Oranges — Area harvested in Western Africa
Western Africa: Oranges — Area harvested was 84,429 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Oranges — Area harvested in Western Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, oranges — area harvested in Western Africa stood at 84,429 ha. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 1.6% on the previous year and up 76.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oranges — area harvested in Western Africa peaked at 84,429 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 12,300 ha, in 1962.
Western Africa ranks 14th of 35 regions on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 15,501 ha | 12,300 ha | 19,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 25,728 ha | 16,520 ha | 36,100 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 33,630 ha | 30,920 ha | 39,760 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 47,188 ha | 29,562 ha | 62,828 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 60,996 ha | 51,578 ha | 76,095 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 61,340 ha | 47,763 ha | 74,742 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 80,717 ha | 77,546 ha | 84,429 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Western Africa
More agriculture & rural data for Western Africa
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight 48 kg/An (2024)
- Swine / pigs — Stocks 17.11 million An (2024)
- Fat of pigs — Producing Animals/Slaughtered 14.80 million An (2024)
- Fat of pigs — Production 50,778 t (2024)
- Tomatoes — Area harvested 1.05 million ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield 6,608 kg/ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Production 6.91 million t (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested 39,728 ha (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production 710,078 t (2024)
- Bananas — Area harvested 598,635 ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is oranges — area harvested in Western Africa?
- Oranges — area harvested in Western Africa was 84,429 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oranges — area harvested recorded in Western Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 84,429 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest oranges — area harvested recorded in Western Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 12,300 ha in 1962.
- How does Western Africa rank for oranges — area harvested?
- Western Africa ranks 14th out of 35 regions with data for 2024.
- Is oranges — area harvested rising or falling in Western Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 76.8%. 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 Oranges — 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.