Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Yield in Western Africa
Western Africa: Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Yield was 391 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Yield in Western Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Western Africa recorded 391 kg/ha for oilcrops, oil equivalent — yield in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.5% on the previous year and up 5.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oilcrops, oil equivalent — yield in Western Africa peaked at 436.8 kg/ha in 1986 and was at its lowest, 311.1 kg/ha, in 1973.
That places Western Africa 20th out of 29 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Yield in Western Africa, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 386.7 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 396.9 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1963 | 377.9 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 1964 | 371.4 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1965 | 371.8 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1966 | 355.2 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 1967 | 341.2 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 1968 | 336.4 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1969 | 357.7 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 1970 | 331.2 kg/ha | -7.4% |
| 1971 | 348.5 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 1972 | 326.8 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 1973 | 311.1 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 1974 | 390.4 kg/ha | +25.5% |
| 1975 | 360.4 kg/ha | -7.7% |
| 1976 | 392 kg/ha | +8.8% |
| 1977 | 357.9 kg/ha | -8.7% |
| 1978 | 388.5 kg/ha | +8.5% |
| 1979 | 391.5 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1980 | 388.8 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1981 | 390.4 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1982 | 396.2 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1983 | 382.4 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 1984 | 394.4 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1985 | 433.5 kg/ha | +9.9% |
| 1986 | 436.8 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1987 | 432.2 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1988 | 413.8 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 1989 | 416.5 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1990 | 397.8 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 1991 | 395 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1992 | 386.7 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 1993 | 417.3 kg/ha | +7.9% |
| 1994 | 385.7 kg/ha | -7.6% |
| 1995 | 387.3 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1996 | 382.1 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1997 | 376.4 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1998 | 378.3 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1999 | 406.4 kg/ha | +7.4% |
| 2000 | 399.7 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2001 | 397.7 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2002 | 385.1 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 2003 | 394.3 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 2004 | 393.4 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2005 | 399.7 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2006 | 409 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 2007 | 388.1 kg/ha | -5.1% |
| 2008 | 396.6 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2009 | 400.1 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2010 | 410.3 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 2011 | 399.3 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 2012 | 400.2 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2013 | 364.9 kg/ha | -8.8% |
| 2014 | 371.2 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2015 | 379.8 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 2016 | 364.7 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 2017 | 359.2 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2018 | 376.8 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 2019 | 379.6 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2020 | 388.7 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 2021 | 381.7 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 2022 | 391.5 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 2023 | 393.1 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2024 | 391 kg/ha | -0.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 366.13 kg/ha | 336.4 kg/ha | 396.9 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 359.83 kg/ha | 311.1 kg/ha | 392 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 408.5 kg/ha | 382.4 kg/ha | 436.8 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 391.3 kg/ha | 376.4 kg/ha | 417.3 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 396.37 kg/ha | 385.1 kg/ha | 409 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 380.6 kg/ha | 359.2 kg/ha | 410.3 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 389.2 kg/ha | 381.7 kg/ha | 393.1 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Western Africa
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- Fruit Primary — Yield 7,426 kg/ha (2024)
- Fruit Primary — Area harvested 4.79 million ha (2024)
- Eggs Primary — Laying 259,970 1000 An (2024)
- Eggs Primary — Production 1.13 million t (2024)
- Eggs Primary — Yield/Carcass Weight 4,338 g/An (2024)
- Citrus Fruit, Total — Production 6.13 million t (2024)
- Citrus Fruit, Total — Yield 5,999 kg/ha (2024)
- Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Producing Animals/Slaughtered 7.76 million An (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is oilcrops, oil equivalent — yield in Western Africa?
- Oilcrops, oil equivalent — yield in Western Africa was 391 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oilcrops, oil equivalent — yield recorded in Western Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 436.8 kg/ha in 1986.
- What is the lowest oilcrops, oil equivalent — yield recorded in Western Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 311.1 kg/ha in 1973.
- How does Western Africa rank for oilcrops, oil equivalent — yield?
- Western Africa ranks 20th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is oilcrops, oil equivalent — yield rising or falling in Western Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.3%. 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 Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Yield. 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.