Other pulses n.e.c. — Area harvested in Western Africa
Western Africa: Other pulses n.e.c. — Area harvested was 770,458 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Other pulses n.e.c. — Area harvested in Western Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for other pulses n.e.c. — area harvested in Western Africa is 770,458 ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 1.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, other pulses n.e.c. — area harvested in Western Africa peaked at 770,458 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 370,774 ha, in 1961.
That places Western Africa 8th out of 27 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.
Other pulses n.e.c. — Area harvested in Western Africa, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 370,774 ha | — |
| 1962 | 386,250 ha | +4.2% |
| 1963 | 386,688 ha | +0.1% |
| 1964 | 403,157 ha | +4.3% |
| 1965 | 410,362 ha | +1.8% |
| 1966 | 447,928 ha | +9.2% |
| 1967 | 458,437 ha | +2.3% |
| 1968 | 456,250 ha | -0.5% |
| 1969 | 488,850 ha | +7.1% |
| 1970 | 515,865 ha | +5.5% |
| 1971 | 515,821 ha | -0.0% |
| 1972 | 486,365 ha | -5.7% |
| 1973 | 434,902 ha | -10.6% |
| 1974 | 483,285 ha | +11.1% |
| 1975 | 490,300 ha | +1.5% |
| 1976 | 492,200 ha | +0.4% |
| 1977 | 509,546 ha | +3.5% |
| 1978 | 457,650 ha | -10.2% |
| 1979 | 472,687 ha | +3.3% |
| 1980 | 491,500 ha | +4.0% |
| 1981 | 528,890 ha | +7.6% |
| 1982 | 527,300 ha | -0.3% |
| 1983 | 489,039 ha | -7.3% |
| 1984 | 505,945 ha | +3.5% |
| 1985 | 474,533 ha | -6.2% |
| 1986 | 587,451 ha | +23.8% |
| 1987 | 567,959 ha | -3.3% |
| 1988 | 511,296 ha | -10.0% |
| 1989 | 585,021 ha | +14.4% |
| 1990 | 589,337 ha | +0.7% |
| 1991 | 526,607 ha | -10.6% |
| 1992 | 536,473 ha | +1.9% |
| 1993 | 524,154 ha | -2.3% |
| 1994 | 521,233 ha | -0.6% |
| 1995 | 513,924 ha | -1.4% |
| 1996 | 529,556 ha | +3.0% |
| 1997 | 544,183 ha | +2.8% |
| 1998 | 548,044 ha | +0.7% |
| 1999 | 543,170 ha | -0.9% |
| 2000 | 532,255 ha | -2.0% |
| 2001 | 504,371 ha | -5.2% |
| 2002 | 591,284 ha | +17.2% |
| 2003 | 607,902 ha | +2.8% |
| 2004 | 629,194 ha | +3.5% |
| 2005 | 661,045 ha | +5.1% |
| 2006 | 666,687 ha | +0.9% |
| 2007 | 698,101 ha | +4.7% |
| 2008 | 697,578 ha | -0.1% |
| 2009 | 716,206 ha | +2.7% |
| 2010 | 724,599 ha | +1.2% |
| 2011 | 730,869 ha | +0.9% |
| 2012 | 749,200 ha | +2.5% |
| 2013 | 755,983 ha | +0.9% |
| 2014 | 756,499 ha | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 769,104 ha | +1.7% |
| 2016 | 743,151 ha | -3.4% |
| 2017 | 748,823 ha | +0.8% |
| 2018 | 754,514 ha | +0.8% |
| 2019 | 761,781 ha | +1.0% |
| 2020 | 766,337 ha | +0.6% |
| 2021 | 766,632 ha | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 765,639 ha | -0.1% |
| 2023 | 769,343 ha | +0.5% |
| 2024 | 770,458 ha | +0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 423,188 ha | 370,774 ha | 488,850 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 485,862 ha | 434,902 ha | 515,865 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 526,893 ha | 474,533 ha | 587,451 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 537,668 ha | 513,924 ha | 589,337 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 630,462 ha | 504,371 ha | 716,206 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 749,452 ha | 724,599 ha | 769,104 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 767,682 ha | 765,639 ha | 770,458 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Western Africa
- 5 Ghana 282,061 ha compare
- 6 Poland 240,200 ha compare
- 6 United Republic of Tanzania 35,095 ha compare
- 7 Democratic Republic of the Congo 27,030 ha compare
- 7 Kenya 201,246 ha compare
- 8 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 22,192 ha compare
- 8 Nigeria 152,867 ha compare
- 9 Pakistan 140,559 ha compare
- 9 Melanesia 14,033 ha compare
- 10 Ethiopia PDR 127,000 ha compare
- 10 Türkiye 3,228 ha compare
- 11 Sierra Leone 119,429 ha compare
- 11 Syrian Arab Republic 3,199 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 other pulses n.e.c. — area harvested in Western Africa?
- Other pulses n.e.c. — area harvested in Western Africa was 770,458 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest other pulses n.e.c. — area harvested recorded in Western Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 770,458 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest other pulses n.e.c. — area harvested recorded in Western Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 370,774 ha in 1961.
- How does Western Africa rank for other pulses n.e.c. — area harvested?
- Western Africa ranks 8th out of 27 groups with data for 2024.
- Is other pulses n.e.c. — area harvested rising or falling in Western Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.8%. 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 Other pulses n.e.c. — Area harvested. 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.