Eggplants (aubergines) — Area harvested in Western Africa
Western Africa: Eggplants (aubergines) — Area harvested was 96,663 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Eggplants (aubergines) — Area harvested in Western Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, eggplants (aubergines) — area harvested in Western Africa stood at 96,663 ha. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.3% on the previous year and up 255.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, eggplants (aubergines) — area harvested in Western Africa peaked at 96,663 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 2,800 ha, in 1966.
Western Africa ranks 7th of 27 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Eggplants (aubergines) — Area harvested in Western Africa, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,915 ha | — |
| 1962 | 2,915 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 3,000 ha | +2.9% |
| 1964 | 3,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 3,100 ha | +3.3% |
| 1966 | 2,800 ha | -9.7% |
| 1967 | 3,600 ha | +28.6% |
| 1968 | 4,000 ha | +11.1% |
| 1969 | 5,250 ha | +31.2% |
| 1970 | 5,250 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 5,300 ha | +1.0% |
| 1972 | 11,800 ha | +122.6% |
| 1973 | 11,000 ha | -6.8% |
| 1974 | 11,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 8,650 ha | -21.4% |
| 1976 | 10,100 ha | +16.8% |
| 1977 | 7,500 ha | -25.7% |
| 1978 | 7,300 ha | -2.7% |
| 1979 | 7,100 ha | -2.7% |
| 1980 | 12,000 ha | +69.0% |
| 1981 | 10,200 ha | -15.0% |
| 1982 | 10,300 ha | +1.0% |
| 1983 | 8,850 ha | -14.1% |
| 1984 | 9,700 ha | +9.6% |
| 1985 | 8,000 ha | -17.5% |
| 1986 | 5,100 ha | -36.2% |
| 1987 | 5,200 ha | +2.0% |
| 1988 | 4,771 ha | -8.2% |
| 1989 | 4,750 ha | -0.4% |
| 1990 | 4,700 ha | -1.1% |
| 1991 | 5,135 ha | +9.3% |
| 1992 | 5,346 ha | +4.1% |
| 1993 | 5,363 ha | +0.3% |
| 1994 | 5,671 ha | +5.7% |
| 1995 | 5,901 ha | +4.1% |
| 1996 | 5,873 ha | -0.5% |
| 1997 | 6,392 ha | +8.8% |
| 1998 | 6,663 ha | +4.2% |
| 1999 | 7,028 ha | +5.5% |
| 2000 | 7,671 ha | +9.1% |
| 2001 | 8,251 ha | +7.6% |
| 2002 | 12,631 ha | +53.1% |
| 2003 | 10,109 ha | -20.0% |
| 2004 | 11,748 ha | +16.2% |
| 2005 | 16,449 ha | +40.0% |
| 2006 | 17,156 ha | +4.3% |
| 2007 | 16,740 ha | -2.4% |
| 2008 | 16,053 ha | -4.1% |
| 2009 | 16,795 ha | +4.6% |
| 2010 | 18,583 ha | +10.6% |
| 2011 | 20,523 ha | +10.4% |
| 2012 | 21,452 ha | +4.5% |
| 2013 | 25,019 ha | +16.6% |
| 2014 | 27,223 ha | +8.8% |
| 2015 | 74,692 ha | +174.4% |
| 2016 | 79,355 ha | +6.2% |
| 2017 | 82,213 ha | +3.6% |
| 2018 | 84,559 ha | +2.9% |
| 2019 | 85,947 ha | +1.6% |
| 2020 | 88,231 ha | +2.7% |
| 2021 | 88,339 ha | +0.1% |
| 2022 | 87,677 ha | -0.7% |
| 2023 | 95,463 ha | +8.9% |
| 2024 | 96,663 ha | +1.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,398 ha | 2,800 ha | 5,250 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 8,500 ha | 5,250 ha | 11,800 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 7,887 ha | 4,750 ha | 12,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 5,807 ha | 4,700 ha | 7,028 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 13,360 ha | 7,671 ha | 17,156 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 51,957 ha | 18,583 ha | 85,947 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 91,275 ha | 87,677 ha | 96,663 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Western Africa
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Frequently asked questions
- What is eggplants (aubergines) — area harvested in Western Africa?
- Eggplants (aubergines) — area harvested in Western Africa was 96,663 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest eggplants (aubergines) — area harvested recorded in Western Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 96,663 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest eggplants (aubergines) — area harvested recorded in Western Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,800 ha in 1966.
- How does Western Africa rank for eggplants (aubergines) — area harvested?
- Western Africa ranks 7th out of 27 groups with data for 2024.
- Is eggplants (aubergines) — area harvested rising or falling in Western Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 255.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Western Africa data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Eggplants (aubergines) — 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.