Fruit Primary — Production in Africa
Africa: Fruit Primary — Production was 137.69 million t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Fruit Primary — Production in Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for fruit primary — production in Africa is 137.69 million t, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.3% on the previous year and up 28.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fruit primary — production in Africa peaked at 137.69 million t in 2024 and was at its lowest, 25.85 million t, in 1961.
Africa ranks 6th of 29 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Fruit Primary — Production in Africa, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 25.85 million t | — |
| 1962 | 27.12 million t | +4.9% |
| 1963 | 27.74 million t | +2.3% |
| 1964 | 28.86 million t | +4.0% |
| 1965 | 28.35 million t | -1.8% |
| 1966 | 28.41 million t | +0.2% |
| 1967 | 30.18 million t | +6.2% |
| 1968 | 31.97 million t | +5.9% |
| 1969 | 32.50 million t | +1.7% |
| 1970 | 36.09 million t | +11.1% |
| 1971 | 36.83 million t | +2.0% |
| 1972 | 37.05 million t | +0.6% |
| 1973 | 38.62 million t | +4.3% |
| 1974 | 40.61 million t | +5.1% |
| 1975 | 41.30 million t | +1.7% |
| 1976 | 40.83 million t | -1.1% |
| 1977 | 40.28 million t | -1.4% |
| 1978 | 41.79 million t | +3.8% |
| 1979 | 40.77 million t | -2.4% |
| 1980 | 40.83 million t | +0.2% |
| 1981 | 41.82 million t | +2.4% |
| 1982 | 43.02 million t | +2.9% |
| 1983 | 43.88 million t | +2.0% |
| 1984 | 44.42 million t | +1.2% |
| 1985 | 46.69 million t | +5.1% |
| 1986 | 47.62 million t | +2.0% |
| 1987 | 48.29 million t | +1.4% |
| 1988 | 48.98 million t | +1.4% |
| 1989 | 52.02 million t | +6.2% |
| 1990 | 52.23 million t | +0.4% |
| 1991 | 54.66 million t | +4.6% |
| 1992 | 55.98 million t | +2.4% |
| 1993 | 56.38 million t | +0.7% |
| 1994 | 56.50 million t | +0.2% |
| 1995 | 56.66 million t | +0.3% |
| 1996 | 60.15 million t | +6.2% |
| 1997 | 62.24 million t | +3.5% |
| 1998 | 64.29 million t | +3.3% |
| 1999 | 66.48 million t | +3.4% |
| 2000 | 66.60 million t | +0.2% |
| 2001 | 67.17 million t | +0.9% |
| 2002 | 72.39 million t | +7.8% |
| 2003 | 74.05 million t | +2.3% |
| 2004 | 76.87 million t | +3.8% |
| 2005 | 79.37 million t | +3.3% |
| 2006 | 83.60 million t | +5.3% |
| 2007 | 84.48 million t | +1.0% |
| 2008 | 81.63 million t | -3.4% |
| 2009 | 88.55 million t | +8.5% |
| 2010 | 91.82 million t | +3.7% |
| 2011 | 94.44 million t | +2.9% |
| 2012 | 97.07 million t | +2.8% |
| 2013 | 101.26 million t | +4.3% |
| 2014 | 107.35 million t | +6.0% |
| 2015 | 110.66 million t | +3.1% |
| 2016 | 107.96 million t | -2.4% |
| 2017 | 111.34 million t | +3.1% |
| 2018 | 118.02 million t | +6.0% |
| 2019 | 123.02 million t | +4.2% |
| 2020 | 127.93 million t | +4.0% |
| 2021 | 131.90 million t | +3.1% |
| 2022 | 135.13 million t | +2.5% |
| 2023 | 134.56 million t | -0.4% |
| 2024 | 137.69 million t | +2.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 29.00 million t | 25.85 million t | 32.50 million t | 9 |
| 1970s | 39.42 million t | 36.09 million t | 41.79 million t | 10 |
| 1980s | 45.76 million t | 40.83 million t | 52.02 million t | 10 |
| 1990s | 58.56 million t | 52.23 million t | 66.48 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 77.47 million t | 66.60 million t | 88.55 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 106.29 million t | 91.82 million t | 123.02 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 133.44 million t | 127.93 million t | 137.69 million t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Africa
- 3 India 112.91 million t compare
- 3 Türkiye 25.67 million t compare
- 4 Brazil 41.57 million t compare
- 5 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 16.99 million t compare
- 5 Mexico 25.64 million t compare
- 6 Indonesia 25.03 million t compare
- 7 Italy 17.52 million t compare
- 7 Viet Nam 12.65 million t compare
- 8 Democratic Republic of the Congo 6.76 million t compare
- 8 USSR 17.31 million t compare
- 9 Spain 16.97 million t compare
- 9 United Republic of Tanzania 5.65 million t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Africa
- Milk, Total — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) 2.96 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cereals, primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 1.38 % change on previous year (2024)
- Crops — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 1.64 % change on previous year (2024)
- Food — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 1.86 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) 1.72 % change on previous year (2024)
- Livestock — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 2.94 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat indigenous, total — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 3.15 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sugar Crops Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 1.44 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 2.02 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables and Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant) 1.84 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is fruit primary — production in Africa?
- Fruit primary — production in Africa was 137.69 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest fruit primary — production recorded in Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 137.69 million t in 2024.
- What is the lowest fruit primary — production recorded in Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 25.85 million t in 1961.
- How does Africa rank for fruit primary — production?
- Africa ranks 6th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is fruit primary — production rising or falling in Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 28.3%. 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 Fruit Primary — 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.