Papayas — Yield in Western Africa
Western Africa: Papayas — Yield was 9,327 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Papayas — Yield in Western Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for papayas — yield in Western Africa is 9,327 kg/ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 0.5% on the previous year and up 4.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, papayas — yield in Western Africa peaked at 9,327 kg/ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 7,262 kg/ha, in 1961.
That places Western Africa 19th out of 21 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Papayas — Yield in Western Africa, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 7,262 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 7,262 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 7,262 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 7,262 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 7,618 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 1966 | 7,618 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 7,634 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1968 | 7,636 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 7,637 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 7,899 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1971 | 7,914 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1972 | 7,915 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 7,917 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 7,945 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1975 | 7,754 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 1976 | 7,754 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 7,752 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1978 | 7,752 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 7,777 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1980 | 7,437 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 1981 | 7,460 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1982 | 7,460 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 7,482 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1984 | 7,482 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 7,455 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1986 | 7,455 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 7,457 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 7,457 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 8,184 kg/ha | +9.7% |
| 1990 | 7,982 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 1991 | 8,048 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1992 | 8,106 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1993 | 8,044 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1994 | 8,092 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1995 | 8,131 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1996 | 8,168 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1997 | 8,250 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1998 | 8,360 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1999 | 8,359 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2000 | 8,353 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2001 | 8,326 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2002 | 8,307 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2003 | 8,290 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2004 | 8,282 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2005 | 8,254 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2006 | 8,266 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2007 | 8,176 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2008 | 7,960 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 2009 | 7,955 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2010 | 7,978 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2011 | 7,993 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2012 | 7,996 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 8,352 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 2014 | 8,907 kg/ha | +6.6% |
| 2015 | 9,246 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 2016 | 9,075 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 2017 | 8,772 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 2018 | 8,965 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2019 | 8,894 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2020 | 8,756 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2021 | 9,017 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 2022 | 9,187 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2023 | 9,282 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2024 | 9,327 kg/ha | +0.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 7,466 kg/ha | 7,262 kg/ha | 7,637 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 7,838 kg/ha | 7,752 kg/ha | 7,945 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 7,533 kg/ha | 7,437 kg/ha | 8,184 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 8,154 kg/ha | 7,982 kg/ha | 8,360 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 8,217 kg/ha | 7,955 kg/ha | 8,353 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 8,618 kg/ha | 7,978 kg/ha | 9,246 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 9,114 kg/ha | 8,756 kg/ha | 9,327 kg/ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is papayas — yield in Western Africa?
- Papayas — yield in Western Africa was 9,327 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest papayas — yield recorded in Western Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 9,327 kg/ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest papayas — yield recorded in Western Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 7,262 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Western Africa rank for papayas — yield?
- Western Africa ranks 19th out of 21 groups with data for 2024.
- Is papayas — yield rising or falling in Western Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.7%. 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 Papayas — Yield. 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.