Dates — Area harvested in Western Africa
Western Africa: Dates — Area harvested was 15,681 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Dates — 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 dates — area harvested in Western Africa is 15,681 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 0.1% on the previous year and up 17.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, dates — area harvested in Western Africa peaked at 22,218 ha in 2009 and was at its lowest, 3,930 ha, in 1976.
That places Western Africa 11th out of 23 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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6,811 ha | 5,000 ha | 9,200 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 5,505 ha | 3,930 ha | 6,700 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 6,371 ha | 5,640 ha | 7,560 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 9,193 ha | 6,460 ha | 15,054 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 12,488 ha | 8,225 ha | 22,218 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 15,349 ha | 13,318 ha | 20,591 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 15,703 ha | 15,592 ha | 15,895 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Western Africa
More agriculture & rural data for Western Africa
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 24,181 t (2024)
- Swine / pigs — Stocks 17.11 million An (2024)
- Tomatoes — Area harvested 1.05 million ha (2024)
- Fat of pigs — Producing Animals/Slaughtered 14.80 million An (2024)
- Fat of pigs — Production 50,778 t (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield 6,608 kg/ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Production 6.91 million t (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested 39,728 ha (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production 710,078 t (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Producing 14.80 million An (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is dates — area harvested in Western Africa?
- Dates — area harvested in Western Africa was 15,681 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest dates — area harvested recorded in Western Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 22,218 ha in 2009.
- What is the lowest dates — area harvested recorded in Western Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,930 ha in 1976.
- How does Western Africa rank for dates — area harvested?
- Western Africa ranks 11th out of 23 groups with data for 2024.
- Is dates — area harvested rising or falling in Western Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 17.7%. 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 Dates — 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.