Cereals n.e.c. — Yield in Africa

Africa: Cereals n.e.c. — Yield was 1,651 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
1,651 kg/ha
Change on year
down 5.4%
Rank
17th
of 29 groups
All-time high
1,745 kg/ha
in 2023
All-time low
552.2 kg/ha
in 1962
Years of data
64
1961–2024

Cereals n.e.c. — Yield in Africa, 1961–2024

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

Analysis

Africa recorded 1,651 kg/ha for cereals n.e.c. — yield in 2024.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 5.4% on the previous year and up 14.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, cereals n.e.c. — yield in Africa peaked at 1,745 kg/ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 552.2 kg/ha, in 1962.

Africa ranks 17th of 29 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 589.88 kg/ha 552.2 kg/ha 615.4 kg/ha 9
1970s 693.21 kg/ha 608.9 kg/ha 808.4 kg/ha 10
1980s 826.52 kg/ha 689.6 kg/ha 941.7 kg/ha 10
1990s 879.57 kg/ha 716.9 kg/ha 1,343 kg/ha 10
2000s 895.66 kg/ha 724 kg/ha 1,138 kg/ha 10
2010s 1,452 kg/ha 1,163 kg/ha 1,682 kg/ha 10
2020s 1,695 kg/ha 1,651 kg/ha 1,745 kg/ha 5

Countries ranked near Africa

  1. 14 Serbia 2,839 kg/ha compare
  2. 15 France 2,727 kg/ha compare
  3. 16 Switzerland 2,583 kg/ha compare
  4. 17 Thailand 2,516 kg/ha compare
  5. 18 China, mainland 2,407 kg/ha compare
  6. 19 China 2,402 kg/ha compare
  7. 20 Colombia 2,113 kg/ha compare

See the full ranking of 97 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is cereals n.e.c. — yield in Africa?
Cereals n.e.c. — yield in Africa was 1,651 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest cereals n.e.c. — yield recorded in Africa?
The highest recorded value was 1,745 kg/ha in 2023.
What is the lowest cereals n.e.c. — yield recorded in Africa?
The lowest recorded value was 552.2 kg/ha in 1962.
How does Africa rank for cereals n.e.c. — yield?
Africa ranks 17th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
Is cereals n.e.c. — yield rising or falling in Africa?
Over the last ten years it is up 14.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Africa data come from?
The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Cereals n.e.c. — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator
Cereals n.e.c. — Yield
Unit
kg/ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
97 places, 4,209 data points, 1961–2024
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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.