Cow peas, dry — Area harvested in Western Africa
Western Africa: Cow peas, dry — Area harvested was 13.47 million ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cow peas, dry — Area harvested in Western Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for cow peas, dry — area harvested in Western Africa is 13.47 million ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.9% on the previous year and up 22.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cow peas, dry — area harvested in Western Africa peaked at 13.65 million ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 2.00 million ha, in 1961.
Western Africa ranks 3rd of 23 groups on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Cow peas, dry — Area harvested in Western Africa, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2.00 million ha | — |
| 1962 | 2.35 million ha | +17.4% |
| 1963 | 3.55 million ha | +51.3% |
| 1964 | 3.48 million ha | -2.0% |
| 1965 | 3.63 million ha | +4.3% |
| 1966 | 4.12 million ha | +13.3% |
| 1967 | 5.11 million ha | +24.2% |
| 1968 | 4.58 million ha | -10.4% |
| 1969 | 5.48 million ha | +19.6% |
| 1970 | 5.26 million ha | -4.0% |
| 1971 | 5.21 million ha | -0.9% |
| 1972 | 3.82 million ha | -26.7% |
| 1973 | 4.48 million ha | +17.2% |
| 1974 | 4.32 million ha | -3.6% |
| 1975 | 4.38 million ha | +1.4% |
| 1976 | 4.03 million ha | -7.8% |
| 1977 | 2.74 million ha | -32.1% |
| 1978 | 2.84 million ha | +3.7% |
| 1979 | 2.82 million ha | -0.7% |
| 1980 | 3.01 million ha | +6.6% |
| 1981 | 2.90 million ha | -3.8% |
| 1982 | 3.37 million ha | +16.4% |
| 1983 | 3.17 million ha | -6.0% |
| 1984 | 3.15 million ha | -0.6% |
| 1985 | 3.72 million ha | +18.2% |
| 1986 | 3.76 million ha | +1.1% |
| 1987 | 3.93 million ha | +4.4% |
| 1988 | 4.37 million ha | +11.3% |
| 1989 | 4.59 million ha | +4.9% |
| 1990 | 5.07 million ha | +10.4% |
| 1991 | 5.74 million ha | +13.2% |
| 1992 | 7.97 million ha | +39.0% |
| 1993 | 7.77 million ha | -2.5% |
| 1994 | 6.83 million ha | -12.2% |
| 1995 | 7.91 million ha | +15.9% |
| 1996 | 8.22 million ha | +3.9% |
| 1997 | 8.21 million ha | -0.1% |
| 1998 | 9.72 million ha | +18.4% |
| 1999 | 8.52 million ha | -12.4% |
| 2000 | 8.25 million ha | -3.1% |
| 2001 | 8.44 million ha | +2.3% |
| 2002 | 8.83 million ha | +4.6% |
| 2003 | 9.39 million ha | +6.4% |
| 2004 | 7.94 million ha | -15.4% |
| 2005 | 9.23 million ha | +16.2% |
| 2006 | 10.02 million ha | +8.5% |
| 2007 | 10.43 million ha | +4.1% |
| 2008 | 11.35 million ha | +8.8% |
| 2009 | 8.08 million ha | -28.8% |
| 2010 | 10.29 million ha | +27.3% |
| 2011 | 9.27 million ha | -9.9% |
| 2012 | 10.18 million ha | +9.8% |
| 2013 | 10.62 million ha | +4.3% |
| 2014 | 10.96 million ha | +3.3% |
| 2015 | 10.54 million ha | -3.8% |
| 2016 | 11.98 million ha | +13.6% |
| 2017 | 12.94 million ha | +8.0% |
| 2018 | 13.36 million ha | +3.2% |
| 2019 | 13.17 million ha | -1.4% |
| 2020 | 13.34 million ha | +1.3% |
| 2021 | 12.95 million ha | -2.9% |
| 2022 | 13.65 million ha | +5.4% |
| 2023 | 13.22 million ha | -3.2% |
| 2024 | 13.47 million ha | +1.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3.81 million ha | 2.00 million ha | 5.48 million ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3.99 million ha | 2.74 million ha | 5.26 million ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 3.60 million ha | 2.90 million ha | 4.59 million ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 7.59 million ha | 5.07 million ha | 9.72 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 9.19 million ha | 7.94 million ha | 11.35 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 11.33 million ha | 9.27 million ha | 13.36 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 13.33 million ha | 12.95 million ha | 13.65 million ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Western Africa
- 1 Niger 5.58 million ha compare
- 2 Nigeria 5.14 million ha compare
- 3 Burkina Faso 1.52 million ha compare
- 4 Cameroon 555,235 ha compare
- 4 Democratic Republic of the Congo 198,693 ha compare
- 5 Mali 485,921 ha compare
- 6 Mozambique 351,267 ha compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is cow peas, dry — area harvested in Western Africa?
- Cow peas, dry — area harvested in Western Africa was 13.47 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cow peas, dry — area harvested recorded in Western Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 13.65 million ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest cow peas, dry — area harvested recorded in Western Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.00 million ha in 1961.
- How does Western Africa rank for cow peas, dry — area harvested?
- Western Africa ranks 3rd out of 23 groups with data for 2024.
- Is cow peas, dry — area harvested rising or falling in Western Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 22.9%. 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 Cow peas, dry — Area harvested. 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.