Rice — Yield in Western Africa
Western Africa: Rice — Yield was 2,162 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Rice — Yield in Western Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Western Africa recorded 2,162 kg/ha for rice — yield in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.9% on the previous year and up 4.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rice — yield in Western Africa peaked at 2,162 kg/ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 934.2 kg/ha, in 1961.
That places Western Africa 27th out of 27 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.
Rice — Yield in Western Africa, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 934.2 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,023 kg/ha | +9.5% |
| 1963 | 1,079 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 1964 | 1,064 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1965 | 1,078 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1966 | 1,209 kg/ha | +12.2% |
| 1967 | 1,276 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 1968 | 1,275 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1969 | 1,328 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 1970 | 1,253 kg/ha | -5.7% |
| 1971 | 1,278 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1972 | 1,300 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1973 | 1,239 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 1974 | 1,415 kg/ha | +14.2% |
| 1975 | 1,408 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1976 | 1,300 kg/ha | -7.6% |
| 1977 | 1,309 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1978 | 1,387 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 1979 | 1,340 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 1980 | 1,416 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 1981 | 1,485 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 1982 | 1,482 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1983 | 1,456 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1984 | 1,550 kg/ha | +6.4% |
| 1985 | 1,589 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1986 | 1,578 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1987 | 1,684 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 1988 | 1,621 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 1989 | 1,684 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 1990 | 1,688 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1991 | 1,678 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1992 | 1,675 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1993 | 1,754 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 1994 | 1,446 kg/ha | -17.5% |
| 1995 | 1,546 kg/ha | +6.9% |
| 1996 | 1,706 kg/ha | +10.3% |
| 1997 | 1,588 kg/ha | -6.9% |
| 1998 | 1,655 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 1999 | 1,669 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2000 | 1,653 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2001 | 1,531 kg/ha | -7.4% |
| 2002 | 1,524 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2003 | 1,596 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 2004 | 1,572 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2005 | 1,622 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 2006 | 1,679 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 2007 | 1,597 kg/ha | -4.9% |
| 2008 | 1,986 kg/ha | +24.3% |
| 2009 | 2,038 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 2010 | 1,852 kg/ha | -9.1% |
| 2011 | 1,943 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 2012 | 1,937 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2013 | 2,004 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 2014 | 2,061 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2015 | 2,048 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2016 | 2,032 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2017 | 2,059 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2018 | 2,022 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 2019 | 2,157 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 2020 | 2,146 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2021 | 2,125 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2022 | 2,119 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2023 | 2,144 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2024 | 2,162 kg/ha | +0.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,141 kg/ha | 934.2 kg/ha | 1,328 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,323 kg/ha | 1,239 kg/ha | 1,415 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,554 kg/ha | 1,416 kg/ha | 1,684 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,641 kg/ha | 1,446 kg/ha | 1,754 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,680 kg/ha | 1,524 kg/ha | 2,038 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,011 kg/ha | 1,852 kg/ha | 2,157 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,139 kg/ha | 2,119 kg/ha | 2,162 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Western Africa
More agriculture & rural data for Western Africa
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- Vegetables Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) -2.77 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables and Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant) -1.47 % change on previous year (2024)
- Roots and Tubers, Total — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 2.73 % change on previous year (2024)
- Livestock — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand US$) 2.75 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) 1.52 % change on previous year (2024)
- Food — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand US$) 1.93 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tomatoes — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 0.0113 % change on previous year (2024)
- Hen eggs in shell, fresh — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 5.56 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled (indigenous) — Gross 3.8 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is rice — yield in Western Africa?
- Rice — yield in Western Africa was 2,162 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest rice — yield recorded in Western Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 2,162 kg/ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest rice — yield recorded in Western Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 934.2 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Western Africa rank for rice — yield?
- Western Africa ranks 27th out of 27 groups with data for 2024.
- Is rice — yield rising or falling in Western Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.9%. 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 Rice — Yield. 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.