Tomatoes — Yield in Western Africa
Western Africa: Tomatoes — Yield was 6,608 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Tomatoes — Yield in Western Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Western Africa recorded 6,608 kg/ha for tomatoes — yield in 2024.
That represents a change of up 1.4% on the previous year and down 21.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tomatoes — yield in Western Africa peaked at 9,267 kg/ha in 1990 and was at its lowest, 5,032 kg/ha, in 2013.
That places Western Africa 29th out of 29 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Tomatoes — Yield in Western Africa, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 8,176 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 8,271 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1963 | 8,425 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1964 | 8,223 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 1965 | 7,902 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 1966 | 7,941 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1967 | 7,694 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 1968 | 7,658 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1969 | 7,826 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1970 | 7,448 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 1971 | 7,397 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1972 | 6,799 kg/ha | -8.1% |
| 1973 | 6,714 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1974 | 6,883 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1975 | 7,282 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 1976 | 7,138 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1977 | 8,174 kg/ha | +14.5% |
| 1978 | 7,168 kg/ha | -12.3% |
| 1979 | 7,240 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1980 | 7,473 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1981 | 7,802 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 1982 | 8,104 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 1983 | 8,004 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1984 | 8,088 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1985 | 8,489 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 1986 | 8,547 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1987 | 8,089 kg/ha | -5.4% |
| 1988 | 8,615 kg/ha | +6.5% |
| 1989 | 8,731 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1990 | 9,267 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 1991 | 8,690 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 1992 | 8,630 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1993 | 8,696 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1994 | 8,604 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1995 | 9,144 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 1996 | 9,086 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1997 | 8,218 kg/ha | -9.6% |
| 1998 | 7,849 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 1999 | 8,499 kg/ha | +8.3% |
| 2000 | 6,272 kg/ha | -26.2% |
| 2001 | 6,275 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2002 | 6,319 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2003 | 6,542 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 2004 | 7,644 kg/ha | +16.8% |
| 2005 | 8,334 kg/ha | +9.0% |
| 2006 | 8,546 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 2007 | 7,827 kg/ha | -8.4% |
| 2008 | 7,150 kg/ha | -8.7% |
| 2009 | 7,270 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2010 | 7,361 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2011 | 6,488 kg/ha | -11.9% |
| 2012 | 5,535 kg/ha | -14.7% |
| 2013 | 5,032 kg/ha | -9.1% |
| 2014 | 8,406 kg/ha | +67.1% |
| 2015 | 8,777 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 2016 | 6,046 kg/ha | -31.1% |
| 2017 | 5,734 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 2018 | 5,111 kg/ha | -10.9% |
| 2019 | 5,095 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2020 | 5,199 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2021 | 5,391 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 2022 | 5,184 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 2023 | 6,518 kg/ha | +25.7% |
| 2024 | 6,608 kg/ha | +1.4% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Tomatoes — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | +67.1% | 5,032 kg/ha | 8,406 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 8,013 kg/ha | 7,658 kg/ha | 8,425 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 7,224 kg/ha | 6,714 kg/ha | 8,174 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 8,194 kg/ha | 7,473 kg/ha | 8,731 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 8,668 kg/ha | 7,849 kg/ha | 9,267 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 7,218 kg/ha | 6,272 kg/ha | 8,546 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 6,358 kg/ha | 5,032 kg/ha | 8,777 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 5,780 kg/ha | 5,184 kg/ha | 6,608 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Western Africa
- 26 Canada 89,080 kg/ha compare
- 27 Côte d'Ivoire 10,460 kg/ha compare
- 27 United Arab Emirates 88,693 kg/ha compare
- 28 Caribbean 9,994 kg/ha compare
- 28 Australia and New Zealand 86,030 kg/ha compare
- 29 Australia 83,340 kg/ha compare
- 30 Spain 82,449 kg/ha compare
- 31 Honduras 80,923 kg/ha compare
- 32 Greece 79,153 kg/ha compare
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- Cattle — Stocks, annual growth rate 1.71 % change on previous year (2024)
- Edible offal of cattle, fresh, chilled or frozen — Producing 0.7857 % change on previous year (2024)
- Edible offal of cattle, fresh, chilled or frozen — Production, annual -0.8483 % change on previous year (2024)
- Chickens — Stocks, annual growth rate 7.03 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cattle fat, unrendered — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, annual growth 0.7857 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cattle fat, unrendered — Production, annual growth rate -0.715 % change on previous year (2024)
- Roots and Tubers, Total — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 2.73 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) 1.52 % change on previous year (2024)
- Livestock — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand US$) 2.75 % change on previous year (2024)
- Edible offal of goat, fresh, chilled or frozen — Production, annual -0.8776 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tomatoes — yield in Western Africa?
- Tomatoes — yield in Western Africa was 6,608 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest tomatoes — yield recorded in Western Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 9,267 kg/ha in 1990.
- What is the lowest tomatoes — yield recorded in Western Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 5,032 kg/ha in 2013.
- How does Western Africa rank for tomatoes — yield?
- Western Africa ranks 29th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is tomatoes — yield rising or falling in Western Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 21.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Western Africa data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Tomatoes — 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.