Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Yield in Northern Africa
Northern Africa: Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Yield was 638.1 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Yield in Northern Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield in Northern Africa stood at 638.1 kg/ha.
That represents a change of down 14.9% on the previous year and down 4.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield in Northern Africa peaked at 922.8 kg/ha in 2011 and was at its lowest, 390.4 kg/ha, in 1961.
Northern Africa ranks 22nd of 28 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Yield in Northern Africa, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 390.4 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 577.3 kg/ha | +47.9% |
| 1963 | 551.5 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 1964 | 544.6 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1965 | 542.9 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1966 | 502.2 kg/ha | -7.5% |
| 1967 | 523.8 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 1968 | 557.5 kg/ha | +6.4% |
| 1969 | 649.9 kg/ha | +16.6% |
| 1970 | 608.6 kg/ha | -6.4% |
| 1971 | 664.7 kg/ha | +9.2% |
| 1972 | 642.3 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 1973 | 592.2 kg/ha | -7.8% |
| 1974 | 591.5 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1975 | 572.3 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 1976 | 534.2 kg/ha | -6.7% |
| 1977 | 547.2 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1978 | 644.1 kg/ha | +17.7% |
| 1979 | 645.2 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1980 | 665.9 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1981 | 651.6 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 1982 | 700.5 kg/ha | +7.5% |
| 1983 | 692.9 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1984 | 707.5 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1985 | 749.1 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 1986 | 703.9 kg/ha | -6.0% |
| 1987 | 719.3 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1988 | 631.2 kg/ha | -12.2% |
| 1989 | 635.7 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1990 | 625.3 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1991 | 690.8 kg/ha | +10.5% |
| 1992 | 814.9 kg/ha | +18.0% |
| 1993 | 851.6 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 1994 | 700.6 kg/ha | -17.7% |
| 1995 | 670.2 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 1996 | 711.8 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 1997 | 669.7 kg/ha | -5.9% |
| 1998 | 617.4 kg/ha | -7.8% |
| 1999 | 699.2 kg/ha | +13.2% |
| 2000 | 656.6 kg/ha | -6.1% |
| 2001 | 794.8 kg/ha | +21.0% |
| 2002 | 758.5 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 2003 | 736.8 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 2004 | 785.4 kg/ha | +6.6% |
| 2005 | 660.2 kg/ha | -15.9% |
| 2006 | 758.4 kg/ha | +14.9% |
| 2007 | 730.7 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 2008 | 682.4 kg/ha | -6.6% |
| 2009 | 662.8 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 2010 | 792.7 kg/ha | +19.6% |
| 2011 | 922.8 kg/ha | +16.4% |
| 2012 | 590.5 kg/ha | -36.0% |
| 2013 | 641.7 kg/ha | +8.7% |
| 2014 | 668.9 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 2015 | 567.3 kg/ha | -15.2% |
| 2016 | 740.1 kg/ha | +30.5% |
| 2017 | 775.8 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 2018 | 820 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 2019 | 673.1 kg/ha | -17.9% |
| 2020 | 758.7 kg/ha | +12.7% |
| 2021 | 707.6 kg/ha | -6.7% |
| 2022 | 480.8 kg/ha | -32.1% |
| 2023 | 749.4 kg/ha | +55.9% |
| 2024 | 638.1 kg/ha | -14.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 537.79 kg/ha | 390.4 kg/ha | 649.9 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 604.23 kg/ha | 534.2 kg/ha | 664.7 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 685.76 kg/ha | 631.2 kg/ha | 749.1 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 705.15 kg/ha | 617.4 kg/ha | 851.6 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 722.66 kg/ha | 656.6 kg/ha | 794.8 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 719.29 kg/ha | 567.3 kg/ha | 922.8 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 666.92 kg/ha | 480.8 kg/ha | 758.7 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Northern Africa
- 19 Estonia 1,971 kg/ha compare
- 20 Australia 1,795 kg/ha compare
- 21 Australia and New Zealand 1,775 kg/ha compare
- 22 Russian Federation 1,570 kg/ha compare
- 23 Romania 1,544 kg/ha compare
- 24 Brazil 1,507 kg/ha compare
- 25 Yugoslav SFR 1,485 kg/ha compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield in Northern Africa?
- Fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield in Northern Africa was 638.1 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield recorded in Northern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 922.8 kg/ha in 2011.
- What is the lowest fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield recorded in Northern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 390.4 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Northern Africa rank for fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield?
- Northern Africa ranks 22nd out of 28 groups with data for 2024.
- Is fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield rising or falling in Northern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.6%. 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 Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — 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.