Cereals n.e.c. — Yield in Northern Africa

Northern Africa: Cereals n.e.c. — Yield was 1,479 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
1,479 kg/ha
Change on year
up 1.8%
Rank
19th
of 29 groups
All-time high
1,580 kg/ha
in 2012
All-time low
423.6 kg/ha
in 1974
Years of data
64
1961–2024

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

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

Analysis

Northern Africa recorded 1,479 kg/ha for cereals n.e.c. — yield in 2024.

The figure is up 1.8% on the previous year and down 2.6% over ten years.

Over the whole period, cereals n.e.c. — yield in Northern Africa peaked at 1,580 kg/ha in 2012 and was at its lowest, 423.6 kg/ha, in 1974.

Northern Africa ranks 19th 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 714.93 kg/ha 639.6 kg/ha 893.4 kg/ha 9
1970s 680.63 kg/ha 423.6 kg/ha 940.3 kg/ha 10
1980s 833.62 kg/ha 688.7 kg/ha 916.7 kg/ha 10
1990s 870.79 kg/ha 709.2 kg/ha 1,045 kg/ha 10
2000s 942.72 kg/ha 774.2 kg/ha 1,290 kg/ha 10
2010s 1,491 kg/ha 1,418 kg/ha 1,580 kg/ha 10
2020s 1,447 kg/ha 1,414 kg/ha 1,479 kg/ha 5

Countries ranked near Northern Africa

  1. 16 Switzerland 2,583 kg/ha compare
  2. 17 Thailand 2,516 kg/ha compare
  3. 18 China, mainland 2,407 kg/ha compare
  4. 19 China 2,402 kg/ha compare
  5. 20 Colombia 2,113 kg/ha compare
  6. 21 Austria 2,027 kg/ha compare
  7. 22 China, Taiwan Province of 2,001 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 Northern Africa?
Cereals n.e.c. — yield in Northern Africa was 1,479 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 Northern Africa?
The highest recorded value was 1,580 kg/ha in 2012.
What is the lowest cereals n.e.c. — yield recorded in Northern Africa?
The lowest recorded value was 423.6 kg/ha in 1974.
How does Northern Africa rank for cereals n.e.c. — yield?
Northern Africa ranks 19th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
Is cereals n.e.c. — yield rising or falling in Northern Africa?
Over the last ten years it is down 2.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Northern 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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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.