Palm kernels — Production in Western Africa
Western Africa: Palm kernels — Production was 819,717 t in 2023. ▲ Rising
Palm kernels — Production in Western Africa, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2023, palm kernels — production in Western Africa stood at 819,717 t. That is the highest value across all 63 years on record.
That represents a change of up 2.6% on the previous year and up 32.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, palm kernels — production in Western Africa peaked at 819,717 t in 2023 and was at its lowest, 430,313 t, in 1967.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 575,557 t | 430,313 t | 671,275 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 509,459 t | 447,144 t | 587,803 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 517,069 t | 472,965 t | 549,274 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 693,294 t | 547,500 t | 784,471 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 712,024 t | 505,838 t | 798,012 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 670,053 t | 602,965 t | 756,462 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 781,640 t | 729,465 t | 819,717 t | 4 |
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)
- Fat of pigs — Producing Animals/Slaughtered 14.80 million An (2024)
- Fat of pigs — Production 50,778 t (2024)
- Swine / pigs — Stocks 17.11 million An (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)
- Bananas — Production 8.72 million t (2024)
- Bananas — Area harvested 598,635 ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is palm kernels — production in Western Africa?
- Palm kernels — production in Western Africa was 819,717 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest palm kernels — production recorded in Western Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 819,717 t in 2023.
- What is the lowest palm kernels — production recorded in Western Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 430,313 t in 1967.
- How does Western Africa rank for palm kernels — production?
- Western Africa ranks 6th out of 18 groups with data for 2023.
- Is palm kernels — production rising or falling in Western Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 32.7%. 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 Palm kernels — Production. 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.