Cereals, primary — Production in Somalia
Somalia: Cereals, primary — Production was 128,063 t in 2024. ▼ Falling
Cereals, primary — Production in Somalia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Somalia recorded 128,063 t for cereals, primary — production in 2024.
That represents a change of down 24.2% on the previous year and down 50.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereals, primary — production in Somalia peaked at 653,760 t in 1989 and was at its lowest, 111,060 t, in 2021.
That places Somalia 134th out of 178 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Cereals, primary — Production in Somalia, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 255,000 t | — |
| 1962 | 250,000 t | -2.0% |
| 1963 | 243,000 t | -2.8% |
| 1964 | 237,000 t | -2.5% |
| 1965 | 235,000 t | -0.8% |
| 1966 | 235,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 250,000 t | +6.4% |
| 1968 | 243,000 t | -2.8% |
| 1969 | 247,000 t | +1.6% |
| 1970 | 235,800 t | -4.5% |
| 1971 | 222,000 t | -5.9% |
| 1972 | 319,100 t | +43.7% |
| 1973 | 185,300 t | -41.9% |
| 1974 | 185,100 t | -0.1% |
| 1975 | 241,800 t | +30.6% |
| 1976 | 251,100 t | +3.8% |
| 1977 | 264,400 t | +5.3% |
| 1978 | 260,200 t | -1.6% |
| 1979 | 260,600 t | +0.2% |
| 1980 | 266,100 t | +2.1% |
| 1981 | 383,700 t | +44.2% |
| 1982 | 404,000 t | +5.3% |
| 1983 | 359,600 t | -11.0% |
| 1984 | 495,500 t | +37.8% |
| 1985 | 513,500 t | +3.6% |
| 1986 | 586,100 t | +14.1% |
| 1987 | 543,170 t | -7.3% |
| 1988 | 601,370 t | +10.7% |
| 1989 | 653,760 t | +8.7% |
| 1990 | 344,652 t | -47.3% |
| 1991 | 255,660 t | -25.8% |
| 1992 | 208,863 t | -18.3% |
| 1993 | 164,925 t | -21.0% |
| 1994 | 405,209 t | +145.7% |
| 1995 | 284,920 t | -29.7% |
| 1996 | 282,030 t | -1.0% |
| 1997 | 305,334 t | +8.3% |
| 1998 | 201,114 t | -34.1% |
| 1999 | 298,553 t | +48.4% |
| 2000 | 392,408 t | +31.4% |
| 2001 | 429,062 t | +9.3% |
| 2002 | 441,850 t | +3.0% |
| 2003 | 402,824 t | -8.8% |
| 2004 | 366,470 t | -9.0% |
| 2005 | 355,709 t | -2.9% |
| 2006 | 260,299 t | -26.8% |
| 2007 | 196,970 t | -24.3% |
| 2008 | 230,589 t | +17.1% |
| 2009 | 229,641 t | -0.4% |
| 2010 | 355,815 t | +54.9% |
| 2011 | 118,872 t | -66.6% |
| 2012 | 385,345 t | +224.2% |
| 2013 | 383,243 t | -0.5% |
| 2014 | 256,620 t | -33.0% |
| 2015 | 265,481 t | +3.5% |
| 2016 | 142,414 t | -46.4% |
| 2017 | 174,518 t | +22.5% |
| 2018 | 234,816 t | +34.6% |
| 2019 | 185,056 t | -21.2% |
| 2020 | 178,144 t | -3.7% |
| 2021 | 111,060 t | -37.7% |
| 2022 | 140,056 t | +26.1% |
| 2023 | 169,060 t | +20.7% |
| 2024 | 128,063 t | -24.2% |
Somalia compared with similar countries
- Somalia's 128,063 t is below the median for low income countries, which is 2.08 million t, 6% of the median. (22 countries reporting)
- Somalia's 128,063 t is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 1.52 million t, 8% of the median. (42 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cereals, primary — Production in Somalia 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | +224.2% | 118,872 t | 385,345 t |
| 1994 | +145.7% | 164,925 t | 405,209 t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 243,889 t | 235,000 t | 255,000 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 242,540 t | 185,100 t | 319,100 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 480,680 t | 266,100 t | 653,760 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 275,126 t | 164,925 t | 405,209 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 330,582 t | 196,970 t | 441,850 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 250,218 t | 118,872 t | 385,345 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 145,277 t | 111,060 t | 178,144 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Somalia
More agriculture & rural data for Somalia
- Cropland extent over the long-term, annual growth rate 0.0707 % change on previous year (2025)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0.0001 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per capita 0.0576 hectares per person (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, annual growth rate 0.0018 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0.0034 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per capita 2.25 hectares per person (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -13.31 % change on previous year (1990)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.5579 current US$ per US$ of GDP (1990)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 81.24 current US$ per person (1990)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 2.21 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cereals, primary — production in Somalia?
- Cereals, primary — production in Somalia was 128,063 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cereals, primary — production recorded in Somalia?
- The highest recorded value was 653,760 t in 1989.
- What is the lowest cereals, primary — production recorded in Somalia?
- The lowest recorded value was 111,060 t in 2021.
- How does Somalia rank for cereals, primary — production?
- Somalia ranks 134th out of 178 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cereals, primary — production rising or falling in Somalia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 50.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Somalia 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.