Citrus Fruit, Total — Yield in Africa
Africa: Citrus Fruit, Total — Yield was 12,060 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Citrus Fruit, Total — Yield in Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Africa recorded 12,060 kg/ha for citrus fruit, total — yield in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.8% on the previous year and up 6.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, citrus fruit, total — yield in Africa peaked at 12,060 kg/ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 6,468 kg/ha, in 1961.
That places Africa 20th out of 27 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Citrus Fruit, Total — Yield in Africa, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 6,468 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 6,841 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 1963 | 6,828 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1964 | 7,190 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 1965 | 6,922 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 1966 | 7,296 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 1967 | 7,632 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 1968 | 7,544 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1969 | 7,640 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1970 | 6,807 kg/ha | -10.9% |
| 1971 | 6,896 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1972 | 7,199 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 1973 | 7,412 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 1974 | 7,488 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1975 | 7,187 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 1976 | 7,120 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1977 | 7,040 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1978 | 7,716 kg/ha | +9.6% |
| 1979 | 7,254 kg/ha | -6.0% |
| 1980 | 7,188 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1981 | 7,196 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1982 | 7,527 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 1983 | 7,560 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1984 | 7,458 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1985 | 6,706 kg/ha | -10.1% |
| 1986 | 7,007 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 1987 | 7,065 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1988 | 7,198 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1989 | 7,608 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 1990 | 7,573 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1991 | 8,010 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 1992 | 7,801 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 1993 | 7,485 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 1994 | 7,961 kg/ha | +6.4% |
| 1995 | 7,731 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 1996 | 8,298 kg/ha | +7.3% |
| 1997 | 8,064 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 1998 | 8,211 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1999 | 8,315 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2000 | 8,402 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2001 | 8,367 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2002 | 8,739 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 2003 | 9,006 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 2004 | 8,901 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2005 | 9,428 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 2006 | 9,587 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2007 | 9,422 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 2008 | 9,874 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 2009 | 10,058 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2010 | 9,988 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2011 | 10,488 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 2012 | 10,687 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2013 | 10,709 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2014 | 11,305 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 2015 | 11,236 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2016 | 10,836 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 2017 | 11,268 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 2018 | 11,472 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2019 | 11,750 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 2020 | 11,447 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 2021 | 11,552 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2022 | 11,850 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 2023 | 11,730 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2024 | 12,060 kg/ha | +2.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 7,151 kg/ha | 6,468 kg/ha | 7,640 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 7,212 kg/ha | 6,807 kg/ha | 7,716 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 7,251 kg/ha | 6,706 kg/ha | 7,608 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 7,945 kg/ha | 7,485 kg/ha | 8,315 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 9,178 kg/ha | 8,367 kg/ha | 10,058 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 10,974 kg/ha | 9,988 kg/ha | 11,750 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 11,728 kg/ha | 11,447 kg/ha | 12,060 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Africa
- 17 Chile 23,773 kg/ha compare
- 17 Egypt 23,773 kg/ha compare
- 19 Saint Lucia 22,771 kg/ha compare
- 20 Saudi Arabia 22,765 kg/ha compare
- 21 Palestine 22,223 kg/ha compare
- 22 El Salvador 22,195 kg/ha compare
- 23 Côte d'Ivoire 9,804 kg/ha compare
- 23 Italy 21,091 kg/ha compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is citrus fruit, total — yield in Africa?
- Citrus fruit, total — yield in Africa was 12,060 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest citrus fruit, total — yield recorded in Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 12,060 kg/ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest citrus fruit, total — yield recorded in Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 6,468 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Africa rank for citrus fruit, total — yield?
- Africa ranks 20th out of 27 groups with data for 2024.
- Is citrus fruit, total — yield rising or falling in Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- 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 — 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.