Soya beans — Yield in Western Africa
Western Africa: Soya beans — Yield was 1,068 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Soya beans — Yield in Western Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, soya beans — yield in Western Africa stood at 1,068 kg/ha.
That represents a change of down 7.3% on the previous year and up 3.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, soya beans — yield in Western Africa peaked at 1,266 kg/ha in 2010 and was at its lowest, 229.3 kg/ha, in 1983.
That places Western Africa 27th out of 27 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Soya beans — Yield in Western Africa, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 349.4 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 364.6 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 1963 | 367.9 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1964 | 327.9 kg/ha | -10.9% |
| 1965 | 304.8 kg/ha | -7.0% |
| 1966 | 324.5 kg/ha | +6.5% |
| 1967 | 360.5 kg/ha | +11.1% |
| 1968 | 350.7 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 1969 | 386.5 kg/ha | +10.2% |
| 1970 | 314.1 kg/ha | -18.7% |
| 1971 | 315.2 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1972 | 315.2 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 320.1 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1974 | 325.5 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1975 | 325.5 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 318.7 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 1977 | 319 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1978 | 301.7 kg/ha | -5.4% |
| 1979 | 294.5 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 1980 | 288.8 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 1981 | 268.6 kg/ha | -7.0% |
| 1982 | 240.1 kg/ha | -10.6% |
| 1983 | 229.3 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 1984 | 235.5 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1985 | 306.2 kg/ha | +30.0% |
| 1986 | 335.9 kg/ha | +9.7% |
| 1987 | 335.8 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1988 | 344.9 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1989 | 403.1 kg/ha | +16.9% |
| 1990 | 307.1 kg/ha | -23.8% |
| 1991 | 319.2 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 1992 | 314.3 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1993 | 318.3 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1994 | 309.9 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 1995 | 473.9 kg/ha | +52.9% |
| 1996 | 644.1 kg/ha | +35.9% |
| 1997 | 667.5 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 1998 | 737.1 kg/ha | +10.4% |
| 1999 | 800.6 kg/ha | +8.6% |
| 2000 | 826.6 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 2001 | 837.7 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2002 | 854.1 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2003 | 888.8 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 2004 | 889.7 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2005 | 939.3 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 2006 | 936.4 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2007 | 893 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 2008 | 1,024 kg/ha | +14.6% |
| 2009 | 824.1 kg/ha | -19.5% |
| 2010 | 1,266 kg/ha | +53.6% |
| 2011 | 921.3 kg/ha | -27.2% |
| 2012 | 1,022 kg/ha | +11.0% |
| 2013 | 858.3 kg/ha | -16.1% |
| 2014 | 1,034 kg/ha | +20.5% |
| 2015 | 1,002 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 2016 | 924 kg/ha | -7.8% |
| 2017 | 942.5 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2018 | 961 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2019 | 1,006 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 2020 | 1,095 kg/ha | +8.8% |
| 2021 | 1,118 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 2022 | 1,163 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 2023 | 1,152 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2024 | 1,068 kg/ha | -7.3% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Soya beans — Yield 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | +53.6% | 824.1 kg/ha | 1,266 kg/ha |
| 1995 | +52.9% | 309.9 kg/ha | 473.9 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 348.53 kg/ha | 304.8 kg/ha | 386.5 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 314.95 kg/ha | 294.5 kg/ha | 325.5 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 298.82 kg/ha | 229.3 kg/ha | 403.1 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 489.2 kg/ha | 307.1 kg/ha | 800.6 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 891.35 kg/ha | 824.1 kg/ha | 1,024 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 993.74 kg/ha | 858.3 kg/ha | 1,266 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,119 kg/ha | 1,068 kg/ha | 1,163 kg/ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is soya beans — yield in Western Africa?
- Soya beans — yield in Western Africa was 1,068 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest soya beans — yield recorded in Western Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 1,266 kg/ha in 2010.
- What is the lowest soya beans — yield recorded in Western Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 229.3 kg/ha in 1983.
- How does Western Africa rank for soya beans — yield?
- Western Africa ranks 27th out of 27 groups with data for 2024.
- Is soya beans — yield rising or falling in Western Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.3%. 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 Soya beans — 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.