Sweet potatoes — Production in Western Africa
Western Africa: Sweet potatoes — Production was 6,101 1000 t in 2023. ▲ Rising
Sweet potatoes — Production in Western Africa, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sweet potatoes — production in Western Africa is 6,101 1000 t, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
The figure is up 1.2% on the previous year and up 19.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — production in Western Africa peaked at 6,101 1000 t in 2023 and was at its lowest, 4,555 1000 t, in 2010.
Western Africa ranks 8th of 25 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Sweet potatoes — Production in Western Africa, year by year
| Year | 1000 t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 4,555 1000 t | — |
| 2011 | 4,699 1000 t | +3.2% |
| 2012 | 4,858 1000 t | +3.4% |
| 2013 | 5,126 1000 t | +5.5% |
| 2014 | 5,007 1000 t | -2.3% |
| 2015 | 5,124 1000 t | +2.3% |
| 2016 | 5,386 1000 t | +5.1% |
| 2017 | 6,034 1000 t | +12.0% |
| 2018 | 5,576 1000 t | -7.6% |
| 2019 | 5,283 1000 t | -5.3% |
| 2020 | 5,804 1000 t | +9.9% |
| 2021 | 5,951 1000 t | +2.5% |
| 2022 | 6,031 1000 t | +1.3% |
| 2023 | 6,101 1000 t | +1.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 5,165 1000 t | 4,555 1000 t | 6,034 1000 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 5,972 1000 t | 5,804 1000 t | 6,101 1000 t | 4 |
Countries ranked near Western Africa
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- Citrus Fruit, Total — Area harvested 1.02 million ha (2024)
- Fruit Primary — Production 35.55 million t (2024)
- Fruit Primary — Yield 7,426 kg/ha (2024)
- Fruit Primary — Area harvested 4.79 million ha (2024)
- Eggs Primary — Laying 259,970 1000 An (2024)
- Eggs Primary — Production 1.13 million t (2024)
- Eggs Primary — Yield/Carcass Weight 4,338 g/An (2024)
- Citrus Fruit, Total — Production 6.13 million t (2024)
- Citrus Fruit, Total — Yield 5,999 kg/ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sweet potatoes — production in Western Africa?
- Sweet potatoes — production in Western Africa was 6,101 1000 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — production recorded in Western Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 6,101 1000 t in 2023.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — production recorded in Western Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,555 1000 t in 2010.
- How does Western Africa rank for sweet potatoes — production?
- Western Africa ranks 8th out of 25 groups with data for 2023.
- Is sweet potatoes — production rising or falling in Western Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 19.0%. 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 Sweet potatoes — Production. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
A food balance sheet presents a comprehensive picture of the pattern of a country's food supply during a specified reference period. The food balance sheet shows for each food item - i.e. each primary commodity and a number of processed commodities potentially available for human consumption - the sources of supply and its utilization. The total quantity of foodstuffs produced in a country added to the total quantity imported and adjusted to any change in stocks that may have occurred since the beginning of the reference period gives the supply available during that period. On the utilization side a distinction is made between the quantities exported, fed to livestock, used for seed, put to manufacture for food use and non-food uses, losses during storage and transportation, and food supplies available for human consumption. The per caput supply of each such food item available for human consumption is then obtained by dividing the respective quantity by the related data on the population actually partaking of it. Data on per capita food supplies are expressed in terms of quantity and - by applying appropriate food composition factors for all primary and processed products - also in terms of caloric value and protein and fat content.