Ginger, raw — Area harvested in Western Africa
Western Africa: Ginger, raw — Area harvested was 93,128 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Ginger, raw — Area harvested in Western Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, ginger, raw — area harvested in Western Africa stood at 93,128 ha.
The figure is down 0.7% on the previous year and up 84.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, ginger, raw — area harvested in Western Africa peaked at 193,658 ha in 2006 and was at its lowest, 160 ha, in 1961.
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 | 160 ha | 160 ha | 160 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 164 ha | 160 ha | 200 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 23,340 ha | 400 ha | 70,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 134,693 ha | 84,000 ha | 168,151 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 137,102 ha | 51,382 ha | 193,658 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 82,584 ha | 50,559 ha | 126,658 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 99,749 ha | 93,128 ha | 106,089 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Western Africa
- 1 India 194,243 ha compare
- 2 Nigeria 89,430 ha compare
- 3 China (People’s Republic of) 55,652 ha compare
- 4 China, mainland 54,881 ha compare
- 5 Nepal 22,430 ha compare
- 6 Peru 10,969 ha compare
- 7 Bangladesh 10,388 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Western Africa
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight 48 kg/An (2024)
- Fat of pigs — Producing Animals/Slaughtered 14.80 million An (2024)
- Fat of pigs — Production 50,778 t (2024)
- Swine / pigs — Stocks 17.11 million An (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)
- Bananas — Production 8.72 million t (2024)
- Bananas — Area harvested 598,635 ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is ginger, raw — area harvested in Western Africa?
- Ginger, raw — area harvested in Western Africa was 93,128 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest ginger, raw — area harvested recorded in Western Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 193,658 ha in 2006.
- What is the lowest ginger, raw — area harvested recorded in Western Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 160 ha in 1961.
- How does Western Africa rank for ginger, raw — area harvested?
- Western Africa ranks 4th out of 18 groups with data for 2024.
- Is ginger, raw — area harvested rising or falling in Western Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 84.2%. 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 Ginger, raw — 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.