Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Yield in Western Africa
Western Africa: Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Yield was 1,135 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Yield in Western Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, groundnuts, excluding shelled — yield in Western Africa stood at 1,135 kg/ha.
That represents a change of up 11.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, groundnuts, excluding shelled — yield in Western Africa peaked at 1,241 kg/ha in 2006 and was at its lowest, 541.1 kg/ha, in 1973.
That places Western Africa 20th out of 31 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 862.32 kg/ha | 755.6 kg/ha | 1,006 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 736.51 kg/ha | 541.1 kg/ha | 910.1 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 851.41 kg/ha | 645.9 kg/ha | 1,072 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 938.65 kg/ha | 840 kg/ha | 1,212 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,108 kg/ha | 980.9 kg/ha | 1,241 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,049 kg/ha | 892 kg/ha | 1,125 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,127 kg/ha | 1,077 kg/ha | 1,146 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Western Africa
- 17 Iraq 3,723 kg/ha compare
- 18 Kyrgyzstan 3,518 kg/ha compare
- 19 Argentina 3,432 kg/ha compare
- 20 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 3,407 kg/ha compare
- 21 Indonesia 3,252 kg/ha compare
- 22 Australia 3,132 kg/ha compare
- 22 Australia and New Zealand 3,132 kg/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 groundnuts, excluding shelled — yield in Western Africa?
- Groundnuts, excluding shelled — yield in Western Africa was 1,135 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest groundnuts, excluding shelled — yield recorded in Western Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 1,241 kg/ha in 2006.
- What is the lowest groundnuts, excluding shelled — yield recorded in Western Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 541.1 kg/ha in 1973.
- How does Western Africa rank for groundnuts, excluding shelled — yield?
- Western Africa ranks 20th out of 31 groups with data for 2024.
- Is groundnuts, excluding shelled — yield rising or falling in Western Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 11.3%. 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 — Yield. 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.