Cereals, primary — Production in Middle Africa
Middle Africa: Cereals, primary — Production was 14.81 million t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Cereals, primary — Production in Middle Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Middle Africa recorded 14.81 million t for cereals, primary — production in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 2.7% on the previous year and up 31.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereals, primary — production in Middle Africa peaked at 14.81 million t in 2024 and was at its lowest, 2.46 million t, in 1965.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Cereals, primary — Production in Middle Africa, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2.59 million t | — |
| 1962 | 2.52 million t | -2.8% |
| 1963 | 2.73 million t | +8.3% |
| 1964 | 2.59 million t | -4.9% |
| 1965 | 2.46 million t | -5.3% |
| 1966 | 2.57 million t | +4.7% |
| 1967 | 2.54 million t | -1.1% |
| 1968 | 2.66 million t | +4.8% |
| 1969 | 2.92 million t | +9.5% |
| 1970 | 2.77 million t | -5.2% |
| 1971 | 2.77 million t | +0.2% |
| 1972 | 2.60 million t | -6.3% |
| 1973 | 2.62 million t | +1.0% |
| 1974 | 2.83 million t | +8.0% |
| 1975 | 3.13 million t | +10.7% |
| 1976 | 2.89 million t | -7.9% |
| 1977 | 2.80 million t | -3.0% |
| 1978 | 2.89 million t | +3.2% |
| 1979 | 2.78 million t | -4.0% |
| 1980 | 2.91 million t | +4.9% |
| 1981 | 2.63 million t | -9.6% |
| 1982 | 2.79 million t | +6.0% |
| 1983 | 2.81 million t | +0.9% |
| 1984 | 2.52 million t | -10.4% |
| 1985 | 3.11 million t | +23.3% |
| 1986 | 3.49 million t | +12.0% |
| 1987 | 3.06 million t | -12.3% |
| 1988 | 3.57 million t | +16.7% |
| 1989 | 3.33 million t | -6.6% |
| 1990 | 3.28 million t | -1.5% |
| 1991 | 3.76 million t | +14.8% |
| 1992 | 4.03 million t | +7.1% |
| 1993 | 3.67 million t | -9.0% |
| 1994 | 4.23 million t | +15.2% |
| 1995 | 4.02 million t | -4.9% |
| 1996 | 4.42 million t | +10.0% |
| 1997 | 4.41 million t | -0.2% |
| 1998 | 5.12 million t | +16.1% |
| 1999 | 4.77 million t | -6.9% |
| 2000 | 4.50 million t | -5.6% |
| 2001 | 5.05 million t | +12.3% |
| 2002 | 5.21 million t | +3.0% |
| 2003 | 5.72 million t | +9.9% |
| 2004 | 5.43 million t | -5.1% |
| 2005 | 6.43 million t | +18.4% |
| 2006 | 6.63 million t | +3.1% |
| 2007 | 6.94 million t | +4.8% |
| 2008 | 6.98 million t | +0.6% |
| 2009 | 7.30 million t | +4.6% |
| 2010 | 10.26 million t | +40.5% |
| 2011 | 8.94 million t | -12.8% |
| 2012 | 9.78 million t | +9.4% |
| 2013 | 10.55 million t | +7.9% |
| 2014 | 11.23 million t | +6.5% |
| 2015 | 11.45 million t | +1.9% |
| 2016 | 12.48 million t | +9.0% |
| 2017 | 12.58 million t | +0.8% |
| 2018 | 13.72 million t | +9.1% |
| 2019 | 13.55 million t | -1.3% |
| 2020 | 13.58 million t | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 13.64 million t | +0.5% |
| 2022 | 14.23 million t | +4.3% |
| 2023 | 14.42 million t | +1.3% |
| 2024 | 14.81 million t | +2.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2.62 million t | 2.46 million t | 2.92 million t | 9 |
| 1970s | 2.81 million t | 2.60 million t | 3.13 million t | 10 |
| 1980s | 3.02 million t | 2.52 million t | 3.57 million t | 10 |
| 1990s | 4.17 million t | 3.28 million t | 5.12 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 6.02 million t | 4.50 million t | 7.30 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 11.45 million t | 8.94 million t | 13.72 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 14.13 million t | 13.58 million t | 14.81 million t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Middle Africa
- 4 Türkiye 39.02 million t compare
- 4 USSR 155.96 million t compare
- 5 Brazil 138.98 million t compare
- 5 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 24.51 million t compare
- 6 Russian Federation 120.40 million t compare
- 6 United Republic of Tanzania 15.47 million t compare
- 7 Argentina 85.73 million t compare
- 8 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 4.89 million t compare
- 8 Indonesia 68.28 million t compare
- 9 Bangladesh 66.35 million t compare
- 9 Democratic Republic of the Congo 4.39 million t compare
- 10 Canada 63.66 million t compare
- 10 Syrian Arab Republic 4.33 million t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Middle Africa
- Cereals, primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 3.73 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered -6.26 % change on previous year (2024)
- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Area harvested 5.49 % change on previous year (2024)
- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Yield, annual -3.46 % change on previous year (2024)
- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Production, annual 1.84 % change on previous year (2024)
- Crops — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 2.78 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other fruits, n.e.c. — Yield, annual growth rate 0.167 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other vegetables, fresh n.e.c. — Area harvested, annual growth rate -0.3406 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other fruits, n.e.c. — Production, annual growth rate 0.2752 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Production, annual growth rate 3.54 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cereals, primary — production in Middle Africa?
- Cereals, primary — production in Middle Africa was 14.81 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cereals, primary — production recorded in Middle Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 14.81 million t in 2024.
- What is the lowest cereals, primary — production recorded in Middle Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.46 million t in 1965.
- How does Middle Africa rank for cereals, primary — production?
- Middle Africa ranks 7th out of 19 groups with data for 2024.
- Is cereals, primary — production rising or falling in Middle Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 31.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Middle 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.