Oranges — Yield in Western Africa
Western Africa: Oranges — Yield was 17,749 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Oranges — Yield in Western Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Western Africa recorded 17,749 kg/ha for oranges — yield in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.6% on the previous year and down 7.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oranges — yield in Western Africa peaked at 19,493 kg/ha in 2013 and was at its lowest, 4,556 kg/ha, in 1961.
Western Africa ranks 14th of 27 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Oranges — Yield in Western Africa, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 4,556 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 5,073 kg/ha | +11.4% |
| 1963 | 4,919 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 1964 | 4,919 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 4,696 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 1966 | 5,020 kg/ha | +6.9% |
| 1967 | 5,229 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 1968 | 5,291 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1969 | 5,400 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1970 | 6,014 kg/ha | +11.4% |
| 1971 | 6,022 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1972 | 5,639 kg/ha | -6.4% |
| 1973 | 5,955 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 1974 | 6,010 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1975 | 6,017 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1976 | 5,665 kg/ha | -5.8% |
| 1977 | 5,358 kg/ha | -5.4% |
| 1978 | 5,479 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1979 | 5,315 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 1980 | 5,900 kg/ha | +11.0% |
| 1981 | 5,467 kg/ha | -7.3% |
| 1982 | 5,247 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 1983 | 6,771 kg/ha | +29.0% |
| 1984 | 6,083 kg/ha | -10.2% |
| 1985 | 5,504 kg/ha | -9.5% |
| 1986 | 5,226 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 1987 | 5,118 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 1988 | 5,184 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1989 | 5,321 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1990 | 4,787 kg/ha | -10.0% |
| 1991 | 5,245 kg/ha | +9.6% |
| 1992 | 5,412 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1993 | 5,557 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1994 | 5,670 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1995 | 6,207 kg/ha | +9.5% |
| 1996 | 6,554 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 1997 | 6,561 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1998 | 6,253 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 1999 | 6,496 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 2000 | 6,064 kg/ha | -6.6% |
| 2001 | 5,840 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 2002 | 7,327 kg/ha | +25.5% |
| 2003 | 7,902 kg/ha | +7.8% |
| 2004 | 8,144 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 2005 | 11,415 kg/ha | +40.2% |
| 2006 | 11,636 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2007 | 13,499 kg/ha | +16.0% |
| 2008 | 16,010 kg/ha | +18.6% |
| 2009 | 16,703 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 2010 | 17,367 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 2011 | 16,878 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 2012 | 17,719 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 2013 | 19,493 kg/ha | +10.0% |
| 2014 | 19,159 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 2015 | 19,163 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 18,905 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 2017 | 19,432 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 2018 | 18,899 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 2019 | 18,951 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2020 | 17,353 kg/ha | -8.4% |
| 2021 | 17,412 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2022 | 17,574 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2023 | 17,854 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2024 | 17,749 kg/ha | -0.6% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Oranges — Yield in Western Africa changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | +40.2% | 8,144 kg/ha | 11,415 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5,011 kg/ha | 4,556 kg/ha | 5,400 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 5,747 kg/ha | 5,315 kg/ha | 6,022 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 5,582 kg/ha | 5,118 kg/ha | 6,771 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 5,874 kg/ha | 4,787 kg/ha | 6,561 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 10,454 kg/ha | 5,840 kg/ha | 16,703 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 18,597 kg/ha | 16,878 kg/ha | 19,493 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 17,588 kg/ha | 17,353 kg/ha | 17,854 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Western Africa
- 11 Greece 31,201 kg/ha compare
- 12 Honduras 29,956 kg/ha compare
- 12 Lao People's Democratic Republic 8,604 kg/ha compare
- 13 Brazil 27,769 kg/ha compare
- 13 Timor-Leste 8,566 kg/ha compare
- 14 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 8,191 kg/ha compare
- 14 China, Taiwan Province of 26,371 kg/ha compare
- 15 Algeria 26,166 kg/ha compare
- 16 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 26,000 kg/ha compare
- 16 Polynesia 3,176 kg/ha compare
- 17 Mozambique 24,998 kg/ha compare
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- 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$) 2.75 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) 1.52 % change on previous year (2024)
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- Tomatoes — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 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 oranges — yield in Western Africa?
- Oranges — yield in Western Africa was 17,749 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oranges — yield recorded in Western Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 19,493 kg/ha in 2013.
- What is the lowest oranges — yield recorded in Western Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,556 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Western Africa rank for oranges — yield?
- Western Africa ranks 14th out of 27 groups with data for 2024.
- Is oranges — yield rising or falling in Western Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.4%. 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 Oranges — 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.