Kenaf, and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted — Area harvested in Western Africa
Western Africa: Kenaf, and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted — Area harvested was 3,615 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Kenaf, and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted — Area harvested in Western Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Western Africa recorded 3,615 ha for kenaf, and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, kenaf, and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted — area harvested in Western Africa peaked at 4,500 ha in 1992 and was at its lowest, 0 ha, in 1961.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Kenaf, and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted — Area harvested in Western Africa, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0 ha | — |
| 1962 | 0 ha | — |
| 1963 | 0 ha | — |
| 1964 | 0 ha | — |
| 1965 | 0 ha | — |
| 1966 | 0 ha | — |
| 1967 | 0 ha | — |
| 1968 | 76 ha | — |
| 1969 | 157 ha | +106.6% |
| 1970 | 428 ha | +172.6% |
| 1971 | 636 ha | +48.6% |
| 1972 | 1,038 ha | +63.2% |
| 1973 | 1,410 ha | +35.8% |
| 1974 | 1,575 ha | +11.7% |
| 1975 | 1,991 ha | +26.4% |
| 1976 | 2,585 ha | +29.8% |
| 1977 | 1,600 ha | -38.1% |
| 1978 | 2,700 ha | +68.8% |
| 1979 | 2,800 ha | +3.7% |
| 1980 | 2,600 ha | -7.1% |
| 1981 | 3,700 ha | +42.3% |
| 1982 | 3,800 ha | +2.7% |
| 1983 | 3,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 3,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 3,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 4,000 ha | +5.3% |
| 1987 | 4,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 4,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 4,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 4,429 ha | +10.7% |
| 1991 | 3,683 ha | -16.8% |
| 1992 | 4,500 ha | +22.2% |
| 1993 | 3,872 ha | -14.0% |
| 1994 | 2,800 ha | -27.7% |
| 1995 | 3,000 ha | +7.1% |
| 1996 | 3,006 ha | +0.2% |
| 1997 | 3,000 ha | -0.2% |
| 1998 | 3,036 ha | +1.2% |
| 1999 | 3,017 ha | -0.6% |
| 2000 | 2,989 ha | -0.9% |
| 2001 | 3,024 ha | +1.2% |
| 2002 | 3,034 ha | +0.3% |
| 2003 | 3,012 ha | -0.7% |
| 2004 | 3,034 ha | +0.7% |
| 2005 | 3,000 ha | -1.1% |
| 2006 | 3,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 3,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 3,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 3,239 ha | +8.0% |
| 2010 | 3,600 ha | +11.1% |
| 2011 | 3,800 ha | +5.6% |
| 2012 | 3,643 ha | -4.1% |
| 2013 | 3,850 ha | +5.7% |
| 2014 | 3,671 ha | -4.6% |
| 2015 | 3,482 ha | -5.1% |
| 2016 | 3,674 ha | +5.5% |
| 2017 | 3,617 ha | -1.6% |
| 2018 | 3,593 ha | -0.7% |
| 2019 | 3,630 ha | +1.0% |
| 2020 | 3,612 ha | -0.5% |
| 2021 | 3,606 ha | -0.2% |
| 2022 | 3,617 ha | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 3,614 ha | -0.1% |
| 2024 | 3,615 ha | +0.0% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Kenaf, and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted — Area harvested 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | +172.6% | 157 ha | 428 ha |
| 1969 | +106.6% | 76 ha | 157 ha |
| 1978 | +68.8% | 1,600 ha | 2,700 ha |
| 1972 | +63.2% | 636 ha | 1,038 ha |
| 1971 | +48.6% | 428 ha | 636 ha |
| 1981 | +42.3% | 2,600 ha | 3,700 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 25.89 ha | 0 ha | 157 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,676 ha | 428 ha | 2,800 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,750 ha | 2,600 ha | 4,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 3,434 ha | 2,800 ha | 4,500 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,033 ha | 2,989 ha | 3,239 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,656 ha | 3,482 ha | 3,850 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,613 ha | 3,606 ha | 3,617 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is kenaf, and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted — area harvested in Western Africa?
- Kenaf, and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted — area harvested in Western Africa was 3,615 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest kenaf, and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted — area harvested recorded in Western Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 4,500 ha in 1992.
- What is the lowest kenaf, and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted — area harvested recorded in Western Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 ha in 1961.
- How does Western Africa rank for kenaf, and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted — area harvested?
- Western Africa ranks 14th out of 19 groups with data for 2024.
- Is kenaf, and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted — area harvested rising or falling in Western Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.5%. 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 Kenaf, and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted — Area harvested. 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.