Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in Western Africa
Western Africa: Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield was 7,617 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in Western Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, roots and tubers, total — yield in Western Africa stood at 7,617 kg/ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.8% on the previous year and down 5.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots and tubers, total — yield in Western Africa peaked at 10,190 kg/ha in 2010 and was at its lowest, 6,819 kg/ha, in 1984.
That places Western Africa 27th out of 29 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.
Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in Western Africa, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 7,280 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 6,890 kg/ha | -5.4% |
| 1963 | 7,210 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 1964 | 7,144 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1965 | 7,554 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 1966 | 7,686 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1967 | 7,840 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1968 | 7,533 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 1969 | 8,016 kg/ha | +6.4% |
| 1970 | 7,949 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1971 | 7,231 kg/ha | -9.0% |
| 1972 | 6,905 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 1973 | 7,045 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1974 | 7,606 kg/ha | +8.0% |
| 1975 | 8,056 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 1976 | 7,807 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 1977 | 7,934 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1978 | 8,271 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 1979 | 7,939 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 1980 | 8,160 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1981 | 7,146 kg/ha | -12.4% |
| 1982 | 7,013 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 1983 | 6,848 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1984 | 6,819 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1985 | 7,359 kg/ha | +7.9% |
| 1986 | 7,548 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1987 | 7,700 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1988 | 8,727 kg/ha | +13.3% |
| 1989 | 8,614 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1990 | 9,314 kg/ha | +8.1% |
| 1991 | 9,298 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1992 | 9,522 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1993 | 9,708 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1994 | 9,632 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1995 | 9,512 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1996 | 9,446 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1997 | 10,145 kg/ha | +7.4% |
| 1998 | 9,442 kg/ha | -6.9% |
| 1999 | 8,813 kg/ha | -6.7% |
| 2000 | 8,843 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2001 | 8,791 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2002 | 8,991 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 2003 | 9,224 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 2004 | 9,544 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 2005 | 9,687 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2006 | 10,114 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 2007 | 9,148 kg/ha | -9.6% |
| 2008 | 9,840 kg/ha | +7.6% |
| 2009 | 9,591 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 2010 | 10,190 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 2011 | 8,796 kg/ha | -13.7% |
| 2012 | 7,844 kg/ha | -10.8% |
| 2013 | 7,468 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 2014 | 8,040 kg/ha | +7.7% |
| 2015 | 7,697 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 2016 | 8,801 kg/ha | +14.3% |
| 2017 | 8,900 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2018 | 9,214 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 2019 | 7,327 kg/ha | -20.5% |
| 2020 | 7,374 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2021 | 7,491 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2022 | 7,727 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 2023 | 7,758 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2024 | 7,617 kg/ha | -1.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 7,461 kg/ha | 6,890 kg/ha | 8,016 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 7,674 kg/ha | 6,905 kg/ha | 8,271 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 7,594 kg/ha | 6,819 kg/ha | 8,727 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 9,483 kg/ha | 8,813 kg/ha | 10,145 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 9,377 kg/ha | 8,791 kg/ha | 10,114 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 8,428 kg/ha | 7,327 kg/ha | 10,190 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 7,593 kg/ha | 7,374 kg/ha | 7,758 kg/ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is roots and tubers, total — yield in Western Africa?
- Roots and tubers, total — yield in Western Africa was 7,617 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest roots and tubers, total — yield recorded in Western Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 10,190 kg/ha in 2010.
- What is the lowest roots and tubers, total — yield recorded in Western Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 6,819 kg/ha in 1984.
- How does Western Africa rank for roots and tubers, total — yield?
- Western Africa ranks 27th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is roots and tubers, total — yield rising or falling in Western Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.3%. 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 Roots and Tubers, Total — 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.