Wheat — Area harvested in Western Africa
Western Africa: Wheat — Area harvested was 44,811 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Wheat — Area harvested in Western Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for wheat — area harvested in Western Africa is 44,811 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 10.5% on the previous year and down 47.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, wheat — area harvested in Western Africa peaked at 141,292 ha in 2011 and was at its lowest, 12,390 ha, in 1963.
Western Africa ranks 26th of 26 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Wheat — Area harvested in Western Africa, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 12,765 ha | — |
| 1962 | 12,888 ha | +1.0% |
| 1963 | 12,390 ha | -3.9% |
| 1964 | 14,045 ha | +13.4% |
| 1965 | 13,842 ha | -1.4% |
| 1966 | 13,386 ha | -3.3% |
| 1967 | 13,180 ha | -1.5% |
| 1968 | 13,480 ha | +2.3% |
| 1969 | 13,097 ha | -2.8% |
| 1970 | 13,310 ha | +1.6% |
| 1971 | 13,630 ha | +2.4% |
| 1972 | 13,648 ha | +0.1% |
| 1973 | 13,125 ha | -3.8% |
| 1974 | 15,420 ha | +17.5% |
| 1975 | 14,210 ha | -7.8% |
| 1976 | 12,820 ha | -9.8% |
| 1977 | 13,100 ha | +2.2% |
| 1978 | 12,735 ha | -2.8% |
| 1979 | 12,800 ha | +0.5% |
| 1980 | 12,900 ha | +0.8% |
| 1981 | 13,650 ha | +5.8% |
| 1982 | 14,050 ha | +2.9% |
| 1983 | 18,060 ha | +28.5% |
| 1984 | 22,360 ha | +23.8% |
| 1985 | 59,783 ha | +167.4% |
| 1986 | 73,038 ha | +22.2% |
| 1987 | 77,662 ha | +6.3% |
| 1988 | 43,250 ha | -44.3% |
| 1989 | 53,922 ha | +24.7% |
| 1990 | 66,743 ha | +23.8% |
| 1991 | 55,770 ha | -16.4% |
| 1992 | 34,368 ha | -38.4% |
| 1993 | 17,115 ha | -50.2% |
| 1994 | 19,378 ha | +13.2% |
| 1995 | 24,088 ha | +24.3% |
| 1996 | 25,687 ha | +6.6% |
| 1997 | 27,833 ha | +8.4% |
| 1998 | 57,679 ha | +107.2% |
| 1999 | 60,017 ha | +4.1% |
| 2000 | 60,420 ha | +0.7% |
| 2001 | 59,361 ha | -1.8% |
| 2002 | 61,147 ha | +3.0% |
| 2003 | 60,735 ha | -0.7% |
| 2004 | 65,485 ha | +7.8% |
| 2005 | 67,594 ha | +3.2% |
| 2006 | 72,038 ha | +6.6% |
| 2007 | 35,130 ha | -51.2% |
| 2008 | 44,202 ha | +25.8% |
| 2009 | 58,094 ha | +31.4% |
| 2010 | 82,088 ha | +41.3% |
| 2011 | 141,292 ha | +72.1% |
| 2012 | 112,841 ha | -20.1% |
| 2013 | 91,940 ha | -18.5% |
| 2014 | 84,492 ha | -8.1% |
| 2015 | 76,490 ha | -9.5% |
| 2016 | 72,186 ha | -5.6% |
| 2017 | 59,558 ha | -17.5% |
| 2018 | 64,908 ha | +9.0% |
| 2019 | 61,077 ha | -5.9% |
| 2020 | 62,278 ha | +2.0% |
| 2021 | 23,904 ha | -61.6% |
| 2022 | 24,550 ha | +2.7% |
| 2023 | 40,567 ha | +65.2% |
| 2024 | 44,811 ha | +10.5% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Wheat — Area harvested 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | +167.4% | 22,360 ha | 59,783 ha |
| 1998 | +107.2% | 27,833 ha | 57,679 ha |
| 2011 | +72.1% | 82,088 ha | 141,292 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 13,230 ha | 12,390 ha | 14,045 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 13,480 ha | 12,735 ha | 15,420 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 38,868 ha | 12,900 ha | 77,662 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 38,868 ha | 17,115 ha | 66,743 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 58,421 ha | 35,130 ha | 72,038 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 84,687 ha | 59,558 ha | 141,292 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 39,222 ha | 23,904 ha | 62,278 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Western Africa
- 23 Morocco 1.76 million ha compare
- 24 Italy 1.70 million ha compare
- 25 Yugoslav SFR 1.55 million ha compare
- 26 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 1.53 million ha compare
- 27 Egypt 1.39 million ha compare
- 28 Uzbekistan 1.24 million ha compare
- 29 Bulgaria 1.19 million 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 wheat — area harvested in Western Africa?
- Wheat — area harvested in Western Africa was 44,811 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest wheat — area harvested recorded in Western Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 141,292 ha in 2011.
- What is the lowest wheat — area harvested recorded in Western Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 12,390 ha in 1963.
- How does Western Africa rank for wheat — area harvested?
- Western Africa ranks 26th out of 26 groups with data for 2024.
- Is wheat — area harvested rising or falling in Western Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 47.0%. 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 Wheat — 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.