Coffee, green — Production in Africa
Africa: Coffee, green — Production was 1.91 million t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Coffee, green — Production in Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for coffee, green — production in Africa is 1.91 million t, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.7% on the previous year and up 65.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, coffee, green — production in Africa peaked at 2.07 million t in 2022 and was at its lowest, 811,628 t, in 2003.
That places Africa 9th out of 25 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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.08 million t | 870,970 t | 1.25 million t | 9 |
| 1970s | 1.24 million t | 1.06 million t | 1.38 million t | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.20 million t | 1.04 million t | 1.29 million t | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.17 million t | 991,823 t | 1.25 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.05 million t | 811,628 t | 1.28 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.33 million t | 1.05 million t | 1.81 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.95 million t | 1.88 million t | 2.07 million t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Africa
More agriculture & rural data for Africa
- Tomatoes — Production 26.38 million t (2024)
- Bananas — Production 31.26 million t (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)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight 50 kg/An (2024)
- Bananas — Area harvested 2.29 million ha (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 706,446 t (2024)
- Tomatoes — Area harvested 1.67 million ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield 15,779 kg/ha (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested 613,627 ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is coffee, green — production in Africa?
- Coffee, green — production in Africa was 1.91 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest coffee, green — production recorded in Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 2.07 million t in 2022.
- What is the lowest coffee, green — production recorded in Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 811,628 t in 2003.
- How does Africa rank for coffee, green — production?
- Africa ranks 9th out of 25 groups with data for 2024.
- Is coffee, green — production rising or falling in Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 65.4%. 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 Coffee, green — 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.