Environment in Western Africa

992 indicators covering environment for Western Africa.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Chemical wood pulp, sulphate, unbleached — Import value 18,068 1000 USD 2024 up 598.1% 19th
Printing and writing papers — Export quantity 3,708 t 2024 down 34.2% 27th
Printing and writing papers — Export value 3,064 1000 USD 2024 down 46.5% 27th
Watermelons — Production, annual growth rate 12.42 % change on previous year 2024 up 144.8% 3rd
Watermelons — Yield 16,997 kg/ha 2024 up 37.2% 26th
Pesticides (total) — Use per capita 0.25 kg/cap 2024 up 78.6% 16th
Other fibreboard — Export quantity 177 m3 2024 up 25.5% 28th
Other fibreboard — Export value 66 1000 USD 2024 down 57.1% 28th
Wood charcoal — Import quantity 25,576 t 2024 up 209.5% 23rd
Wood charcoal — Import value 1,863 1000 USD 2024 up 2.3% 27th
Watermelons — Gross Production Value 603,195 1000 Int$ 2024 up 549.1% 17th
Watermelons — Area harvested, annual growth rate 0.2734 % change on previous year 2024 up 101.2% 15th
Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Production 1,082 t 2024 unchanged 29th
Pesticides (total) — Use per area of cropland 0.95 kg/ha 2024 up 111.1% 17th
Pesticides (total) — Import quantity 421,768 t 2024 up 45.1% 13th
Pesticides (total) — Export quantity 9,712 t 2024 up 41.7% 32nd
Pesticides (total) — Agricultural Use 115,651 t 2024 up 139.2% 14th
Insecticides — Agricultural Use 19,867 t 2024 up 36.4% 13th
Fungicides and Bactericides — Agricultural Use 69,086 t 2024 up 415.3% 8th
Herbicides — Agricultural Use 22,683 t 2024 up 31.9% 15th
Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Production 7,367 t 2024 — 26th
Rodenticides — Agricultural Use 758 t 2024 up 56.3% 4th
Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Export quantity, annual growth rate -6.04 % change on previous year 2024 down 136.6% 41st
Plant Growth Regulators — Agricultural Use 3,103 t 2024 up 22.3% 13th
Other Pesticides nes — Agricultural Use 154 t 2024 up 4.1% 20th
Forest land — Share in Land area 12.09 % 2024 down 7.9% 29th
Other land — Area 234,838 1000 ha 2024 down 3.0% 18th
Pesticides (total) — Use per value of agricultural production 0.8 g/Int$ 2024 up 73.9% 13th
Solid biofuels — Energy production 2.98 million TJ 2024 up 18.9% 15th
Fuelwood — Energy production 2.37 million TJ 2024 up 14.2% 13th
Chemical wood pulp — Export quantity 984 t 2024 down 39.1% 27th
Chemical wood pulp — Export value 674 1000 USD 2024 down 38.0% 27th
Asses — Stocks 7.13 million An 2023 up 21.8% 11th
Asses — Amount excreted in manure 155.69 million kg 2023 up 21.8% 11th
Asses — Manure left on pasture 154.13 million kg 2023 up 21.8% 11th
Asses — Manure left on pasture that volatilises 30.83 million kg 2023 up 21.8% 11th
Asses — Manure left on pasture that leaches 46.24 million kg 2023 up 21.8% 11th
Asses — Manure management 3.11 million kg 2023 up 21.8% 11th
Asses — Losses from manure treated 0 kg 2023 — 1st
Asses — Manure applied to soils 3.11 million kg 2023 up 21.8% 11th
Asses — Manure applied to soils that volatilises 622,753 kg 2023 up 21.8% 11th
Asses — Manure applied to soils that leaches 934,129 kg 2023 up 21.8% 11th
Veneer sheets — Production 447,192 m3 2024 down 10.6% 22nd
Recovered paper — Export value 786 1000 USD 2024 down 72.8% 28th
Recovered paper — Export quantity 19,280 t 2024 up 9.7% 27th
Total Bioenergy — Energy production 2.98 million TJ 2024 up 18.9% 18th
Pulp from fibres other than wood — Import quantity 2,339 t 2024 up 399.8% 25th
Pulp from fibres other than wood — Import value 3,109 1000 USD 2024 up 842.1% 24th
Solid biofuels — Energy consumption 2.38 million TJ 2024 up 14.7% 15th
Fuelwood — Energy consumption 1.50 million TJ 2024 up 7.1% 14th
Total Bioenergy — Energy consumption 2.38 million TJ 2024 up 14.7% 18th
Asses — Livestock units per agricultural land area 0.01 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged 4th
Asses — Share in total livestock 2.27 %LSU 2023 down 7.3% 10th
Asses — Stocks 2.14 million LSU 2023 up 21.8% 12th
Household and sanitary papers — Import quantity 36,190 t 2024 up 107.5% 25th
Household and sanitary papers — Import value 44,844 1000 USD 2024 up 81.0% 25th
Charcoal — Energy production 280,826 TJ 2024 up 13.5% 9th
Chemical wood pulp, sulphate, bleached — Export quantity 746 t 2024 down 45.0% 26th
Chemical wood pulp, sulphate, bleached — Export value 534 1000 USD 2024 down 42.8% 27th
Wood fuel — Import quantity 2,252 m3 2024 down 82.6% 21st