Game meat, fresh, chilled or frozen — Production in Western Africa
Western Africa: Game meat, fresh, chilled or frozen — Production was 518,533 t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Game meat, fresh, chilled or frozen — Production in Western Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Western Africa recorded 518,533 t for game meat, fresh, chilled or frozen — production in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.1% on the previous year and up 9.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, game meat, fresh, chilled or frozen — production in Western Africa peaked at 518,533 t in 2024 and was at its lowest, 176,650 t, in 1961.
That places Western Africa 5th out of 24 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Game meat, fresh, chilled or frozen — Production in Western Africa, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 176,650 t | — |
| 1962 | 176,700 t | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 178,970 t | +1.3% |
| 1964 | 189,030 t | +5.6% |
| 1965 | 190,270 t | +0.7% |
| 1966 | 192,560 t | +1.2% |
| 1967 | 208,880 t | +8.5% |
| 1968 | 221,200 t | +5.9% |
| 1969 | 224,480 t | +1.5% |
| 1970 | 226,210 t | +0.8% |
| 1971 | 232,650 t | +2.8% |
| 1972 | 234,800 t | +0.9% |
| 1973 | 214,920 t | -8.5% |
| 1974 | 220,950 t | +2.8% |
| 1975 | 233,230 t | +5.6% |
| 1976 | 233,530 t | +0.1% |
| 1977 | 247,650 t | +6.0% |
| 1978 | 252,230 t | +1.8% |
| 1979 | 255,675 t | +1.4% |
| 1980 | 265,050 t | +3.7% |
| 1981 | 273,450 t | +3.2% |
| 1982 | 283,050 t | +3.5% |
| 1983 | 289,950 t | +2.4% |
| 1984 | 293,050 t | +1.1% |
| 1985 | 293,050 t | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 299,050 t | +2.0% |
| 1987 | 300,050 t | +0.3% |
| 1988 | 301,550 t | +0.5% |
| 1989 | 307,550 t | +2.0% |
| 1990 | 306,411 t | -0.4% |
| 1991 | 299,251 t | -2.3% |
| 1992 | 304,892 t | +1.9% |
| 1993 | 310,862 t | +2.0% |
| 1994 | 316,789 t | +1.9% |
| 1995 | 322,090 t | +1.7% |
| 1996 | 327,498 t | +1.7% |
| 1997 | 333,313 t | +1.8% |
| 1998 | 337,279 t | +1.2% |
| 1999 | 346,264 t | +2.7% |
| 2000 | 355,292 t | +2.6% |
| 2001 | 361,793 t | +1.8% |
| 2002 | 368,463 t | +1.8% |
| 2003 | 376,251 t | +2.1% |
| 2004 | 383,860 t | +2.0% |
| 2005 | 390,876 t | +1.8% |
| 2006 | 397,354 t | +1.7% |
| 2007 | 394,575 t | -0.7% |
| 2008 | 420,173 t | +6.5% |
| 2009 | 434,884 t | +3.5% |
| 2010 | 449,305 t | +3.3% |
| 2011 | 466,818 t | +3.9% |
| 2012 | 473,624 t | +1.5% |
| 2013 | 472,304 t | -0.3% |
| 2014 | 475,755 t | +0.7% |
| 2015 | 494,402 t | +3.9% |
| 2016 | 485,012 t | -1.9% |
| 2017 | 491,258 t | +1.3% |
| 2018 | 495,862 t | +0.9% |
| 2019 | 499,780 t | +0.8% |
| 2020 | 505,727 t | +1.2% |
| 2021 | 512,681 t | +1.4% |
| 2022 | 511,372 t | -0.3% |
| 2023 | 513,014 t | +0.3% |
| 2024 | 518,533 t | +1.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 195,416 t | 176,650 t | 224,480 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 235,184 t | 214,920 t | 255,675 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 290,580 t | 265,050 t | 307,550 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 320,465 t | 299,251 t | 346,264 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 388,352 t | 355,292 t | 434,884 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 480,412 t | 449,305 t | 499,780 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 512,265 t | 505,727 t | 518,533 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Western Africa
- 2 Nigeria 178,446 t compare
- 3 Ethiopia 97,350 t compare
- 3 Melanesia 443,985 t compare
- 4 Cameroon 81,813 t compare
- 5 Democratic Republic of the Congo 90,695 t compare
- 5 Ghana 76,248 t compare
- 6 Germany 58,400 t compare
- 6 United Republic of Tanzania 24,000 t compare
- 7 Morocco 56,655 t compare
- 8 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 2,811 t compare
- 8 South Africa 53,993 t compare
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- Cabbages — Yield, annual growth rate -2.95 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cabbages — Area harvested, annual growth rate -4.71 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables Primary — Yield, annual growth rate -2.23 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sugar Crops Primary — Production, annual growth rate -0.3867 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables Primary — Area harvested, annual growth rate 2.95 % change on previous year (2024)
- Edible offal of pigs, fresh, chilled or frozen — Production, annual 3.87 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tomatoes — Production, annual growth rate 0.0114 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is game meat, fresh, chilled or frozen — production in Western Africa?
- Game meat, fresh, chilled or frozen — production in Western Africa was 518,533 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest game meat, fresh, chilled or frozen — production recorded in Western Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 518,533 t in 2024.
- What is the lowest game meat, fresh, chilled or frozen — production recorded in Western Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 176,650 t in 1961.
- How does Western Africa rank for game meat, fresh, chilled or frozen — production?
- Western Africa ranks 5th out of 24 groups with data for 2024.
- Is game meat, fresh, chilled or frozen — production rising or falling in Western Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.0%. 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 Game meat, fresh, chilled or frozen — Production. 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.