Herbaceous crops — Area from CGLS in Western Africa

Western Africa: Herbaceous crops — Area from CGLS was 75,978 1000 ha in 2019. ▬ Flat

Latest (2019)
75,978 1000 ha
Change on year
down 0.1%
Rank
14th
of 28 groups
All-time high
76,233 1000 ha
in 2015
All-time low
75,978 1000 ha
in 2019
Years of data
5
2015–2019

Herbaceous crops — Area from CGLS in Western Africa, 2015–2019

020.0k40.0k60.0k80.0k2015201720192015: 76.2k 1000 ha2016: 76.1k 1000 ha2017: 76.1k 1000 ha2018: 76.0k 1000 ha2019: 76.0k 1000 ha

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.

Analysis

The most recent figure for herbaceous crops — area from cgls in Western Africa is 75,978 1000 ha, measured in 2019. That is the lowest value across all 5 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.1% on the previous year and down 0.3% over five years.

That places Western Africa 14th out of 28 groups with data for 2019, putting it in the middle of the range.

Countries ranked near Western Africa

  1. 11 Nigeria 34,968 1000 ha compare
  2. 12 Kazakhstan 24,438 1000 ha compare
  3. 13 Ethiopia 23,552 1000 ha compare
  4. 14 Mexico 23,001 1000 ha compare
  5. 15 Thailand 22,078 1000 ha compare
  6. 16 Pakistan 21,653 1000 ha compare
  7. 17 Türkiye 21,413 1000 ha compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is herbaceous crops — area from cgls in Western Africa?
Herbaceous crops — area from cgls in Western Africa was 75,978 1000 ha in 2019, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest herbaceous crops — area from cgls recorded in Western Africa?
The highest recorded value was 76,233 1000 ha in 2015.
What is the lowest herbaceous crops — area from cgls recorded in Western Africa?
The lowest recorded value was 75,978 1000 ha in 2019.
How does Western Africa rank for herbaceous crops — area from cgls?
Western Africa ranks 14th out of 28 groups with data for 2019.
Where does this Western Africa data come from?
The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Herbaceous crops — Area from CGLS. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator
Herbaceous crops — Area from CGLS
Unit
1000 ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
238 places, 1,190 data points, 2015–2019
Last refreshed

The FAOSTAT domain on Land Cover data under the Agri-Environmental Indicators section contains land cover information organized by the land cover classes of the international standard system for Environmental and Economic Accounting Central Framework (SEEA CF). The land cover information is compiled from publicly available Global Land Cover (GLC) maps: a) MODIS land cover types based on the Land Cover Classification System, LCCS; b) The European Spatial Agency (ESA) Climate Change Initiative (CCI) annual land cover maps produced by the Université catholique de Louvain (UCL)-Geomatics and now under the European Copernicus Program; c) The annual land cover maps which were produced under the European Copernicus Global Land Service (CGLS) (CGLS land cover, containing discrete land cover categorization), with spatial resolution 100m; and d) the WorldCover maps of the European Space Agency, produced at 10m resolution.