Dates — Yield in Western Africa
Western Africa: Dates — Yield was 2,666 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Dates — 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 dates — yield in Western Africa is 2,666 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.4% on the previous year and down 1.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, dates — yield in Western Africa peaked at 4,173 kg/ha in 1976 and was at its lowest, 1,885 kg/ha, in 2010.
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.
Dates — Yield in Western Africa, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 3,000 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 3,100 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1963 | 3,052 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1964 | 2,937 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 1965 | 2,995 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1966 | 3,075 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1967 | 3,016 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 1968 | 3,078 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1969 | 3,102 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1970 | 3,104 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1971 | 3,038 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 1972 | 3,038 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 3,154 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 1974 | 3,094 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 1975 | 3,134 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1976 | 4,173 kg/ha | +33.1% |
| 1977 | 3,091 kg/ha | -25.9% |
| 1978 | 3,100 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1979 | 3,093 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1980 | 3,091 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1981 | 3,098 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1982 | 3,014 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 1983 | 3,092 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1984 | 3,035 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1985 | 2,950 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 1986 | 3,003 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1987 | 2,937 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 1988 | 2,535 kg/ha | -13.7% |
| 1989 | 2,381 kg/ha | -6.1% |
| 1990 | 2,295 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 1991 | 2,556 kg/ha | +11.4% |
| 1992 | 2,834 kg/ha | +10.9% |
| 1993 | 3,016 kg/ha | +6.4% |
| 1994 | 3,010 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1995 | 2,993 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1996 | 2,677 kg/ha | -10.6% |
| 1997 | 3,024 kg/ha | +13.0% |
| 1998 | 3,080 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1999 | 3,692 kg/ha | +19.9% |
| 2000 | 3,945 kg/ha | +6.9% |
| 2001 | 2,713 kg/ha | -31.2% |
| 2002 | 3,087 kg/ha | +13.8% |
| 2003 | 2,363 kg/ha | -23.5% |
| 2004 | 3,091 kg/ha | +30.8% |
| 2005 | 2,917 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 2006 | 2,761 kg/ha | -5.4% |
| 2007 | 2,792 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2008 | 2,658 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 2009 | 2,667 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2010 | 1,885 kg/ha | -29.3% |
| 2011 | 2,629 kg/ha | +39.4% |
| 2012 | 2,792 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 2013 | 2,807 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2014 | 2,711 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 2015 | 2,707 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2016 | 2,718 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2017 | 2,711 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2018 | 2,688 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2019 | 2,665 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2020 | 2,668 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2021 | 2,676 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2022 | 2,666 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2023 | 2,656 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2024 | 2,666 kg/ha | +0.4% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Dates — Yield in Western Africa changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | +39.4% | 1,885 kg/ha | 2,629 kg/ha |
| 1976 | +33.1% | 3,134 kg/ha | 4,173 kg/ha |
| 2001 | -31.2% | 3,945 kg/ha | 2,713 kg/ha |
| 2004 | +30.8% | 2,363 kg/ha | 3,091 kg/ha |
| 2010 | -29.3% | 2,667 kg/ha | 1,885 kg/ha |
| 1977 | -25.9% | 4,173 kg/ha | 3,091 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,039 kg/ha | 2,937 kg/ha | 3,102 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,202 kg/ha | 3,038 kg/ha | 4,173 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,914 kg/ha | 2,381 kg/ha | 3,098 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,918 kg/ha | 2,295 kg/ha | 3,692 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,899 kg/ha | 2,363 kg/ha | 3,945 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,631 kg/ha | 1,885 kg/ha | 2,807 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,666 kg/ha | 2,656 kg/ha | 2,676 kg/ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is dates — yield in Western Africa?
- Dates — yield in Western Africa was 2,666 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest dates — yield recorded in Western Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 4,173 kg/ha in 1976.
- What is the lowest dates — yield recorded in Western Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,885 kg/ha in 2010.
- How does Western Africa rank for dates — yield?
- Western Africa ranks 18th out of 20 groups with data for 2024.
- Is dates — yield rising or falling in Western Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.7%. 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 Dates — 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.