Natural rubber in primary forms — Area harvested in Western Africa
Western Africa: Natural rubber in primary forms — Area harvested was 1.55 million ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Natural rubber in primary forms — Area harvested in Western Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, natural rubber in primary forms — area harvested in Western Africa stood at 1.55 million ha. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 4.3% on the previous year and up 260.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, natural rubber in primary forms — area harvested in Western Africa peaked at 1.55 million ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 191,648 ha, in 1967.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Natural rubber in primary forms — Area harvested in Western Africa, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 205,973 ha | — |
| 1962 | 206,027 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 207,435 ha | +0.7% |
| 1964 | 209,916 ha | +1.2% |
| 1965 | 224,914 ha | +7.1% |
| 1966 | 225,452 ha | +0.2% |
| 1967 | 191,648 ha | -15.0% |
| 1968 | 195,795 ha | +2.2% |
| 1969 | 198,853 ha | +1.6% |
| 1970 | 235,506 ha | +18.4% |
| 1971 | 236,671 ha | +0.5% |
| 1972 | 233,806 ha | -1.2% |
| 1973 | 237,704 ha | +1.7% |
| 1974 | 238,189 ha | +0.2% |
| 1975 | 228,965 ha | -3.9% |
| 1976 | 198,992 ha | -13.1% |
| 1977 | 194,000 ha | -2.5% |
| 1978 | 195,942 ha | +1.0% |
| 1979 | 201,500 ha | +2.8% |
| 1980 | 207,097 ha | +2.8% |
| 1981 | 207,578 ha | +0.2% |
| 1982 | 214,996 ha | +3.6% |
| 1983 | 206,515 ha | -3.9% |
| 1984 | 204,499 ha | -1.0% |
| 1985 | 209,192 ha | +2.3% |
| 1986 | 213,312 ha | +2.0% |
| 1987 | 215,378 ha | +1.0% |
| 1988 | 275,864 ha | +28.1% |
| 1989 | 376,206 ha | +36.4% |
| 1990 | 326,837 ha | -13.1% |
| 1991 | 346,469 ha | +6.0% |
| 1992 | 355,841 ha | +2.7% |
| 1993 | 371,416 ha | +4.4% |
| 1994 | 363,841 ha | -2.0% |
| 1995 | 374,637 ha | +3.0% |
| 1996 | 379,395 ha | +1.3% |
| 1997 | 441,977 ha | +16.5% |
| 1998 | 459,153 ha | +3.9% |
| 1999 | 485,809 ha | +5.8% |
| 2000 | 520,052 ha | +7.0% |
| 2001 | 529,575 ha | +1.8% |
| 2002 | 553,264 ha | +4.5% |
| 2003 | 559,013 ha | +1.0% |
| 2004 | 568,562 ha | +1.7% |
| 2005 | 605,465 ha | +6.5% |
| 2006 | 608,391 ha | +0.5% |
| 2007 | 637,108 ha | +4.7% |
| 2008 | 536,542 ha | -15.8% |
| 2009 | 505,850 ha | -5.7% |
| 2010 | 491,151 ha | -2.9% |
| 2011 | 451,393 ha | -8.1% |
| 2012 | 466,010 ha | +3.2% |
| 2013 | 433,125 ha | -7.1% |
| 2014 | 428,832 ha | -1.0% |
| 2015 | 388,191 ha | -9.5% |
| 2016 | 455,638 ha | +17.4% |
| 2017 | 631,691 ha | +38.6% |
| 2018 | 701,268 ha | +11.0% |
| 2019 | 814,401 ha | +16.1% |
| 2020 | 923,257 ha | +13.4% |
| 2021 | 1.05 million ha | +14.2% |
| 2022 | 1.24 million ha | +17.6% |
| 2023 | 1.48 million ha | +19.7% |
| 2024 | 1.55 million ha | +4.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 207,335 ha | 191,648 ha | 225,452 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 220,128 ha | 194,000 ha | 238,189 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 233,064 ha | 204,499 ha | 376,206 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 390,538 ha | 326,837 ha | 485,809 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 562,382 ha | 505,850 ha | 637,108 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 526,170 ha | 388,191 ha | 814,401 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.25 million ha | 923,257 ha | 1.55 million ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is natural rubber in primary forms — area harvested in Western Africa?
- Natural rubber in primary forms — area harvested in Western Africa was 1.55 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest natural rubber in primary forms — area harvested recorded in Western Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 1.55 million ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest natural rubber in primary forms — area harvested recorded in Western Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 191,648 ha in 1967.
- How does Western Africa rank for natural rubber in primary forms — area harvested?
- Western Africa ranks 5th out of 15 groups with data for 2024.
- Is natural rubber in primary forms — area harvested rising or falling in Western Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 260.9%. 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 rubber in primary forms — 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.