Asparagus — Production in Northern Africa
Northern Africa: Asparagus — Production was 368.19 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Asparagus — Production in Northern Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for asparagus — production in Northern Africa is 368.19 t, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.6% on the previous year and down 86.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, asparagus — production in Northern Africa peaked at 36,000 t in 1964 and was at its lowest, 273.82 t, in 2022.
That places Northern Africa 24th out of 24 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.
Asparagus — Production in Northern Africa, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 28,000 t | — |
| 1962 | 20,000 t | -28.6% |
| 1963 | 23,000 t | +15.0% |
| 1964 | 36,000 t | +56.5% |
| 1965 | 25,000 t | -30.6% |
| 1966 | 15,938 t | -36.2% |
| 1967 | 15,000 t | -5.9% |
| 1968 | 15,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 12,000 t | -20.0% |
| 1970 | 12,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 11,000 t | -8.3% |
| 1972 | 11,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 10,000 t | -9.1% |
| 1974 | 10,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 9,000 t | -10.0% |
| 1976 | 9,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 8,000 t | -11.1% |
| 1978 | 8,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 7,000 t | -12.5% |
| 1980 | 7,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 6,000 t | -14.3% |
| 1982 | 6,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 5,000 t | -16.7% |
| 1984 | 5,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 4,000 t | -20.0% |
| 1986 | 4,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 3,000 t | -25.0% |
| 1988 | 3,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 3,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 2,050 t | -31.7% |
| 1991 | 2,087 t | +1.8% |
| 1992 | 2,036 t | -2.5% |
| 1993 | 1,670 t | -18.0% |
| 1994 | 1,494 t | -10.5% |
| 1995 | 2,161 t | +44.6% |
| 1996 | 1,598 t | -26.1% |
| 1997 | 4,560 t | +185.3% |
| 1998 | 4,648 t | +1.9% |
| 1999 | 1,555 t | -66.6% |
| 2000 | 2,031 t | +30.6% |
| 2001 | 1,985 t | -2.2% |
| 2002 | 1,893 t | -4.7% |
| 2003 | 1,969 t | +4.0% |
| 2004 | 1,792 t | -9.0% |
| 2005 | 2,499 t | +39.4% |
| 2006 | 3,750 t | +50.0% |
| 2007 | 4,241 t | +13.1% |
| 2008 | 3,360 t | -20.8% |
| 2009 | 2,470 t | -26.5% |
| 2010 | 2,637 t | +6.8% |
| 2011 | 2,658 t | +0.8% |
| 2012 | 2,726 t | +2.6% |
| 2013 | 3,063 t | +12.4% |
| 2014 | 2,737 t | -10.6% |
| 2015 | 902.38 t | -67.0% |
| 2016 | 615.44 t | -31.8% |
| 2017 | 533.47 t | -13.3% |
| 2018 | 311.65 t | -41.6% |
| 2019 | 564.27 t | +81.1% |
| 2020 | 278.57 t | -50.6% |
| 2021 | 275.65 t | -1.0% |
| 2022 | 273.82 t | -0.7% |
| 2023 | 365.98 t | +33.7% |
| 2024 | 368.19 t | +0.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 21,104 t | 12,000 t | 36,000 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 9,500 t | 7,000 t | 12,000 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 4,600 t | 3,000 t | 7,000 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,386 t | 1,494 t | 4,648 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,599 t | 1,792 t | 4,241 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,675 t | 311.65 t | 3,063 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 312.44 t | 273.82 t | 368.19 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Northern Africa
- 21 Belgium 2,880 t compare
- 22 Austria 2,720 t compare
- 23 China, Taiwan Province of 2,559 t compare
- 24 Ecuador 1,958 t compare
- 25 Belgium-Luxembourg 1,161 t compare
- 26 New Zealand 1,073 t compare
- 27 South Africa 836 t compare
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- Raw milk of cattle — Yield/Carcass Weight 1,090 kg/An (2024)
- Raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs — Producing Animals/Slaughtered 52.69 million An (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is asparagus — production in Northern Africa?
- Asparagus — production in Northern Africa was 368.19 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest asparagus — production recorded in Northern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 36,000 t in 1964.
- What is the lowest asparagus — production recorded in Northern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 273.82 t in 2022.
- How does Northern Africa rank for asparagus — production?
- Northern Africa ranks 24th out of 24 groups with data for 2024.
- Is asparagus — production rising or falling in Northern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 86.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Northern Africa data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Asparagus — Production. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.