Tea leaves — Yield in Western Africa
Western Africa: Tea leaves — Yield was 6,724 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Tea leaves — Yield in Western Africa, 1974–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Western Africa recorded 6,724 kg/ha for tea leaves — yield in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.1% on the previous year and up 572.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tea leaves — yield in Western Africa peaked at 6,728 kg/ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 275 kg/ha, in 1987.
Western Africa ranks 11th of 20 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Tea leaves — Yield in Western Africa, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1974 | 500 kg/ha | — |
| 1975 | 500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 529.4 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 1978 | 555.6 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 1979 | 578.9 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 1980 | 328.2 kg/ha | -43.3% |
| 1981 | 490 kg/ha | +49.3% |
| 1982 | 361.9 kg/ha | -26.1% |
| 1983 | 400 kg/ha | +10.5% |
| 1984 | 415 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 1985 | 435 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 1986 | 445 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1987 | 275 kg/ha | -38.2% |
| 1988 | 415 kg/ha | +50.9% |
| 1989 | 1,585 kg/ha | +281.9% |
| 1990 | 706.7 kg/ha | -55.4% |
| 1991 | 707.7 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1992 | 766.7 kg/ha | +8.3% |
| 1993 | 791.4 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1994 | 784 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1995 | 673.3 kg/ha | -14.1% |
| 1996 | 690 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1997 | 555.6 kg/ha | -19.5% |
| 1998 | 666.7 kg/ha | +20.0% |
| 1999 | 760.9 kg/ha | +14.1% |
| 2000 | 871 kg/ha | +14.5% |
| 2001 | 1,033 kg/ha | +18.6% |
| 2002 | 1,147 kg/ha | +11.1% |
| 2003 | 1,313 kg/ha | +14.5% |
| 2004 | 1,390 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 2005 | 1,500 kg/ha | +7.9% |
| 2006 | 1,500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 1,500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 1,446 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 2009 | 1,385 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 2010 | 1,263 kg/ha | -8.8% |
| 2011 | 1,180 kg/ha | -6.5% |
| 2012 | 1,101 kg/ha | -6.7% |
| 2013 | 1,000 kg/ha | -9.2% |
| 2014 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 993 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2016 | 1,037 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 2017 | 1,061 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 2018 | 1,030 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 2019 | 1,078 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 2020 | 1,014 kg/ha | -6.0% |
| 2021 | 1,040 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 2022 | 1,044 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 6,728 kg/ha | +544.5% |
| 2024 | 6,724 kg/ha | -0.1% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Tea leaves — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | +544.5% | 1,044 kg/ha | 6,728 kg/ha |
| 1989 | +281.9% | 415 kg/ha | 1,585 kg/ha |
| 1990 | -55.4% | 1,585 kg/ha | 706.7 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 527.32 kg/ha | 500 kg/ha | 578.9 kg/ha | 6 |
| 1980s | 515.01 kg/ha | 275 kg/ha | 1,585 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 710.3 kg/ha | 555.6 kg/ha | 791.4 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,308 kg/ha | 871 kg/ha | 1,500 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,074 kg/ha | 993 kg/ha | 1,263 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,310 kg/ha | 1,014 kg/ha | 6,728 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Western Africa
- 8 Brazil 9,715 kg/ha compare
- 9 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 4,346 kg/ha compare
- 9 Mauritius 9,660 kg/ha compare
- 10 Ecuador 9,275 kg/ha compare
- 10 Lao People's Democratic Republic 2,379 kg/ha compare
- 11 Uganda 9,269 kg/ha compare
- 12 Democratic Republic of the Congo 60.7 kg/ha compare
- 12 Papua New Guinea 9,144 kg/ha compare
- 13 Japan 9,097 kg/ha compare
- 14 Malaysia 8,316 kg/ha compare
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- Vegetables Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) -2.77 % 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)
- Tomatoes — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 0.0113 % change on previous year (2024)
- Hen eggs in shell, fresh — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 5.56 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled (indigenous) — Gross 3.8 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tea leaves — yield in Western Africa?
- Tea leaves — yield in Western Africa was 6,724 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest tea leaves — yield recorded in Western Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 6,728 kg/ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest tea leaves — yield recorded in Western Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 275 kg/ha in 1987.
- How does Western Africa rank for tea leaves — yield?
- Western Africa ranks 11th out of 20 groups with data for 2024.
- Is tea leaves — yield rising or falling in Western Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 572.4%. 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 Tea leaves — 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.