Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Western Africa
Western Africa: Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. was 7,871 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Western Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Western Africa recorded 7,871 kg/ha for edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in 2024.
The figure is down 0.3% on the previous year and down 1.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Western Africa peaked at 8,108 kg/ha in 2017 and was at its lowest, 5,556 kg/ha, in 1980.
That places Western Africa 16th out of 25 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.
Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Western Africa, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 6,154 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 6,154 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 6,154 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 6,154 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 6,154 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 6,154 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 6,154 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 6,429 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 1969 | 6,154 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 1970 | 6,154 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 5,833 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 1972 | 6,154 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 1973 | 5,833 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 1974 | 5,833 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 6,000 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1976 | 6,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 6,250 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 1978 | 6,154 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1979 | 6,250 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1980 | 5,556 kg/ha | -11.1% |
| 1981 | 6,154 kg/ha | +10.8% |
| 1982 | 6,154 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 6,250 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1984 | 6,154 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1985 | 6,923 kg/ha | +12.5% |
| 1986 | 6,400 kg/ha | -7.6% |
| 1987 | 6,249 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 1988 | 6,249 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 6,219 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1990 | 6,191 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1991 | 6,274 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1992 | 6,246 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1993 | 6,216 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1994 | 6,189 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1995 | 6,158 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1996 | 6,215 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1997 | 6,204 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1998 | 6,212 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1999 | 6,171 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2000 | 6,177 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2001 | 6,176 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2002 | 6,190 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2003 | 6,193 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 6,150 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2005 | 6,130 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2006 | 5,954 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 2007 | 5,861 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2008 | 5,775 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2009 | 6,429 kg/ha | +11.3% |
| 2010 | 6,803 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 2011 | 7,007 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 2012 | 7,212 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2013 | 7,149 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2014 | 8,020 kg/ha | +12.2% |
| 2015 | 7,697 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 2016 | 7,597 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 2017 | 8,108 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 2018 | 7,965 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 2019 | 8,014 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2020 | 7,985 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2021 | 8,028 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2022 | 7,921 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 2023 | 7,894 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2024 | 7,871 kg/ha | -0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6,184 kg/ha | 6,154 kg/ha | 6,429 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 6,046 kg/ha | 5,833 kg/ha | 6,250 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 6,231 kg/ha | 5,556 kg/ha | 6,923 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 6,208 kg/ha | 6,158 kg/ha | 6,274 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 6,104 kg/ha | 5,775 kg/ha | 6,429 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 7,557 kg/ha | 6,803 kg/ha | 8,108 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 7,940 kg/ha | 7,871 kg/ha | 8,028 kg/ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Western Africa?
- Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Western Africa was 7,871 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. recorded in Western Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 8,108 kg/ha in 2017.
- What is the lowest edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. recorded in Western Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 5,556 kg/ha in 1980.
- How does Western Africa rank for edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c.?
- Western Africa ranks 16th out of 25 groups with data for 2024.
- Is edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. rising or falling in Western Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.9%. 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 Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c., fresh — 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.