -53.8% |
| 1985 | 286.7 kg/ha | +146.1% |
| 1986 | 263.8 kg/ha | -8.0% |
| 1987 | 267.8 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1988 | 199.8 kg/ha | -25.4% |
| 1989 | 255.7 kg/ha | +28.0% |
| 1990 | 249.6 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 1991 | 252.7 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1992 | 349 kg/ha | +38.1% |
| 1993 | 228.9 kg/ha | -34.4% |
| 1994 | 285.6 kg/ha | +24.8% |
| 1995 | 253 kg/ha | -11.4% |
| 1996 | 259.3 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1997 | 368.7 kg/ha | +42.2% |
| 1998 | 371.9 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1999 | 385.2 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 2000 | 458 kg/ha | +18.9% |
| 2001 | 490 kg/ha | +7.0% |
| 2002 | 417.8 kg/ha | -14.7% |
| 2003 | 375.1 kg/ha | -10.2% |
| 2004 | 247.8 kg/ha | -33.9% |
| 2005 | 346 kg/ha | +39.6% |
| 2006 | 289.7 kg/ha | -16.3% |
| 2007 | 263.2 kg/ha | -9.1% |
| 2008 | 308.6 kg/ha | +17.2% |
| 2009 | 284.4 kg/ha | -7.8% |
| 2010 | 295.3 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 2011 | 374.7 kg/ha | +26.9% |
| 2012 | 228.7 kg/ha | -39.0% |
| 2013 | 220.1 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 2014 | 187.3 kg/ha | -14.9% |
| 2015 | 239.1 kg/ha | +27.7% |
| 2016 | 250.3 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 2017 | 332 kg/ha | +32.6% |
| 2018 | 227.8 kg/ha | -31.4% |
| 2019 | 264.1 kg/ha | +15.9% |
| 2020 | 283.4 kg/ha | +7.3% |
| 2021 | 310.3 kg/ha | +9.5% |
| 2022 | 308.2 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2023 | 310.6 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2024 | 250.8 kg/ha | -19.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 368.29 kg/ha | 223.4 kg/ha | 464.5 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 331.02 kg/ha | 219 kg/ha | 415.7 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 249.5 kg/ha | 116.5 kg/ha | 347.8 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 300.39 kg/ha | 228.9 kg/ha | 385.2 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 348.06 kg/ha | 247.8 kg/ha | 490 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 261.94 kg/ha | 187.3 kg/ha | 374.7 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 292.66 kg/ha | 250.8 kg/ha | 310.6 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Western Africa
- 15 Rwanda 1,156 kg/ha compare
- 15 Caribbean 497.6 kg/ha compare
- 16 Zambia 1,082 kg/ha compare
- 17 Papua New Guinea 1,057 kg/ha compare
- 18 Sri Lanka 1,044 kg/ha compare
- 19 Cabo Verde 231.8 kg/ha compare
- 19 Colombia 1,003 kg/ha compare
- 20 Côte d'Ivoire 120.3 kg/ha compare
- 20 Saint Lucia 1,000 kg/ha compare
- 21 Mozambique 980.8 kg/ha compare
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- Crops — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand US$) 1.9 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) -2.77 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables and Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant) -1.47 % change on previous year (2024)
- Roots and Tubers, Total — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 2.73 % change on previous year (2024)
- Livestock — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand US$) 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$) 1.93 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tomatoes — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 0.0113 % change on previous year (2024)
- Hen eggs in shell, fresh — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 5.56 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled (indigenous) — Gross 3.8 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is coffee, green — yield in Western Africa?
- Coffee, green — yield in Western Africa was 250.8 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest coffee, green — yield recorded in Western Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 490 kg/ha in 2001.
- What is the lowest coffee, green — yield recorded in Western Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 116.5 kg/ha in 1984.
- How does Western Africa rank for coffee, green — yield?
- Western Africa ranks 18th out of 20 groups with data for 2024.
- Is coffee, green — yield rising or falling in Western Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 33.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- 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 — 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.