Eggs Primary — Laying in Western Africa
Western Africa: Eggs Primary — Laying was 259,970 1000 An in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Eggs Primary — Laying in Western Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 An.
Analysis
Western Africa recorded 259,970 1000 An for eggs primary — laying in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 2.4% on the previous year and up 10.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, eggs primary — laying in Western Africa peaked at 259,970 1000 An in 2024 and was at its lowest, 37,693 1000 An, in 1961.
Western Africa ranks 18th of 33 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 44,808 1000 An | 37,693 1000 An | 51,786 1000 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 61,566 1000 An | 53,679 1000 An | 71,481 1000 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 87,847 1000 An | 74,006 1000 An | 100,634 1000 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 136,060 1000 An | 113,512 1000 An | 154,526 1000 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 187,016 1000 An | 148,834 1000 An | 218,974 1000 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 226,102 1000 An | 202,198 1000 An | 248,054 1000 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 250,375 1000 An | 244,270 1000 An | 259,970 1000 An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Western Africa
More agriculture & rural data for Western Africa
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight 48 kg/An (2024)
- Swine / pigs — Stocks 17.11 million An (2024)
- Fat of pigs — Producing Animals/Slaughtered 14.80 million An (2024)
- Fat of pigs — Production 50,778 t (2024)
- Tomatoes — Area harvested 1.05 million ha (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)
- Bananas — Area harvested 598,635 ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is eggs primary — laying in Western Africa?
- Eggs primary — laying in Western Africa was 259,970 1000 An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest eggs primary — laying recorded in Western Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 259,970 1000 An in 2024.
- What is the lowest eggs primary — laying recorded in Western Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 37,693 1000 An in 1961.
- How does Western Africa rank for eggs primary — laying?
- Western Africa ranks 18th out of 33 groups with data for 2024.
- Is eggs primary — laying rising or falling in Western Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.8%. 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 Eggs Primary — Laying. 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.