Other fibre crops, raw, n.e.c. — Area harvested in Western Africa
Western Africa: Other fibre crops, raw, n.e.c. — Area harvested was 2,039 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Other fibre crops, raw, n.e.c. — Area harvested in Western Africa, 1991–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Western Africa recorded 2,039 ha for other fibre crops, raw, n.e.c. — area harvested in 2024. That is the highest value across all 34 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.1% on the previous year and up 1.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, other fibre crops, raw, n.e.c. — area harvested in Western Africa peaked at 2,039 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 900 ha, in 1994.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 34 years of available data.
Other fibre crops, raw, n.e.c. — Area harvested in Western Africa, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 1,003 ha | — |
| 1992 | 1,002 ha | -0.1% |
| 1993 | 1,004 ha | +0.2% |
| 1994 | 900 ha | -10.4% |
| 1995 | 900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 950 ha | +5.6% |
| 1998 | 970 ha | +2.1% |
| 1999 | 1,000 ha | +3.1% |
| 2000 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 1,200 ha | +20.0% |
| 2002 | 1,250 ha | +4.2% |
| 2003 | 1,400 ha | +12.0% |
| 2004 | 1,500 ha | +7.1% |
| 2005 | 1,700 ha | +13.3% |
| 2006 | 1,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 1,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 1,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 1,750 ha | +2.9% |
| 2010 | 1,800 ha | +2.9% |
| 2011 | 1,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 1,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 1,850 ha | +2.8% |
| 2014 | 2,000 ha | +8.1% |
| 2015 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 1,998 ha | -0.1% |
| 2024 | 2,039 ha | +2.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 958.78 ha | 900 ha | 1,004 ha | 9 |
| 2000s | 1,490 ha | 1,000 ha | 1,750 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,925 ha | 1,800 ha | 2,000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,007 ha | 1,998 ha | 2,039 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is other fibre crops, raw, n.e.c. — area harvested in Western Africa?
- Other fibre crops, raw, n.e.c. — area harvested in Western Africa was 2,039 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest other fibre crops, raw, n.e.c. — area harvested recorded in Western Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 2,039 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest other fibre crops, raw, n.e.c. — area harvested recorded in Western Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 900 ha in 1994.
- How does Western Africa rank for other fibre crops, raw, n.e.c. — area harvested?
- Western Africa ranks 14th out of 16 groups with data for 2024.
- Is other fibre crops, raw, n.e.c. — area harvested rising or falling in Western Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.9%. 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 Other fibre crops, raw, n.e.c. — 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.