Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested in Western Africa
Western Africa: Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested was 9.05 million ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested in Western Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in Western Africa stood at 9.05 million ha. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.2% on the previous year and up 37.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in Western Africa peaked at 9.05 million ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 2.19 million ha, in 1985.
That places Western Africa 5th out of 27 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.
Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested in Western Africa, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 3.70 million ha | — |
| 1962 | 3.69 million ha | -0.3% |
| 1963 | 4.25 million ha | +15.4% |
| 1964 | 4.18 million ha | -1.8% |
| 1965 | 4.51 million ha | +8.0% |
| 1966 | 4.52 million ha | +0.2% |
| 1967 | 4.58 million ha | +1.4% |
| 1968 | 4.47 million ha | -2.4% |
| 1969 | 4.02 million ha | -10.2% |
| 1970 | 4.26 million ha | +6.0% |
| 1971 | 4.25 million ha | -0.3% |
| 1972 | 4.43 million ha | +4.4% |
| 1973 | 4.39 million ha | -1.1% |
| 1974 | 4.21 million ha | -4.0% |
| 1975 | 3.97 million ha | -5.7% |
| 1976 | 3.14 million ha | -20.9% |
| 1977 | 2.99 million ha | -4.8% |
| 1978 | 2.96 million ha | -0.9% |
| 1979 | 2.64 million ha | -11.0% |
| 1980 | 2.71 million ha | +2.7% |
| 1981 | 2.85 million ha | +5.1% |
| 1982 | 2.78 million ha | -2.5% |
| 1983 | 2.81 million ha | +1.0% |
| 1984 | 2.51 million ha | -10.5% |
| 1985 | 2.19 million ha | -12.9% |
| 1986 | 2.69 million ha | +22.9% |
| 1987 | 2.54 million ha | -5.3% |
| 1988 | 2.67 million ha | +4.8% |
| 1989 | 2.58 million ha | -3.4% |
| 1990 | 2.72 million ha | +5.5% |
| 1991 | 3.06 million ha | +12.3% |
| 1992 | 3.18 million ha | +4.0% |
| 1993 | 3.05 million ha | -4.1% |
| 1994 | 3.86 million ha | +26.7% |
| 1995 | 4.07 million ha | +5.3% |
| 1996 | 4.71 million ha | +15.7% |
| 1997 | 4.39 million ha | -6.8% |
| 1998 | 4.49 million ha | +2.5% |
| 1999 | 4.41 million ha | -1.9% |
| 2000 | 4.64 million ha | +5.2% |
| 2001 | 4.28 million ha | -7.8% |
| 2002 | 4.61 million ha | +7.7% |
| 2003 | 4.74 million ha | +3.0% |
| 2004 | 4.92 million ha | +3.6% |
| 2005 | 5.00 million ha | +1.6% |
| 2006 | 4.99 million ha | -0.1% |
| 2007 | 4.98 million ha | -0.3% |
| 2008 | 5.72 million ha | +14.9% |
| 2009 | 6.22 million ha | +8.7% |
| 2010 | 6.72 million ha | +8.1% |
| 2011 | 5.78 million ha | -13.9% |
| 2012 | 6.07 million ha | +4.9% |
| 2013 | 6.34 million ha | +4.5% |
| 2014 | 6.58 million ha | +3.7% |
| 2015 | 7.05 million ha | +7.2% |
| 2016 | 7.69 million ha | +9.2% |
| 2017 | 8.34 million ha | +8.5% |
| 2018 | 8.40 million ha | +0.6% |
| 2019 | 8.12 million ha | -3.3% |
| 2020 | 8.54 million ha | +5.3% |
| 2021 | 8.73 million ha | +2.2% |
| 2022 | 8.60 million ha | -1.5% |
| 2023 | 8.94 million ha | +3.9% |
| 2024 | 9.05 million ha | +1.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4.21 million ha | 3.69 million ha | 4.58 million ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3.72 million ha | 2.64 million ha | 4.43 million ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2.63 million ha | 2.19 million ha | 2.85 million ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 3.79 million ha | 2.72 million ha | 4.71 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 5.01 million ha | 4.28 million ha | 6.22 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 7.11 million ha | 5.78 million ha | 8.40 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 8.77 million ha | 8.54 million ha | 9.05 million ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Western Africa
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- Fruit Primary — Production 35.55 million t (2024)
- Fruit Primary — Yield 7,426 kg/ha (2024)
- Fruit Primary — Area harvested 4.79 million ha (2024)
- Eggs Primary — Laying 259,970 1000 An (2024)
- Eggs Primary — Production 1.13 million t (2024)
- Eggs Primary — Yield/Carcass Weight 4,338 g/An (2024)
- Citrus Fruit, Total — Production 6.13 million t (2024)
- Citrus Fruit, Total — Yield 5,999 kg/ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in Western Africa?
- Groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in Western Africa was 9.05 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested recorded in Western Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 9.05 million ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested recorded in Western Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.19 million ha in 1985.
- How does Western Africa rank for groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested?
- Western Africa ranks 5th out of 27 groups with data for 2024.
- Is groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested rising or falling in Western Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 37.6%. 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 Groundnuts, excluding shelled — 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.