Natural rubber in primary forms — Production in Western Africa
Western Africa: Natural rubber in primary forms — Production was 2.06 million t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Natural rubber in primary forms — Production in Western Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for natural rubber in primary forms — production in Western Africa is 2.06 million t, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 4.3% on the previous year and up 354.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, natural rubber in primary forms — production in Western Africa peaked at 2.06 million t in 2024 and was at its lowest, 99,802 t, in 1961.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Natural rubber in primary forms — Production in Western Africa, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 99,802 t | — |
| 1962 | 108,057 t | +8.3% |
| 1963 | 108,551 t | +0.5% |
| 1964 | 121,759 t | +12.2% |
| 1965 | 128,514 t | +5.5% |
| 1966 | 134,835 t | +4.9% |
| 1967 | 121,563 t | -9.8% |
| 1968 | 128,917 t | +6.0% |
| 1969 | 137,119 t | +6.4% |
| 1970 | 168,672 t | +23.0% |
| 1971 | 168,898 t | +0.1% |
| 1972 | 164,176 t | -2.8% |
| 1973 | 177,588 t | +8.2% |
| 1974 | 192,564 t | +8.4% |
| 1975 | 176,473 t | -8.4% |
| 1976 | 163,615 t | -7.3% |
| 1977 | 163,704 t | +0.1% |
| 1978 | 163,484 t | -0.1% |
| 1979 | 163,464 t | -0.0% |
| 1980 | 159,306 t | -2.5% |
| 1981 | 175,944 t | +10.4% |
| 1982 | 160,808 t | -8.6% |
| 1983 | 163,799 t | +1.9% |
| 1984 | 186,573 t | +13.9% |
| 1985 | 196,856 t | +5.5% |
| 1986 | 208,506 t | +5.9% |
| 1987 | 217,977 t | +4.5% |
| 1988 | 251,357 t | +15.3% |
| 1989 | 307,860 t | +22.5% |
| 1990 | 266,134 t | -13.6% |
| 1991 | 252,644 t | -5.1% |
| 1992 | 241,723 t | -4.3% |
| 1993 | 255,205 t | +5.6% |
| 1994 | 197,151 t | -22.7% |
| 1995 | 213,601 t | +8.3% |
| 1996 | 260,915 t | +22.2% |
| 1997 | 310,185 t | +18.9% |
| 1998 | 314,578 t | +1.4% |
| 1999 | 341,960 t | +8.7% |
| 2000 | 351,098 t | +2.7% |
| 2001 | 359,423 t | +2.4% |
| 2002 | 373,840 t | +4.0% |
| 2003 | 392,702 t | +5.0% |
| 2004 | 411,576 t | +4.8% |
| 2005 | 437,518 t | +6.3% |
| 2006 | 426,298 t | -2.6% |
| 2007 | 464,243 t | +8.9% |
| 2008 | 420,888 t | -9.3% |
| 2009 | 396,080 t | -5.9% |
| 2010 | 411,137 t | +3.8% |
| 2011 | 409,019 t | -0.5% |
| 2012 | 436,360 t | +6.7% |
| 2013 | 457,028 t | +4.7% |
| 2014 | 452,902 t | -0.9% |
| 2015 | 497,067 t | +9.8% |
| 2016 | 602,732 t | +21.3% |
| 2017 | 747,820 t | +24.1% |
| 2018 | 828,907 t | +10.8% |
| 2019 | 1.00 million t | +20.8% |
| 2020 | 1.18 million t | +17.8% |
| 2021 | 1.38 million t | +17.2% |
| 2022 | 1.64 million t | +18.7% |
| 2023 | 1.97 million t | +20.3% |
| 2024 | 2.06 million t | +4.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 121,013 t | 99,802 t | 137,119 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 170,264 t | 163,464 t | 192,564 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 202,899 t | 159,306 t | 307,860 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 265,410 t | 197,151 t | 341,960 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 403,367 t | 351,098 t | 464,243 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 584,407 t | 409,019 t | 1.00 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.65 million t | 1.18 million t | 2.06 million t | 5 |
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- Fruit Primary — Yield 7,426 kg/ha (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is natural rubber in primary forms — production in Western Africa?
- Natural rubber in primary forms — production in Western Africa was 2.06 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest natural rubber in primary forms — production recorded in Western Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 2.06 million t in 2024.
- What is the lowest natural rubber in primary forms — production recorded in Western Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 99,802 t in 1961.
- How does Western Africa rank for natural rubber in primary forms — production?
- Western Africa ranks 5th out of 15 groups with data for 2024.
- Is natural rubber in primary forms — production rising or falling in Western Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 354.5%. 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 — 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.