Cereals, primary — Production in Northern Africa
Northern Africa: Cereals, primary — Production was 39.72 million t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cereals, primary — Production in Northern Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2024, cereals, primary — production in Northern Africa stood at 39.72 million t.
The figure is up 5.0% on the previous year and down 10.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereals, primary — production in Northern Africa peaked at 46.80 million t in 2009 and was at its lowest, 9.83 million t, in 1961.
That places Northern Africa 23rd out of 29 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Cereals, primary — Production in Northern Africa, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 9.83 million t | — |
| 1962 | 14.88 million t | +51.3% |
| 1963 | 15.74 million t | +5.8% |
| 1964 | 13.84 million t | -12.0% |
| 1965 | 14.07 million t | +1.7% |
| 1966 | 11.59 million t | -17.6% |
| 1967 | 15.21 million t | +31.2% |
| 1968 | 18.14 million t | +19.3% |
| 1969 | 15.92 million t | -12.2% |
| 1970 | 16.71 million t | +5.0% |
| 1971 | 17.73 million t | +6.1% |
| 1972 | 18.20 million t | +2.7% |
| 1973 | 16.07 million t | -11.7% |
| 1974 | 17.75 million t | +10.5% |
| 1975 | 18.94 million t | +6.7% |
| 1976 | 20.99 million t | +10.8% |
| 1977 | 15.40 million t | -26.6% |
| 1978 | 19.03 million t | +23.5% |
| 1979 | 16.97 million t | -10.8% |
| 1980 | 19.15 million t | +12.8% |
| 1981 | 17.82 million t | -6.9% |
| 1982 | 18.83 million t | +5.7% |
| 1983 | 17.46 million t | -7.2% |
| 1984 | 16.45 million t | -5.8% |
| 1985 | 23.24 million t | +41.2% |
| 1986 | 23.85 million t | +2.6% |
| 1987 | 19.74 million t | -17.2% |
| 1988 | 24.63 million t | +24.7% |
| 1989 | 23.61 million t | -4.1% |
| 1990 | 24.58 million t | +4.1% |
| 1991 | 33.81 million t | +37.5% |
| 1992 | 28.71 million t | -15.1% |
| 1993 | 24.45 million t | -14.8% |
| 1994 | 31.61 million t | +29.2% |
| 1995 | 24.12 million t | -23.7% |
| 1996 | 39.81 million t | +65.0% |
| 1997 | 28.54 million t | -28.3% |
| 1998 | 35.11 million t | +23.0% |
| 1999 | 30.38 million t | -13.5% |
| 2000 | 27.64 million t | -9.0% |
| 2001 | 32.78 million t | +18.6% |
| 2002 | 31.94 million t | -2.6% |
| 2003 | 41.85 million t | +31.0% |
| 2004 | 39.35 million t | -6.0% |
| 2005 | 38.86 million t | -1.2% |
| 2006 | 43.45 million t | +11.8% |
| 2007 | 36.65 million t | -15.6% |
| 2008 | 37.32 million t | +1.8% |
| 2009 | 46.80 million t | +25.4% |
| 2010 | 36.44 million t | -22.1% |
| 2011 | 43.18 million t | +18.5% |
| 2012 | 39.86 million t | -7.7% |
| 2013 | 46.50 million t | +16.7% |
| 2014 | 44.42 million t | -4.5% |
| 2015 | 44.29 million t | -0.3% |
| 2016 | 40.54 million t | -8.5% |
| 2017 | 43.56 million t | +7.4% |
| 2018 | 44.62 million t | +2.4% |
| 2019 | 41.16 million t | -7.8% |
| 2020 | 37.66 million t | -8.5% |
| 2021 | 43.39 million t | +15.2% |
| 2022 | 38.99 million t | -10.1% |
| 2023 | 37.84 million t | -2.9% |
| 2024 | 39.72 million t | +5.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 14.36 million t | 9.83 million t | 18.14 million t | 9 |
| 1970s | 17.78 million t | 15.40 million t | 20.99 million t | 10 |
| 1980s | 20.48 million t | 16.45 million t | 24.63 million t | 10 |
| 1990s | 30.11 million t | 24.12 million t | 39.81 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 37.66 million t | 27.64 million t | 46.80 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 42.46 million t | 36.44 million t | 46.50 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 39.52 million t | 37.66 million t | 43.39 million t | 5 |
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- Raw hides and skins of goats or kids — Yield/Carcass Weight 2 kg/An (2024)
- Raw hides and skins of goats or kids — Production 40,804 t (2024)
- Raw hides and skins of goats or kids — Producing Animals/Slaughtered 18.41 million An (2024)
- Oranges — Production 6.87 million t (2024)
- Oranges — Area harvested 308,761 ha (2024)
- Raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs — Production 139,633 t (2024)
- Raw milk of cattle — Yield/Carcass Weight 1,090 kg/An (2024)
- Raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs — Producing Animals/Slaughtered 52.69 million An (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cereals, primary — production in Northern Africa?
- Cereals, primary — production in Northern Africa was 39.72 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cereals, primary — production recorded in Northern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 46.80 million t in 2009.
- What is the lowest cereals, primary — production recorded in Northern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 9.83 million t in 1961.
- How does Northern Africa rank for cereals, primary — production?
- Northern Africa ranks 23rd out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is cereals, primary — production rising or falling in Northern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 10.6%. 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, 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.