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 25th of 30 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
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
- 22 Algeria 1.80 million ha compare
- 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, Arab Republic of 1.39 million ha compare
- 28 Uzbekistan, Republic of 1.24 million ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Western Africa
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight 48 kg/An (2024)
- Swine / pigs — Stocks 17.11 million An (2024)
- Fat of pigs — Producing Animals/Slaughtered 14.80 million An (2024)
- Fat of pigs — Production 50,778 t (2024)
- Tomatoes — Area harvested 1.05 million ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield 6,608 kg/ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Production 6.91 million t (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested 39,728 ha (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production 710,078 t (2024)
- Bananas — Area harvested 598,635 ha (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 25th out of 30 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.