Cow peas, dry — Yield in Western Africa
Western Africa: Cow peas, dry — Yield was 650.8 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cow peas, dry — Yield in Western Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Western Africa recorded 650.8 kg/ha for cow peas, dry — yield in 2024.
That represents a change of up 6.5% on the previous year and up 49.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cow peas, dry — yield in Western Africa peaked at 747.6 kg/ha in 2012 and was at its lowest, 154.7 kg/ha, in 1967.
Western Africa ranks 15th of 22 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 229.87 kg/ha | 154.7 kg/ha | 304 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 263.02 kg/ha | 167.8 kg/ha | 387 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 314.6 kg/ha | 264.2 kg/ha | 391.2 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 323.15 kg/ha | 275.4 kg/ha | 369.2 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 422.78 kg/ha | 337.2 kg/ha | 486.5 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 571.3 kg/ha | 436.9 kg/ha | 747.6 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 619.3 kg/ha | 559.2 kg/ha | 650.8 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Western Africa
More agriculture & rural data for Western Africa
- Fat of pigs — Producing Animals/Slaughtered 14.80 million An (2024)
- Edible offal of pigs, fresh, chilled or frozen — Producing 14.80 million An (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 24,181 t (2024)
- Tomatoes — Area harvested 1.05 million ha (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested 39,728 ha (2024)
- Fat of pigs — Production 50,778 t (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight 48 kg/An (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield 6,608 kg/ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Production 6.91 million t (2024)
- Edible offal of pigs, fresh, chilled or frozen — Production 39,798 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cow peas, dry — yield in Western Africa?
- Cow peas, dry — yield in Western Africa was 650.8 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cow peas, dry — yield recorded in Western Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 747.6 kg/ha in 2012.
- What is the lowest cow peas, dry — yield recorded in Western Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 154.7 kg/ha in 1967.
- How does Western Africa rank for cow peas, dry — yield?
- Western Africa ranks 15th out of 22 groups with data for 2024.
- Is cow peas, dry — yield rising or falling in Western Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 49.0%. 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 — 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.