Cereals, primary — Yield in Northern Africa
Northern Africa: Cereals, primary — Yield was 1,877 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cereals, primary — Yield in Northern Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Northern Africa recorded 1,877 kg/ha for cereals, primary — yield in 2024.
That represents a change of down 3.3% on the previous year and up 2.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereals, primary — yield in Northern Africa peaked at 2,196 kg/ha in 2015 and was at its lowest, 843.2 kg/ha, in 1961.
That places Northern Africa 28th out of 33 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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,122 kg/ha | 843.2 kg/ha | 1,350 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,168 kg/ha | 976.4 kg/ha | 1,277 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,206 kg/ha | 1,026 kg/ha | 1,361 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,514 kg/ha | 1,349 kg/ha | 1,730 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,807 kg/ha | 1,555 kg/ha | 2,093 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,918 kg/ha | 1,680 kg/ha | 2,196 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,880 kg/ha | 1,747 kg/ha | 2,059 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Northern Africa
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- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight 34 kg/An (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cereals, primary — yield in Northern Africa?
- Cereals, primary — yield in Northern Africa was 1,877 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cereals, primary — yield recorded in Northern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 2,196 kg/ha in 2015.
- What is the lowest cereals, primary — yield recorded in Northern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 843.2 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Northern Africa rank for cereals, primary — yield?
- Northern Africa ranks 28th out of 33 groups with data for 2024.
- Is cereals, primary — yield rising or falling in Northern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.0%. 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 — 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.