Green corn (maize) — Area harvested in Western Africa
Western Africa: Green corn (maize) — Area harvested was 425,545 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Green corn (maize) — Area harvested in Western Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for green corn (maize) — area harvested in Western Africa is 425,545 ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.3% on the previous year and up 5.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, green corn (maize) — area harvested in Western Africa peaked at 425,545 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 195,100 ha, in 1974.
That places Western Africa 3rd out of 26 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 261,111 ha | 232,800 ha | 297,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 243,690 ha | 195,100 ha | 327,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 295,200 ha | 222,600 ha | 353,200 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 350,963 ha | 320,401 ha | 364,782 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 369,648 ha | 354,743 ha | 384,524 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 410,242 ha | 390,416 ha | 418,908 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 423,758 ha | 420,181 ha | 425,545 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Western Africa
More agriculture & rural data for Western Africa
- Fat of pigs — Producing Animals/Slaughtered 14.80 million An (2024)
- Edible offal of pigs, fresh, chilled or frozen — Producing 14.80 million An (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 24,181 t (2024)
- Tomatoes — Area harvested 1.05 million ha (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested 39,728 ha (2024)
- Fat of pigs — Production 50,778 t (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight 48 kg/An (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield 6,608 kg/ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Production 6.91 million t (2024)
- Edible offal of pigs, fresh, chilled or frozen — Production 39,798 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is green corn (maize) — area harvested in Western Africa?
- Green corn (maize) — area harvested in Western Africa was 425,545 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest green corn (maize) — area harvested recorded in Western Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 425,545 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest green corn (maize) — area harvested recorded in Western Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 195,100 ha in 1974.
- How does Western Africa rank for green corn (maize) — area harvested?
- Western Africa ranks 3rd out of 26 groups with data for 2024.
- Is green corn (maize) — area harvested rising or falling in Western Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.0%. 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 Green corn (maize) — 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.