Cereals, primary — Production in Africa
Africa: Cereals, primary — Production was 222.72 million t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cereals, primary — Production in Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for cereals, primary — production in Africa is 222.72 million t, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.8% on the previous year and up 16.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereals, primary — production in Africa peaked at 222.72 million t in 2024 and was at its lowest, 46.31 million t, in 1961.
Africa ranks 13th 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.
Cereals, primary — Production in Africa, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 46.31 million t | — |
| 1962 | 53.09 million t | +14.6% |
| 1963 | 54.57 million t | +2.8% |
| 1964 | 51.41 million t | -5.8% |
| 1965 | 51.98 million t | +1.1% |
| 1966 | 48.64 million t | -6.4% |
| 1967 | 61.38 million t | +26.2% |
| 1968 | 58.00 million t | -5.5% |
| 1969 | 59.87 million t | +3.2% |
| 1970 | 60.47 million t | +1.0% |
| 1971 | 65.64 million t | +8.5% |
| 1972 | 64.64 million t | -1.5% |
| 1973 | 57.48 million t | -11.1% |
| 1974 | 71.41 million t | +24.2% |
| 1975 | 68.91 million t | -3.5% |
| 1976 | 70.66 million t | +2.5% |
| 1977 | 66.59 million t | -5.8% |
| 1978 | 69.60 million t | +4.5% |
| 1979 | 65.90 million t | -5.3% |
| 1980 | 72.61 million t | +10.2% |
| 1981 | 77.59 million t | +6.9% |
| 1982 | 71.88 million t | -7.4% |
| 1983 | 65.77 million t | -8.5% |
| 1984 | 66.02 million t | +0.4% |
| 1985 | 83.30 million t | +26.2% |
| 1986 | 88.58 million t | +6.3% |
| 1987 | 83.86 million t | -5.3% |
| 1988 | 95.88 million t | +14.3% |
| 1989 | 99.44 million t | +3.7% |
| 1990 | 93.20 million t | -6.3% |
| 1991 | 104.84 million t | +12.5% |
| 1992 | 89.71 million t | -14.4% |
| 1993 | 100.42 million t | +11.9% |
| 1994 | 109.64 million t | +9.2% |
| 1995 | 98.19 million t | -10.4% |
| 1996 | 124.35 million t | +26.6% |
| 1997 | 109.42 million t | -12.0% |
| 1998 | 115.33 million t | +5.4% |
| 1999 | 113.69 million t | -1.4% |
| 2000 | 111.11 million t | -2.3% |
| 2001 | 116.39 million t | +4.8% |
| 2002 | 119.27 million t | +2.5% |
| 2003 | 132.76 million t | +11.3% |
| 2004 | 133.62 million t | +0.6% |
| 2005 | 141.84 million t | +6.2% |
| 2006 | 149.69 million t | +5.5% |
| 2007 | 141.06 million t | -5.8% |
| 2008 | 156.21 million t | +10.7% |
| 2009 | 160.70 million t | +2.9% |
| 2010 | 168.65 million t | +4.9% |
| 2011 | 164.56 million t | -2.4% |
| 2012 | 173.84 million t | +5.6% |
| 2013 | 179.45 million t | +3.2% |
| 2014 | 191.91 million t | +6.9% |
| 2015 | 187.91 million t | -2.1% |
| 2016 | 186.51 million t | -0.7% |
| 2017 | 204.32 million t | +9.6% |
| 2018 | 209.21 million t | +2.4% |
| 2019 | 205.09 million t | -2.0% |
| 2020 | 214.33 million t | +4.5% |
| 2021 | 220.28 million t | +2.8% |
| 2022 | 218.70 million t | -0.7% |
| 2023 | 220.90 million t | +1.0% |
| 2024 | 222.72 million t | +0.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 53.92 million t | 46.31 million t | 61.38 million t | 9 |
| 1970s | 66.13 million t | 57.48 million t | 71.41 million t | 10 |
| 1980s | 80.49 million t | 65.77 million t | 99.44 million t | 10 |
| 1990s | 105.88 million t | 89.71 million t | 124.35 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 136.27 million t | 111.11 million t | 160.70 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 187.15 million t | 164.56 million t | 209.21 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 219.39 million t | 214.33 million t | 222.72 million t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Africa
- 10 Canada 63.66 million t compare
- 10 Syrian Arab Republic 4.33 million t compare
- 11 Lao People's Democratic Republic 4.27 million t compare
- 11 Pakistan 55.93 million t compare
- 12 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 3.74 million t compare
- 12 Ukraine 55.65 million t compare
- 13 France 53.55 million t compare
- 14 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 3.49 million t compare
- 14 Australia and New Zealand 53.45 million t compare
- 15 Australia 52.35 million t compare
- 15 Republic of Moldova 2.13 million t compare
- 16 Germany 38.98 million t compare
- 16 Timor-Leste 132,000 t compare
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- Cereals, primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 1.38 % change on previous year (2024)
- Crops — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 1.64 % change on previous year (2024)
- Food — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 1.86 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) 1.72 % change on previous year (2024)
- Livestock — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 2.94 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat indigenous, total — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 3.15 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sugar Crops Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 1.44 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 2.02 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables and Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant) 1.84 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cereals, primary — production in Africa?
- Cereals, primary — production in Africa was 222.72 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cereals, primary — production recorded in Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 222.72 million t in 2024.
- What is the lowest cereals, primary — production recorded in Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 46.31 million t in 1961.
- How does Africa rank for cereals, primary — production?
- Africa ranks 13th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is cereals, primary — production rising or falling in Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 16.1%. 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, primary — Production. 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.