Groundnut oil — Production in Western Africa
Western Africa: Groundnut oil — Production was 940,425 t in 2023. ▲ Rising
Groundnut oil — Production in Western Africa, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2023, groundnut oil — production in Western Africa stood at 940,425 t.
That represents a change of up 0.1% on the previous year and up 31.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, groundnut oil — production in Western Africa peaked at 953,677 t in 2006 and was at its lowest, 215,091 t, in 1981.
That places Western Africa 6th out of 28 groups with data for 2023, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 397,438 t | 315,089 t | 485,773 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 443,122 t | 321,201 t | 571,738 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 360,060 t | 215,091 t | 602,539 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 642,883 t | 550,006 t | 750,404 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 864,869 t | 688,454 t | 953,677 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 788,917 t | 684,156 t | 933,983 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 904,441 t | 842,758 t | 940,425 t | 4 |
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)
- Swine / pigs — Stocks 17.11 million An (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 — Production 710,078 t (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 groundnut oil — production in Western Africa?
- Groundnut oil — production in Western Africa was 940,425 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest groundnut oil — production recorded in Western Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 953,677 t in 2006.
- What is the lowest groundnut oil — production recorded in Western Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 215,091 t in 1981.
- How does Western Africa rank for groundnut oil — production?
- Western Africa ranks 6th out of 28 groups with data for 2023.
- Is groundnut oil — production rising or falling in Western Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 31.7%. 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 Groundnut oil — 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.