Wheat — Production in Western Africa
Western Africa: Wheat — Production was 93,569 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Wheat — Production in Western Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for wheat — production in Western Africa is 93,569 t, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.4% on the previous year and down 35.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, wheat — production in Western Africa peaked at 203,021 t in 2011 and was at its lowest, 17,922 t, in 1973.
That places Western Africa 28th out of 31 groups with data for 2024, putting it 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 | 22,076 t | 19,912 t | 23,602 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 22,323 t | 17,922 t | 25,180 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 68,347 t | 27,210 t | 146,945 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 68,889 t | 39,610 t | 121,738 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 78,160 t | 61,585 t | 104,726 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 133,456 t | 107,425 t | 203,021 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 87,483 t | 70,415 t | 104,914 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Western Africa
- 25 Yugoslav SFR 6.60 million t compare
- 26 Italy 6.21 million t compare
- 27 Ethiopia 6.19 million t compare
- 28 Hungary 5.27 million t compare
- 29 Iraq 5.23 million t compare
- 30 Afghanistan 5.20 million t compare
- 31 Czechoslovakia 5.11 million t 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 — production in Western Africa?
- Wheat — production in Western Africa was 93,569 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest wheat — production recorded in Western Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 203,021 t in 2011.
- What is the lowest wheat — production recorded in Western Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 17,922 t in 1973.
- How does Western Africa rank for wheat — production?
- Western Africa ranks 28th out of 31 groups with data for 2024.
- Is wheat — production rising or falling in Western Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 35.8%. 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 — 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.