Cereals n.e.c. — Yield in Northern Africa
Northern Africa: Cereals n.e.c. — Yield was 1,479 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cereals n.e.c. — Yield in Northern Africa, 1961–2024
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 17th of 24 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.
Cereals n.e.c. — Yield in Northern Africa, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 721.4 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 746.7 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 1963 | 652.6 kg/ha | -12.6% |
| 1964 | 639.6 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1965 | 753.3 kg/ha | +17.8% |
| 1966 | 651.4 kg/ha | -13.5% |
| 1967 | 653.8 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1968 | 893.4 kg/ha | +36.6% |
| 1969 | 722.2 kg/ha | -19.2% |
| 1970 | 676 kg/ha | -6.4% |
| 1971 | 554.1 kg/ha | -18.0% |
| 1972 | 843.9 kg/ha | +52.3% |
| 1973 | 940.3 kg/ha | +11.4% |
| 1974 | 423.6 kg/ha | -55.0% |
| 1975 | 701.7 kg/ha | +65.7% |
| 1976 | 822.3 kg/ha | +17.2% |
| 1977 | 434.7 kg/ha | -47.1% |
| 1978 | 691.9 kg/ha | +59.2% |
| 1979 | 717.8 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 1980 | 857.1 kg/ha | +19.4% |
| 1981 | 731.7 kg/ha | -14.6% |
| 1982 | 776.1 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 1983 | 775.2 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1984 | 688.7 kg/ha | -11.2% |
| 1985 | 858.3 kg/ha | +24.6% |
| 1986 | 914.3 kg/ha | +6.5% |
| 1987 | 916.7 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1988 | 911.8 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1989 | 906.3 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1990 | 1,005 kg/ha | +10.9% |
| 1991 | 873.6 kg/ha | -13.0% |
| 1992 | 851.7 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 1993 | 709.2 kg/ha | -16.7% |
| 1994 | 997 kg/ha | +40.6% |
| 1995 | 1,045 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 1996 | 851.4 kg/ha | -18.5% |
| 1997 | 768.3 kg/ha | -9.8% |
| 1998 | 799.8 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 1999 | 807.6 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2000 | 774.2 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 2001 | 792.8 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 2002 | 812.7 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 2003 | 838.3 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 2004 | 811.6 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 2005 | 881.4 kg/ha | +8.6% |
| 2006 | 998.1 kg/ha | +13.2% |
| 2007 | 1,089 kg/ha | +9.1% |
| 2008 | 1,139 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 2009 | 1,290 kg/ha | +13.3% |
| 2010 | 1,428 kg/ha | +10.7% |
| 2011 | 1,469 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 2012 | 1,580 kg/ha | +7.6% |
| 2013 | 1,551 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 2014 | 1,519 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 2015 | 1,487 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 2016 | 1,507 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2017 | 1,479 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 2018 | 1,472 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2019 | 1,418 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 2020 | 1,414 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2021 | 1,434 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2022 | 1,454 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2023 | 1,452 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2024 | 1,479 kg/ha | +1.8% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cereals n.e.c. — Yield in Northern Africa changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | +65.7% | 423.6 kg/ha | 701.7 kg/ha |
| 1978 | +59.2% | 434.7 kg/ha | 691.9 kg/ha |
| 1974 | -55.0% | 940.3 kg/ha | 423.6 kg/ha |
| 1972 | +52.3% | 554.1 kg/ha | 843.9 kg/ha |
| 1977 | -47.1% | 822.3 kg/ha | 434.7 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | 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 |
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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 17th out of 24 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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About this data
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.