Natural honey — Production in Western Africa
Western Africa: Natural honey — Production was 9,891 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Natural honey — Production in Western Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Western Africa recorded 9,891 t for natural honey — production in 2024.
That represents a change of up 26.0% on the previous year and up 7.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, natural honey — production in Western Africa peaked at 16,781 t in 2016 and was at its lowest, 1,017 t, in 1985.
Western Africa ranks 25th of 28 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Natural honey — Production in Western Africa, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,030 t | — |
| 1962 | 1,030 t | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 1,030 t | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 1,040 t | +1.0% |
| 1965 | 1,040 t | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 1,050 t | +1.0% |
| 1967 | 1,050 t | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 1,050 t | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 1,050 t | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 1,050 t | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 1,060 t | +1.0% |
| 1972 | 1,060 t | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 1,060 t | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 1,035 t | -2.4% |
| 1975 | 1,056 t | +2.0% |
| 1976 | 1,080 t | +2.3% |
| 1977 | 1,104 t | +2.2% |
| 1978 | 1,112 t | +0.7% |
| 1979 | 1,130 t | +1.6% |
| 1980 | 1,140 t | +0.9% |
| 1981 | 1,150 t | +0.9% |
| 1982 | 1,170 t | +1.7% |
| 1983 | 1,170 t | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 1,100 t | -6.0% |
| 1985 | 1,017 t | -7.5% |
| 1986 | 1,072 t | +5.4% |
| 1987 | 1,045 t | -2.5% |
| 1988 | 1,065 t | +1.9% |
| 1989 | 1,091 t | +2.4% |
| 1990 | 1,474 t | +35.1% |
| 1991 | 13,838 t | +838.8% |
| 1992 | 13,911 t | +0.5% |
| 1993 | 14,188 t | +2.0% |
| 1994 | 14,324 t | +1.0% |
| 1995 | 12,102 t | -15.5% |
| 1996 | 9,383 t | -22.5% |
| 1997 | 2,300 t | -75.5% |
| 1998 | 2,394 t | +4.1% |
| 1999 | 2,596 t | +8.5% |
| 2000 | 2,322 t | -10.6% |
| 2001 | 2,457 t | +5.8% |
| 2002 | 2,349 t | -4.4% |
| 2003 | 2,439 t | +3.8% |
| 2004 | 2,878 t | +18.0% |
| 2005 | 3,421 t | +18.9% |
| 2006 | 4,075 t | +19.1% |
| 2007 | 4,853 t | +19.1% |
| 2008 | 5,267 t | +8.5% |
| 2009 | 5,397 t | +2.5% |
| 2010 | 5,504 t | +2.0% |
| 2011 | 6,302 t | +14.5% |
| 2012 | 5,828 t | -7.5% |
| 2013 | 7,337 t | +25.9% |
| 2014 | 9,164 t | +24.9% |
| 2015 | 13,355 t | +45.7% |
| 2016 | 16,781 t | +25.7% |
| 2017 | 6,588 t | -60.7% |
| 2018 | 6,597 t | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 7,781 t | +17.9% |
| 2020 | 7,496 t | -3.7% |
| 2021 | 7,485 t | -0.2% |
| 2022 | 7,404 t | -1.1% |
| 2023 | 7,851 t | +6.0% |
| 2024 | 9,891 t | +26.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,041 t | 1,030 t | 1,050 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,075 t | 1,035 t | 1,130 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,102 t | 1,017 t | 1,170 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 8,651 t | 1,474 t | 14,324 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,546 t | 2,322 t | 5,397 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 8,524 t | 5,504 t | 16,781 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 8,025 t | 7,404 t | 9,891 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Western Africa
- 22 Uganda 21,635 t compare
- 23 France 20,034 t compare
- 24 Kenya 19,462 t compare
- 25 New Zealand 17,500 t compare
- 26 Central African Republic 16,950 t compare
- 27 Uzbekistan 16,632 t compare
- 28 Serbia 14,664 t compare
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- Swine / pigs — Stocks, annual growth rate 2.75 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Producing 3.17 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production, annual 3.78 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fat of pigs — Production, annual growth rate 4.07 % change on previous year (2024)
- Edible offal of pigs, fresh, chilled or frozen — Production, annual 3.87 % change on previous year (2024)
- Edible offal of pigs, fresh, chilled or frozen — Producing 3.17 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is natural honey — production in Western Africa?
- Natural honey — production in Western Africa was 9,891 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest natural honey — production recorded in Western Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 16,781 t in 2016.
- What is the lowest natural honey — production recorded in Western Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,017 t in 1985.
- How does Western Africa rank for natural honey — production?
- Western Africa ranks 25th out of 28 groups with data for 2024.
- Is natural honey — production rising or falling in Western Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Western Africa data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Natural honey — 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.