Treenuts, Total — Area harvested in Western Africa
Western Africa: Treenuts, Total — Area harvested was 3.08 million ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Treenuts, Total — Area harvested in Western Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Western Africa recorded 3.08 million ha for treenuts, total — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.0% on the previous year and up 16.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, treenuts, total — area harvested in Western Africa peaked at 3.10 million ha in 2015 and was at its lowest, 36,500 ha, in 1961.
Western Africa ranks 4th of 28 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Treenuts, Total — Area harvested in Western Africa, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 36,500 ha | — |
| 1962 | 45,500 ha | +24.7% |
| 1963 | 47,000 ha | +3.3% |
| 1964 | 52,500 ha | +11.7% |
| 1965 | 57,500 ha | +9.5% |
| 1966 | 59,000 ha | +2.6% |
| 1967 | 63,500 ha | +7.6% |
| 1968 | 67,000 ha | +5.5% |
| 1969 | 68,500 ha | +2.2% |
| 1970 | 71,363 ha | +4.2% |
| 1971 | 71,000 ha | -0.5% |
| 1972 | 71,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 71,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 71,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 71,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 67,500 ha | -4.9% |
| 1977 | 72,846 ha | +7.9% |
| 1978 | 75,500 ha | +3.6% |
| 1979 | 76,000 ha | +0.7% |
| 1980 | 78,500 ha | +3.3% |
| 1981 | 90,500 ha | +15.3% |
| 1982 | 101,500 ha | +12.2% |
| 1983 | 97,500 ha | -3.9% |
| 1984 | 120,000 ha | +23.1% |
| 1985 | 130,900 ha | +9.1% |
| 1986 | 142,600 ha | +8.9% |
| 1987 | 150,250 ha | +5.4% |
| 1988 | 146,450 ha | -2.5% |
| 1989 | 195,400 ha | +33.4% |
| 1990 | 206,050 ha | +5.5% |
| 1991 | 244,006 ha | +18.4% |
| 1992 | 289,034 ha | +18.5% |
| 1993 | 356,229 ha | +23.2% |
| 1994 | 387,422 ha | +8.8% |
| 1995 | 540,910 ha | +39.6% |
| 1996 | 573,635 ha | +6.0% |
| 1997 | 748,529 ha | +30.5% |
| 1998 | 761,469 ha | +1.7% |
| 1999 | 932,543 ha | +22.5% |
| 2000 | 922,855 ha | -1.0% |
| 2001 | 892,820 ha | -3.3% |
| 2002 | 1.06 million ha | +19.0% |
| 2003 | 1.08 million ha | +1.3% |
| 2004 | 1.21 million ha | +12.6% |
| 2005 | 1.37 million ha | +13.0% |
| 2006 | 1.54 million ha | +12.4% |
| 2007 | 1.70 million ha | +10.4% |
| 2008 | 1.99 million ha | +16.8% |
| 2009 | 2.21 million ha | +11.4% |
| 2010 | 2.07 million ha | -6.4% |
| 2011 | 2.26 million ha | +9.3% |
| 2012 | 2.35 million ha | +4.1% |
| 2013 | 2.58 million ha | +9.5% |
| 2014 | 2.65 million ha | +2.6% |
| 2015 | 3.10 million ha | +17.2% |
| 2016 | 2.70 million ha | -13.0% |
| 2017 | 2.89 million ha | +7.1% |
| 2018 | 2.98 million ha | +3.0% |
| 2019 | 2.44 million ha | -18.1% |
| 2020 | 2.72 million ha | +11.4% |
| 2021 | 2.81 million ha | +3.6% |
| 2022 | 3.07 million ha | +9.2% |
| 2023 | 3.02 million ha | -1.6% |
| 2024 | 3.08 million ha | +2.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 55,222 ha | 36,500 ha | 68,500 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 71,821 ha | 67,500 ha | 76,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 125,360 ha | 78,500 ha | 195,400 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 503,983 ha | 206,050 ha | 932,543 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.40 million ha | 892,820 ha | 2.21 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.60 million ha | 2.07 million ha | 3.10 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.94 million ha | 2.72 million ha | 3.08 million ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Western Africa
- 1 India 1.31 million ha compare
- 2 Spain 915,770 ha compare
- 3 China 712,573 ha compare
- 3 China, mainland 712,573 ha compare
- 3 Türkiye 1.50 million ha compare
- 4 United Republic of Tanzania 1.33 million ha compare
- 5 Indonesia 659,954 ha compare
- 5 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 422,386 ha compare
- 6 Benin 493,004 ha compare
- 6 Viet Nam 287,250 ha compare
- 7 Brazil 459,488 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Western Africa
- Crops — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand US$) 1.9 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) -2.77 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables and Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant) -1.47 % change on previous year (2024)
- Roots and Tubers, Total — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 2.73 % change on previous year (2024)
- Livestock — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand US$) 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 treenuts, total — area harvested in Western Africa?
- Treenuts, total — area harvested in Western Africa was 3.08 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest treenuts, total — area harvested recorded in Western Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 3.10 million ha in 2015.
- What is the lowest treenuts, total — area harvested recorded in Western Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 36,500 ha in 1961.
- How does Western Africa rank for treenuts, total — area harvested?
- Western Africa ranks 4th out of 28 groups with data for 2024.
- Is treenuts, total — area harvested rising or falling in Western Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 16.5%. 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 Treenuts, Total — Area harvested. 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.