Plantains and cooking bananas — Area harvested in Western Africa
Western Africa: Plantains and cooking bananas — Area harvested was 1.20 million ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Plantains and cooking bananas — Area harvested in Western Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Western Africa recorded 1.20 million ha for plantains and cooking bananas — area harvested in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.8% on the previous year and up 28.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, plantains and cooking bananas — area harvested in Western Africa peaked at 1.20 million ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 622,282 ha, in 1993.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Plantains and cooking bananas — Area harvested in Western Africa, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 706,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 751,000 ha | +6.4% |
| 1963 | 736,000 ha | -2.0% |
| 1964 | 762,000 ha | +3.5% |
| 1965 | 777,000 ha | +2.0% |
| 1966 | 784,000 ha | +0.9% |
| 1967 | 797,000 ha | +1.7% |
| 1968 | 797,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 808,000 ha | +1.4% |
| 1970 | 788,000 ha | -2.5% |
| 1971 | 812,000 ha | +3.0% |
| 1972 | 837,300 ha | +3.1% |
| 1973 | 832,300 ha | -0.6% |
| 1974 | 867,300 ha | +4.2% |
| 1975 | 962,400 ha | +11.0% |
| 1976 | 953,700 ha | -0.9% |
| 1977 | 906,300 ha | -5.0% |
| 1978 | 893,900 ha | -1.4% |
| 1979 | 812,500 ha | -9.1% |
| 1980 | 707,800 ha | -12.9% |
| 1981 | 717,100 ha | +1.3% |
| 1982 | 735,500 ha | +2.6% |
| 1983 | 702,500 ha | -4.5% |
| 1984 | 820,900 ha | +16.9% |
| 1985 | 856,500 ha | +4.3% |
| 1986 | 781,100 ha | -8.8% |
| 1987 | 743,450 ha | -4.8% |
| 1988 | 754,480 ha | +1.5% |
| 1989 | 801,900 ha | +6.3% |
| 1990 | 729,872 ha | -9.0% |
| 1991 | 625,866 ha | -14.2% |
| 1992 | 628,473 ha | +0.4% |
| 1993 | 622,282 ha | -1.0% |
| 1994 | 678,385 ha | +9.0% |
| 1995 | 716,313 ha | +5.6% |
| 1996 | 719,613 ha | +0.5% |
| 1997 | 740,597 ha | +2.9% |
| 1998 | 791,858 ha | +6.9% |
| 1999 | 827,820 ha | +4.5% |
| 2000 | 808,348 ha | -2.4% |
| 2001 | 818,048 ha | +1.2% |
| 2002 | 819,769 ha | +0.2% |
| 2003 | 818,944 ha | -0.1% |
| 2004 | 805,745 ha | -1.6% |
| 2005 | 806,317 ha | +0.1% |
| 2006 | 807,438 ha | +0.1% |
| 2007 | 805,964 ha | -0.2% |
| 2008 | 825,821 ha | +2.5% |
| 2009 | 851,616 ha | +3.1% |
| 2010 | 867,797 ha | +1.9% |
| 2011 | 884,761 ha | +2.0% |
| 2012 | 899,021 ha | +1.6% |
| 2013 | 909,809 ha | +1.2% |
| 2014 | 935,249 ha | +2.8% |
| 2015 | 954,424 ha | +2.1% |
| 2016 | 971,207 ha | +1.8% |
| 2017 | 1.01 million ha | +3.6% |
| 2018 | 1.06 million ha | +5.8% |
| 2019 | 1.06 million ha | -0.0% |
| 2020 | 1.09 million ha | +2.6% |
| 2021 | 1.09 million ha | +0.2% |
| 2022 | 1.12 million ha | +2.3% |
| 2023 | 1.18 million ha | +5.6% |
| 2024 | 1.20 million ha | +1.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 768,667 ha | 706,000 ha | 808,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 866,570 ha | 788,000 ha | 962,400 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 762,123 ha | 702,500 ha | 856,500 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 708,108 ha | 622,282 ha | 827,820 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 816,801 ha | 805,745 ha | 851,616 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 955,800 ha | 867,797 ha | 1.06 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.14 million ha | 1.09 million ha | 1.20 million ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Western Africa
- 4 Colombia 281,914 ha compare
- 5 Philippines 263,973 ha compare
- 5 United Republic of Tanzania 320,143 ha compare
- 6 Nigeria 162,000 ha compare
- 7 Peru 156,483 ha compare
- 7 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 56,130 ha compare
- 8 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 41,631 ha compare
- 8 Ecuador 134,450 ha compare
- 9 Côte d'Ivoire 641,598 ha compare
- 9 Guinea 114,996 ha compare
- 9 Micronesia (Federated States of) 609 ha compare
- 9 Micronesia 609 ha compare
- 10 Myanmar 105,786 ha compare
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- Sheep and Goats — Stocks, annual growth rate 2.58 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sheep and Goat Meat — Production, annual growth rate 1.12 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, annual growth -0.0843 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cabbages — Production, annual growth rate -7.53 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is plantains and cooking bananas — area harvested in Western Africa?
- Plantains and cooking bananas — area harvested in Western Africa was 1.20 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest plantains and cooking bananas — area harvested recorded in Western Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 1.20 million ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest plantains and cooking bananas — area harvested recorded in Western Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 622,282 ha in 1993.
- How does Western Africa rank for plantains and cooking bananas — area harvested?
- Western Africa ranks 7th out of 15 groups with data for 2024.
- Is plantains and cooking bananas — area harvested rising or falling in Western Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 28.7%. 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 Plantains and cooking bananas — 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.