Citrus Fruit, Total — Production in Africa
Africa: Citrus Fruit, Total — Production was 23.49 million t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Citrus Fruit, Total — Production in Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Africa recorded 23.49 million t for citrus fruit, total — production in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 4.1% on the previous year and up 22.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, citrus fruit, total — production in Africa peaked at 23.49 million t in 2024 and was at its lowest, 3.37 million t, in 1961.
Africa ranks 6th of 33 regions on this measure, in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4.03 million t | 3.37 million t | 4.75 million t | 9 |
| 1970s | 5.82 million t | 5.49 million t | 6.41 million t | 10 |
| 1980s | 7.14 million t | 6.51 million t | 8.30 million t | 10 |
| 1990s | 9.89 million t | 8.54 million t | 11.29 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 12.99 million t | 11.51 million t | 15.15 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 18.75 million t | 15.75 million t | 21.21 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 22.49 million t | 21.82 million t | 23.49 million t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Africa
More agriculture & rural data for Africa
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight 50 kg/An (2024)
- Tomatoes — Area harvested 1.67 million ha (2024)
- Bananas — Production 31.26 million t (2024)
- Bananas — Area harvested 2.29 million ha (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 706,446 t (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested 613,627 ha (2024)
- Swine / pigs — Stocks 55.77 million An (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Producing 47.50 million An (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production 2.37 million t (2024)
- Tomatoes — Production 26.38 million t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is citrus fruit, total — production in Africa?
- Citrus fruit, total — production in Africa was 23.49 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest citrus fruit, total — production recorded in Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 23.49 million t in 2024.
- What is the lowest citrus fruit, total — production recorded in Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.37 million t in 1961.
- How does Africa rank for citrus fruit, total — production?
- Africa ranks 6th out of 33 regions with data for 2024.
- Is citrus fruit, total — production rising or falling in Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 22.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Africa data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Citrus Fruit, Total — 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.