Roots and Tubers, Total — Production in Western Africa
Western Africa: Roots and Tubers, Total — Production was 221.94 million t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Roots and Tubers, Total — Production in Western Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for roots and tubers, total — production in Western Africa is 221.94 million t, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.4% on the previous year and up 38.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots and tubers, total — production in Western Africa peaked at 221.94 million t in 2024 and was at its lowest, 19.96 million t, in 1961.
Western Africa ranks 4th of 29 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Roots and Tubers, Total — Production in Western Africa, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 19.96 million t | — |
| 1962 | 20.67 million t | +3.6% |
| 1963 | 22.00 million t | +6.4% |
| 1964 | 23.03 million t | +4.7% |
| 1965 | 24.47 million t | +6.2% |
| 1966 | 25.84 million t | +5.6% |
| 1967 | 27.44 million t | +6.2% |
| 1968 | 27.96 million t | +1.9% |
| 1969 | 30.45 million t | +8.9% |
| 1970 | 33.24 million t | +9.2% |
| 1971 | 29.54 million t | -11.1% |
| 1972 | 27.14 million t | -8.1% |
| 1973 | 27.71 million t | +2.1% |
| 1974 | 27.70 million t | -0.0% |
| 1975 | 30.32 million t | +9.5% |
| 1976 | 28.47 million t | -6.1% |
| 1977 | 27.74 million t | -2.6% |
| 1978 | 28.60 million t | +3.1% |
| 1979 | 28.04 million t | -1.9% |
| 1980 | 27.65 million t | -1.4% |
| 1981 | 27.46 million t | -0.7% |
| 1982 | 28.46 million t | +3.7% |
| 1983 | 25.96 million t | -8.8% |
| 1984 | 29.13 million t | +12.2% |
| 1985 | 29.37 million t | +0.8% |
| 1986 | 31.46 million t | +7.1% |
| 1987 | 32.51 million t | +3.3% |
| 1988 | 39.70 million t | +22.1% |
| 1989 | 42.84 million t | +7.9% |
| 1990 | 47.66 million t | +11.3% |
| 1991 | 63.51 million t | +33.2% |
| 1992 | 69.36 million t | +9.2% |
| 1993 | 73.51 million t | +6.0% |
| 1994 | 75.20 million t | +2.3% |
| 1995 | 78.17 million t | +3.9% |
| 1996 | 80.40 million t | +2.9% |
| 1997 | 83.65 million t | +4.0% |
| 1998 | 86.21 million t | +3.1% |
| 1999 | 90.42 million t | +4.9% |
| 2000 | 90.93 million t | +0.6% |
| 2001 | 92.80 million t | +2.1% |
| 2002 | 99.28 million t | +7.0% |
| 2003 | 105.35 million t | +6.1% |
| 2004 | 110.19 million t | +4.6% |
| 2005 | 114.79 million t | +4.2% |
| 2006 | 123.02 million t | +7.2% |
| 2007 | 115.65 million t | -6.0% |
| 2008 | 126.80 million t | +9.6% |
| 2009 | 114.67 million t | -9.6% |
| 2010 | 130.63 million t | +13.9% |
| 2011 | 132.18 million t | +1.2% |
| 2012 | 137.80 million t | +4.3% |
| 2013 | 140.31 million t | +1.8% |
| 2014 | 160.45 million t | +14.4% |
| 2015 | 163.69 million t | +2.0% |
| 2016 | 177.42 million t | +8.4% |
| 2017 | 182.34 million t | +2.8% |
| 2018 | 194.84 million t | +6.9% |
| 2019 | 187.85 million t | -3.6% |
| 2020 | 194.32 million t | +3.4% |
| 2021 | 204.36 million t | +5.2% |
| 2022 | 211.80 million t | +3.6% |
| 2023 | 216.65 million t | +2.3% |
| 2024 | 221.94 million t | +2.4% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Roots and Tubers, Total — Production in Western Africa changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | +33.2% | 47.66 million t | 63.51 million t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 24.65 million t | 19.96 million t | 30.45 million t | 9 |
| 1970s | 28.85 million t | 27.14 million t | 33.24 million t | 10 |
| 1980s | 31.45 million t | 25.96 million t | 42.84 million t | 10 |
| 1990s | 74.81 million t | 47.66 million t | 90.42 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 109.35 million t | 90.93 million t | 126.80 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 160.75 million t | 130.63 million t | 194.84 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 209.81 million t | 194.32 million t | 221.94 million t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Western Africa
- 1 China 153.49 million t compare
- 2 China, mainland 153.18 million t compare
- 3 Nigeria 141.87 million t compare
- 4 Democratic Republic of the Congo 48.41 million t compare
- 4 India 65.62 million t compare
- 5 United Republic of Tanzania 13.33 million t compare
- 5 USSR 64.84 million t compare
- 6 Ghana 39.94 million t compare
- 6 Lao People's Democratic Republic 12.57 million t compare
- 7 Thailand 29.13 million t compare
- 7 Viet Nam 11.86 million t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Western Africa
- Cereals, primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 4.86 % 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)
- Crops — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand US$) 1.9 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled (indigenous) — Gross 3.8 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cabbages — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) -7.53 % change on previous year (2024)
- Hen eggs in shell, fresh — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 5.56 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is roots and tubers, total — production in Western Africa?
- Roots and tubers, total — production in Western Africa was 221.94 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest roots and tubers, total — production recorded in Western Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 221.94 million t in 2024.
- What is the lowest roots and tubers, total — production recorded in Western Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 19.96 million t in 1961.
- How does Western Africa rank for roots and tubers, total — production?
- Western Africa ranks 4th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is roots and tubers, total — production rising or falling in Western Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 38.3%. 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 Roots and Tubers, Total — Production. 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.