Sugar Crops Primary — Production in Western Africa
Western Africa: Sugar Crops Primary — Production was 7.51 million t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sugar Crops Primary — Production in Western Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Western Africa recorded 7.51 million t for sugar crops primary — production in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.4% on the previous year and up 18.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar crops primary — production in Western Africa peaked at 7.69 million t in 2022 and was at its lowest, 282,780 t, in 1961.
Western Africa ranks 25th of 29 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 564,399 t | 282,780 t | 822,320 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 1.74 million t | 881,886 t | 3.19 million t | 10 |
| 1980s | 4.23 million t | 3.89 million t | 4.51 million t | 10 |
| 1990s | 4.37 million t | 4.07 million t | 4.61 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 5.21 million t | 4.75 million t | 5.85 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 6.48 million t | 5.69 million t | 7.41 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 7.55 million t | 7.33 million t | 7.69 million t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Western Africa
More agriculture & rural data for Western Africa
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight 48 kg/An (2024)
- Edible offal of pigs, fresh, chilled or frozen — Production 39,798 t (2024)
- Edible offal of pigs, fresh, chilled or frozen — Producing 14.80 million An (2024)
- Bananas — Area harvested 598,635 ha (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested 39,728 ha (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 24,181 t (2024)
- Fat of pigs — Producing Animals/Slaughtered 14.80 million An (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production 710,078 t (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Producing 14.80 million An (2024)
- Tomatoes — Production 6.91 million t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sugar crops primary — production in Western Africa?
- Sugar crops primary — production in Western Africa was 7.51 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar crops primary — production recorded in Western Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 7.69 million t in 2022.
- What is the lowest sugar crops primary — production recorded in Western Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 282,780 t in 1961.
- How does Western Africa rank for sugar crops primary — production?
- Western Africa ranks 25th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is sugar crops primary — production rising or falling in Western Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 18.5%. 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 Sugar Crops Primary — 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.