Unmanufactured tobacco — Production in Western Africa
Western Africa: Unmanufactured tobacco — Production was 24,181 t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Unmanufactured tobacco — Production in Western Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Western Africa recorded 24,181 t for unmanufactured tobacco — production in 2024.
The figure is up 1.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, unmanufactured tobacco — production in Western Africa peaked at 43,615 t in 1998 and was at its lowest, 12,747 t, in 1983.
That places Western Africa 21st out of 28 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Unmanufactured tobacco — Production in Western Africa, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 21,208 t | — |
| 1962 | 21,814 t | +2.9% |
| 1963 | 15,554 t | -28.7% |
| 1964 | 21,759 t | +39.9% |
| 1965 | 23,897 t | +9.8% |
| 1966 | 19,366 t | -19.0% |
| 1967 | 19,680 t | +1.6% |
| 1968 | 21,012 t | +6.8% |
| 1969 | 18,977 t | -9.7% |
| 1970 | 19,828 t | +4.5% |
| 1971 | 26,999 t | +36.2% |
| 1972 | 23,249 t | -13.9% |
| 1973 | 23,313 t | +0.3% |
| 1974 | 24,328 t | +4.4% |
| 1975 | 28,371 t | +16.6% |
| 1976 | 23,312 t | -17.8% |
| 1977 | 18,246 t | -21.7% |
| 1978 | 20,515 t | +12.4% |
| 1979 | 21,353 t | +4.1% |
| 1980 | 21,839 t | +2.3% |
| 1981 | 20,015 t | -8.4% |
| 1982 | 13,639 t | -31.9% |
| 1983 | 12,747 t | -6.5% |
| 1984 | 20,308 t | +59.3% |
| 1985 | 21,932 t | +8.0% |
| 1986 | 19,727 t | -10.1% |
| 1987 | 18,633 t | -5.5% |
| 1988 | 20,912 t | +12.2% |
| 1989 | 20,885 t | -0.1% |
| 1990 | 23,208 t | +11.1% |
| 1991 | 26,852 t | +15.7% |
| 1992 | 29,493 t | +9.8% |
| 1993 | 29,940 t | +1.5% |
| 1994 | 30,415 t | +1.6% |
| 1995 | 30,838 t | +1.4% |
| 1996 | 33,359 t | +8.2% |
| 1997 | 37,591 t | +12.7% |
| 1998 | 43,615 t | +16.0% |
| 1999 | 42,770 t | -1.9% |
| 2000 | 43,131 t | +0.8% |
| 2001 | 37,947 t | -12.0% |
| 2002 | 38,440 t | +1.3% |
| 2003 | 37,984 t | -1.2% |
| 2004 | 33,901 t | -10.7% |
| 2005 | 35,076 t | +3.5% |
| 2006 | 34,568 t | -1.4% |
| 2007 | 30,449 t | -11.9% |
| 2008 | 32,514 t | +6.8% |
| 2009 | 31,943 t | -1.8% |
| 2010 | 30,065 t | -5.9% |
| 2011 | 27,988 t | -6.9% |
| 2012 | 25,320 t | -9.5% |
| 2013 | 24,703 t | -2.4% |
| 2014 | 23,881 t | -3.3% |
| 2015 | 22,465 t | -5.9% |
| 2016 | 24,857 t | +10.6% |
| 2017 | 25,719 t | +3.5% |
| 2018 | 24,555 t | -4.5% |
| 2019 | 25,359 t | +3.3% |
| 2020 | 23,968 t | -5.5% |
| 2021 | 23,990 t | +0.1% |
| 2022 | 24,420 t | +1.8% |
| 2023 | 24,187 t | -1.0% |
| 2024 | 24,181 t | -0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 20,363 t | 15,554 t | 23,897 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 22,951 t | 18,246 t | 28,371 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 19,064 t | 12,747 t | 21,932 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 32,808 t | 23,208 t | 43,615 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 35,595 t | 30,449 t | 43,131 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 25,491 t | 22,465 t | 30,065 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 24,149 t | 23,968 t | 24,420 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Western Africa
- 18 Timor-Leste 0 t compare
- 18 Yemen 31,682 t compare
- 19 Guatemala 30,621 t compare
- 20 Republic of Korea 27,948 t compare
- 21 Canada 27,780 t compare
- 22 Myanmar 26,644 t compare
- 23 North Macedonia 24,116 t compare
- 24 Côte d'Ivoire 8,087 t compare
- 24 Zambia 20,768 t compare
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- Cabbages — Yield, annual growth rate -2.95 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cabbages — Area harvested, annual growth rate -4.71 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables Primary — Yield, annual growth rate -2.23 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sugar Crops Primary — Production, annual growth rate -0.3867 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables Primary — Area harvested, annual growth rate 2.95 % change on previous year (2024)
- Edible offal of pigs, fresh, chilled or frozen — Production, annual 3.87 % change on previous year (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is unmanufactured tobacco — production in Western Africa?
- Unmanufactured tobacco — production in Western Africa was 24,181 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest unmanufactured tobacco — production recorded in Western Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 43,615 t in 1998.
- What is the lowest unmanufactured tobacco — production recorded in Western Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 12,747 t in 1983.
- How does Western Africa rank for unmanufactured tobacco — production?
- Western Africa ranks 21st out of 28 groups with data for 2024.
- Is unmanufactured tobacco — production rising or falling in Western Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.3%. 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 Unmanufactured tobacco — Production. 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.