Treenuts, Total — Production in Western Africa
Western Africa: Treenuts, Total — Production was 2.06 million t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Treenuts, Total — Production in Western Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2024, treenuts, total — production in Western Africa stood at 2.06 million t.
The figure is down 12.1% on the previous year and up 49.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, treenuts, total — production in Western Africa peaked at 2.35 million t in 2023 and was at its lowest, 15,900 t, in 1961.
That places Western Africa 11th out of 28 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Treenuts, Total — Production in Western Africa, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 15,900 t | — |
| 1962 | 22,930 t | +44.2% |
| 1963 | 24,450 t | +6.6% |
| 1964 | 28,050 t | +14.7% |
| 1965 | 31,880 t | +13.7% |
| 1966 | 32,910 t | +3.2% |
| 1967 | 34,082 t | +3.6% |
| 1968 | 35,265 t | +3.5% |
| 1969 | 35,330 t | +0.2% |
| 1970 | 35,957 t | +1.8% |
| 1971 | 36,190 t | +0.6% |
| 1972 | 36,280 t | +0.2% |
| 1973 | 36,124 t | -0.4% |
| 1974 | 36,427 t | +0.8% |
| 1975 | 36,295 t | -0.4% |
| 1976 | 36,260 t | -0.1% |
| 1977 | 37,860 t | +4.4% |
| 1978 | 38,230 t | +1.0% |
| 1979 | 38,105 t | -0.3% |
| 1980 | 38,736 t | +1.7% |
| 1981 | 41,404 t | +6.9% |
| 1982 | 43,150 t | +4.2% |
| 1983 | 42,610 t | -1.3% |
| 1984 | 49,550 t | +16.3% |
| 1985 | 56,195 t | +13.4% |
| 1986 | 61,594 t | +9.6% |
| 1987 | 64,127 t | +4.1% |
| 1988 | 64,373 t | +0.4% |
| 1989 | 83,651 t | +29.9% |
| 1990 | 93,726 t | +12.0% |
| 1991 | 99,836 t | +6.5% |
| 1992 | 120,825 t | +21.0% |
| 1993 | 149,980 t | +24.1% |
| 1994 | 160,412 t | +7.0% |
| 1995 | 209,578 t | +30.6% |
| 1996 | 234,057 t | +11.7% |
| 1997 | 289,056 t | +23.5% |
| 1998 | 335,287 t | +16.0% |
| 1999 | 655,632 t | +95.5% |
| 2000 | 700,431 t | +6.8% |
| 2001 | 761,533 t | +8.7% |
| 2002 | 814,383 t | +6.9% |
| 2003 | 815,530 t | +0.1% |
| 2004 | 919,394 t | +12.7% |
| 2005 | 1.02 million t | +10.7% |
| 2006 | 1.13 million t | +10.7% |
| 2007 | 1.20 million t | +6.6% |
| 2008 | 1.30 million t | +8.6% |
| 2009 | 1.49 million t | +14.2% |
| 2010 | 1.52 million t | +2.2% |
| 2011 | 1.50 million t | -1.2% |
| 2012 | 1.38 million t | -8.1% |
| 2013 | 1.44 million t | +4.4% |
| 2014 | 1.38 million t | -4.1% |
| 2015 | 1.55 million t | +11.7% |
| 2016 | 1.47 million t | -5.2% |
| 2017 | 1.57 million t | +7.0% |
| 2018 | 1.70 million t | +8.6% |
| 2019 | 1.60 million t | -6.0% |
| 2020 | 1.76 million t | +10.1% |
| 2021 | 1.94 million t | +10.3% |
| 2022 | 2.14 million t | +10.0% |
| 2023 | 2.35 million t | +9.9% |
| 2024 | 2.06 million t | -12.1% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Treenuts, Total — Production 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | +95.5% | 335,287 t | 655,632 t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 28,977 t | 15,900 t | 35,330 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 36,773 t | 35,957 t | 38,230 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 54,539 t | 38,736 t | 83,651 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 234,839 t | 93,726 t | 655,632 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.02 million t | 700,431 t | 1.49 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.51 million t | 1.38 million t | 1.70 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.05 million t | 1.76 million t | 2.35 million t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Western Africa
- 8 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 118,070 t compare
- 8 Mexico 296,289 t compare
- 9 Burkina Faso 293,391 t compare
- 10 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 30,166 t compare
- 10 Italy 280,180 t compare
- 11 Indonesia 250,964 t compare
- 11 Republic of Moldova 19,019 t compare
- 12 Ghana 220,015 t compare
- 12 Melanesia 6,299 t compare
- 13 Benin 214,529 t compare
- 14 Brazil 201,501 t compare
- 14 Micronesia 293.61 t 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 — production in Western Africa?
- Treenuts, total — production in Western Africa was 2.06 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest treenuts, total — production recorded in Western Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 2.35 million t in 2023.
- What is the lowest treenuts, total — production recorded in Western Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 15,900 t in 1961.
- How does Western Africa rank for treenuts, total — production?
- Western Africa ranks 11th out of 28 groups with data for 2024.
- Is treenuts, total — production rising or falling in Western Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 49.1%. 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 — 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.