Raw cane or beet sugar (centrifugal only) — Production in Western Africa
Western Africa: Raw cane or beet sugar (centrifugal only) — Production was 623,647 t in 2023. ◆ Volatile
Raw cane or beet sugar (centrifugal only) — Production in Western Africa, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for raw cane or beet sugar (centrifugal only) — production in Western Africa is 623,647 t, measured in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.5% on the previous year and up 41.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, raw cane or beet sugar (centrifugal only) — production in Western Africa peaked at 639,990 t in 2021 and was at its lowest, 3,070 t, in 1963.
Western Africa ranks 26th of 28 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Raw cane or beet sugar (centrifugal only) — Production in Western Africa, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 3,228 t | — |
| 1962 | 3,300 t | +2.2% |
| 1963 | 3,070 t | -7.0% |
| 1964 | 4,309 t | +40.4% |
| 1965 | 4,110 t | -4.6% |
| 1966 | 14,245 t | +246.6% |
| 1967 | 30,782 t | +116.1% |
| 1968 | 34,152 t | +10.9% |
| 1969 | 41,049 t | +20.2% |
| 1970 | 40,230 t | -2.0% |
| 1971 | 42,545 t | +5.8% |
| 1972 | 46,498 t | +9.3% |
| 1973 | 52,052 t | +11.9% |
| 1974 | 63,270 t | +21.6% |
| 1975 | 89,494 t | +41.4% |
| 1976 | 146,889 t | +64.1% |
| 1977 | 174,502 t | +18.8% |
| 1978 | 167,856 t | -3.8% |
| 1979 | 226,368 t | +34.9% |
| 1980 | 270,686 t | +19.6% |
| 1981 | 310,466 t | +14.7% |
| 1982 | 347,957 t | +12.1% |
| 1983 | 391,442 t | +12.5% |
| 1984 | 358,250 t | -8.5% |
| 1985 | 304,417 t | -15.0% |
| 1986 | 350,042 t | +15.0% |
| 1987 | 354,111 t | +1.2% |
| 1988 | 352,785 t | -0.4% |
| 1989 | 373,120 t | +5.8% |
| 1990 | 381,712 t | +2.3% |
| 1991 | 388,028 t | +1.7% |
| 1992 | 385,031 t | -0.8% |
| 1993 | 374,518 t | -2.7% |
| 1994 | 358,928 t | -4.2% |
| 1995 | 350,384 t | -2.4% |
| 1996 | 344,794 t | -1.6% |
| 1997 | 369,803 t | +7.3% |
| 1998 | 341,344 t | -7.7% |
| 1999 | 392,984 t | +15.1% |
| 2000 | 398,583 t | +1.4% |
| 2001 | 400,858 t | +0.6% |
| 2002 | 434,000 t | +8.3% |
| 2003 | 430,291 t | -0.9% |
| 2004 | 434,569 t | +1.0% |
| 2005 | 443,100 t | +2.0% |
| 2006 | 404,336 t | -8.7% |
| 2007 | 432,868 t | +7.1% |
| 2008 | 413,586 t | -4.5% |
| 2009 | 419,028 t | +1.3% |
| 2010 | 439,935 t | +5.0% |
| 2011 | 435,128 t | -1.1% |
| 2012 | 444,275 t | +2.1% |
| 2013 | 441,370 t | -0.7% |
| 2014 | 525,816 t | +19.1% |
| 2015 | 569,130 t | +8.2% |
| 2016 | 552,260 t | -3.0% |
| 2017 | 577,718 t | +4.6% |
| 2018 | 602,362 t | +4.3% |
| 2019 | 624,011 t | +3.6% |
| 2020 | 585,412 t | -6.2% |
| 2021 | 639,990 t | +9.3% |
| 2022 | 626,876 t | -2.0% |
| 2023 | 623,647 t | -0.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 15,361 t | 3,070 t | 41,049 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 104,970 t | 40,230 t | 226,368 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 341,328 t | 270,686 t | 391,442 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 368,753 t | 341,344 t | 392,984 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 421,122 t | 398,583 t | 443,100 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 521,200 t | 435,128 t | 624,011 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 618,981 t | 585,412 t | 639,990 t | 4 |
Countries ranked near Western Africa
- 23 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 1.32 million t compare
- 24 Belgium-Luxembourg 1.19 million t compare
- 25 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 1.08 million t compare
- 26 Peru 1.06 million t compare
- 27 Belgium 839,524 t compare
- 28 Yugoslav SFR 815,324 t compare
- 29 El Salvador 765,000 t compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is raw cane or beet sugar (centrifugal only) — production in Western Africa?
- Raw cane or beet sugar (centrifugal only) — production in Western Africa was 623,647 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest raw cane or beet sugar (centrifugal only) — production recorded in Western Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 639,990 t in 2021.
- What is the lowest raw cane or beet sugar (centrifugal only) — production recorded in Western Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,070 t in 1963.
- How does Western Africa rank for raw cane or beet sugar (centrifugal only) — production?
- Western Africa ranks 26th out of 28 groups with data for 2023.
- Is raw cane or beet sugar (centrifugal only) — production rising or falling in Western Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 41.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Western Africa data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Raw cane or beet sugar (centrifugal only) — Production. 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.