Natural rubber in primary forms — Yield in Western Africa
Western Africa: Natural rubber in primary forms — Yield was 1,330 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Natural rubber in primary forms — Yield in Western Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Western Africa recorded 1,330 kg/ha for natural rubber in primary forms — yield in 2024.
That represents a change of up 25.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, natural rubber in primary forms — yield in Western Africa peaked at 1,330 kg/ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 484.5 kg/ha, in 1961.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Natural rubber in primary forms — Yield in Western Africa, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 484.5 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 524.5 kg/ha | +8.3% |
| 1963 | 523.3 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1964 | 580 kg/ha | +10.8% |
| 1965 | 571.4 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1966 | 598.1 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 1967 | 634.3 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 1968 | 658.4 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 1969 | 689.5 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 1970 | 716.2 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 1971 | 713.6 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1972 | 702.2 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1973 | 747.1 kg/ha | +6.4% |
| 1974 | 808.5 kg/ha | +8.2% |
| 1975 | 770.7 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 1976 | 822.2 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 1977 | 843.8 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1978 | 834.3 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1979 | 811.2 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 1980 | 769.2 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 1981 | 847.6 kg/ha | +10.2% |
| 1982 | 748 kg/ha | -11.8% |
| 1983 | 793.2 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 1984 | 912.3 kg/ha | +15.0% |
| 1985 | 941 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1986 | 977.5 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 1987 | 1,012 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 1988 | 911.2 kg/ha | -10.0% |
| 1989 | 818.3 kg/ha | -10.2% |
| 1990 | 814.3 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1991 | 729.2 kg/ha | -10.5% |
| 1992 | 679.3 kg/ha | -6.8% |
| 1993 | 687.1 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1994 | 541.9 kg/ha | -21.1% |
| 1995 | 570.2 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 1996 | 687.7 kg/ha | +20.6% |
| 1997 | 701.8 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1998 | 685.1 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 1999 | 703.9 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 2000 | 675.1 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 2001 | 678.7 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2002 | 675.7 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2003 | 702.5 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 2004 | 723.9 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 2005 | 722.6 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2006 | 700.7 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 2007 | 728.7 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 2008 | 784.4 kg/ha | +7.6% |
| 2009 | 783 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2010 | 837.1 kg/ha | +6.9% |
| 2011 | 906.1 kg/ha | +8.2% |
| 2012 | 936.4 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 2013 | 1,055 kg/ha | +12.7% |
| 2014 | 1,056 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 1,280 kg/ha | +21.2% |
| 2016 | 1,323 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 2017 | 1,184 kg/ha | -10.5% |
| 2018 | 1,182 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2019 | 1,229 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 2020 | 1,277 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 2021 | 1,311 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 2022 | 1,324 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2023 | 1,330 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2024 | 1,330 kg/ha | -0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 584.89 kg/ha | 484.5 kg/ha | 689.5 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 776.98 kg/ha | 702.2 kg/ha | 843.8 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 873.04 kg/ha | 748 kg/ha | 1,012 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 680.05 kg/ha | 541.9 kg/ha | 814.3 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 717.53 kg/ha | 675.1 kg/ha | 784.4 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,099 kg/ha | 837.1 kg/ha | 1,323 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,315 kg/ha | 1,277 kg/ha | 1,330 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Western Africa
- 3 Cambodia 1,649 kg/ha compare
- 3 Côte d'Ivoire 1,642 kg/ha compare
- 3 Lao People's Democratic Republic 1,782 kg/ha compare
- 4 Philippines 1,644 kg/ha compare
- 5 Gabon 1,578 kg/ha compare
- 6 Ecuador 1,525 kg/ha compare
- 7 Guatemala 1,344 kg/ha compare
- 8 Thailand 1,332 kg/ha compare
- 8 Melanesia 584.1 kg/ha compare
- 9 Brazil 1,317 kg/ha compare
- 9 Democratic Republic of the Congo 228.4 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Western Africa
- Crops — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand US$) 1.9 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) -2.77 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables and Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant) -1.47 % change on previous year (2024)
- Roots and Tubers, Total — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 2.73 % change on previous year (2024)
- Livestock — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand US$) 2.75 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) 1.52 % change on previous year (2024)
- Food — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand US$) 1.93 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tomatoes — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 0.0113 % change on previous year (2024)
- Hen eggs in shell, fresh — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 5.56 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled (indigenous) — Gross 3.8 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is natural rubber in primary forms — yield in Western Africa?
- Natural rubber in primary forms — yield in Western Africa was 1,330 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest natural rubber in primary forms — yield recorded in Western Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 1,330 kg/ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest natural rubber in primary forms — yield recorded in Western Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 484.5 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Western Africa rank for natural rubber in primary forms — yield?
- Western Africa ranks 6th out of 15 groups with data for 2024.
- Is natural rubber in primary forms — yield rising or falling in Western Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 25.9%. 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 Natural rubber in primary forms — Yield. 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.