Papayas — Area harvested in Western Africa
Western Africa: Papayas — Area harvested was 107,993 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Papayas — Area harvested in Western Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, papayas — area harvested in Western Africa stood at 107,993 ha. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.1% on the previous year and up 3.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, papayas — area harvested in Western Africa peaked at 107,993 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 35,250 ha, in 1961.
That places Western Africa 5th out of 21 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Papayas — Area harvested in Western Africa, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 35,250 ha | — |
| 1962 | 35,250 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 35,250 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 35,250 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 40,300 ha | +14.3% |
| 1966 | 40,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 40,350 ha | +0.1% |
| 1968 | 40,350 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 40,350 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 45,350 ha | +12.4% |
| 1971 | 45,400 ha | +0.1% |
| 1972 | 45,400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 45,400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 45,500 ha | +0.2% |
| 1975 | 50,500 ha | +11.0% |
| 1976 | 50,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 50,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 50,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 50,600 ha | +0.2% |
| 1980 | 55,600 ha | +9.9% |
| 1981 | 55,700 ha | +0.2% |
| 1982 | 55,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 55,800 ha | +0.2% |
| 1984 | 55,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 56,000 ha | +0.4% |
| 1986 | 56,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 56,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 56,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 63,000 ha | +12.5% |
| 1990 | 67,860 ha | +7.7% |
| 1991 | 68,876 ha | +1.5% |
| 1992 | 70,955 ha | +3.0% |
| 1993 | 80,072 ha | +12.8% |
| 1994 | 81,219 ha | +1.4% |
| 1995 | 83,268 ha | +2.5% |
| 1996 | 84,916 ha | +2.0% |
| 1997 | 85,758 ha | +1.0% |
| 1998 | 93,821 ha | +9.4% |
| 1999 | 93,645 ha | -0.2% |
| 2000 | 93,329 ha | -0.3% |
| 2001 | 94,135 ha | +0.9% |
| 2002 | 95,362 ha | +1.3% |
| 2003 | 95,406 ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 95,655 ha | +0.3% |
| 2005 | 96,417 ha | +0.8% |
| 2006 | 96,727 ha | +0.3% |
| 2007 | 99,251 ha | +2.6% |
| 2008 | 100,126 ha | +0.9% |
| 2009 | 100,349 ha | +0.2% |
| 2010 | 100,398 ha | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 101,526 ha | +1.1% |
| 2012 | 103,816 ha | +2.3% |
| 2013 | 103,540 ha | -0.3% |
| 2014 | 104,600 ha | +1.0% |
| 2015 | 103,295 ha | -1.2% |
| 2016 | 101,369 ha | -1.9% |
| 2017 | 100,569 ha | -0.8% |
| 2018 | 103,312 ha | +2.7% |
| 2019 | 105,070 ha | +1.7% |
| 2020 | 106,627 ha | +1.5% |
| 2021 | 106,201 ha | -0.4% |
| 2022 | 107,378 ha | +1.1% |
| 2023 | 107,852 ha | +0.4% |
| 2024 | 107,993 ha | +0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 38,072 ha | 35,250 ha | 40,350 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 47,965 ha | 45,350 ha | 50,600 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 56,560 ha | 55,600 ha | 63,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 81,039 ha | 67,860 ha | 93,821 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 96,676 ha | 93,329 ha | 100,349 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 102,750 ha | 100,398 ha | 105,070 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 107,210 ha | 106,201 ha | 107,993 ha | 5 |
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- Citrus Fruit, Total — Area harvested 1.02 million ha (2024)
- Fruit Primary — Production 35.55 million t (2024)
- Fruit Primary — Yield 7,426 kg/ha (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is papayas — area harvested in Western Africa?
- Papayas — area harvested in Western Africa was 107,993 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest papayas — area harvested recorded in Western Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 107,993 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest papayas — area harvested recorded in Western Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 35,250 ha in 1961.
- How does Western Africa rank for papayas — area harvested?
- Western Africa ranks 5th out of 21 groups with data for 2024.
- Is papayas — area harvested rising or falling in Western Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.2%. 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 Papayas — 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.