Ginger, raw — Yield in Western Africa
Western Africa: Ginger, raw — Yield was 8,742 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Ginger, raw — Yield in Western Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for ginger, raw — yield in Western Africa is 8,742 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.6% on the previous year and up 111.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, ginger, raw — yield in Western Africa peaked at 9,605 kg/ha in 2011 and was at its lowest, 500 kg/ha, in 1961.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Ginger, raw — Yield in Western Africa, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 500 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 617 kg/ha | +23.4% |
| 1992 | 632.6 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1993 | 645.6 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1994 | 646.3 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1995 | 637.1 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1996 | 636.6 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1997 | 638.5 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1998 | 660.5 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1999 | 747.6 kg/ha | +13.2% |
| 2000 | 768.2 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 2001 | 802 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 2002 | 804.7 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2003 | 816.6 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2004 | 849 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 2005 | 848.2 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2006 | 855.7 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2007 | 3,858 kg/ha | +350.8% |
| 2008 | 3,605 kg/ha | -6.6% |
| 2009 | 3,703 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 2010 | 3,565 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 2011 | 9,605 kg/ha | +169.4% |
| 2012 | 4,403 kg/ha | -54.2% |
| 2013 | 4,201 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 2014 | 4,126 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 2015 | 6,391 kg/ha | +54.9% |
| 2016 | 9,273 kg/ha | +45.1% |
| 2017 | 8,686 kg/ha | -6.3% |
| 2018 | 7,887 kg/ha | -9.2% |
| 2019 | 7,352 kg/ha | -6.8% |
| 2020 | 6,837 kg/ha | -7.0% |
| 2021 | 7,076 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 2022 | 7,980 kg/ha | +12.8% |
| 2023 | 8,796 kg/ha | +10.2% |
| 2024 | 8,742 kg/ha | -0.6% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Ginger, raw — Yield in Western Africa changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | +350.8% | 855.7 kg/ha | 3,858 kg/ha |
| 2011 | +169.4% | 3,565 kg/ha | 9,605 kg/ha |
| 2015 | +54.9% | 4,126 kg/ha | 6,391 kg/ha |
| 2012 | -54.2% | 9,605 kg/ha | 4,403 kg/ha |
| 2016 | +45.1% | 6,391 kg/ha | 9,273 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 500 kg/ha | 500 kg/ha | 500 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 500 kg/ha | 500 kg/ha | 500 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 500 kg/ha | 500 kg/ha | 500 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 636.18 kg/ha | 500 kg/ha | 747.6 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,691 kg/ha | 768.2 kg/ha | 3,858 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 6,549 kg/ha | 3,565 kg/ha | 9,605 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 7,886 kg/ha | 6,837 kg/ha | 8,796 kg/ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is ginger, raw — yield in Western Africa?
- Ginger, raw — yield in Western Africa was 8,742 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest ginger, raw — yield recorded in Western Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 9,605 kg/ha in 2011.
- What is the lowest ginger, raw — yield recorded in Western Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 500 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Western Africa rank for ginger, raw — yield?
- Western Africa ranks 13th out of 18 groups with data for 2024.
- Is ginger, raw — yield rising or falling in Western Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 111.9%. 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 — 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.