Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Production in Africa
Africa: Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Production was 17.00 million t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Production in Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Africa recorded 17.00 million t for groundnuts, excluding shelled — production in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.7% on the previous year and up 18.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, groundnuts, excluding shelled — production in Africa peaked at 17.99 million t in 2022 and was at its lowest, 3.49 million t, in 1984.
That places Africa 3rd out of 27 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Production in Africa, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 4.92 million t | — |
| 1962 | 5.46 million t | +11.0% |
| 1963 | 5.77 million t | +5.6% |
| 1964 | 5.46 million t | -5.4% |
| 1965 | 5.77 million t | +5.7% |
| 1966 | 5.46 million t | -5.3% |
| 1967 | 5.68 million t | +3.9% |
| 1968 | 5.49 million t | -3.2% |
| 1969 | 5.78 million t | +5.2% |
| 1970 | 5.32 million t | -8.0% |
| 1971 | 5.82 million t | +9.5% |
| 1972 | 5.55 million t | -4.7% |
| 1973 | 4.76 million t | -14.1% |
| 1974 | 7.07 million t | +48.4% |
| 1975 | 5.49 million t | -22.3% |
| 1976 | 5.36 million t | -2.3% |
| 1977 | 4.97 million t | -7.4% |
| 1978 | 5.18 million t | +4.3% |
| 1979 | 4.47 million t | -13.7% |
| 1980 | 4.31 million t | -3.5% |
| 1981 | 4.79 million t | +11.2% |
| 1982 | 4.31 million t | -10.0% |
| 1983 | 3.63 million t | -15.8% |
| 1984 | 3.49 million t | -3.7% |
| 1985 | 3.84 million t | +9.8% |
| 1986 | 4.63 million t | +20.7% |
| 1987 | 4.56 million t | -1.4% |
| 1988 | 5.13 million t | +12.5% |
| 1989 | 4.73 million t | -7.8% |
| 1990 | 4.46 million t | -5.7% |
| 1991 | 4.87 million t | +9.1% |
| 1992 | 4.79 million t | -1.7% |
| 1993 | 5.19 million t | +8.5% |
| 1994 | 5.90 million t | +13.5% |
| 1995 | 5.95 million t | +0.9% |
| 1996 | 6.85 million t | +15.2% |
| 1997 | 7.22 million t | +5.5% |
| 1998 | 7.21 million t | -0.2% |
| 1999 | 8.64 million t | +19.8% |
| 2000 | 8.39 million t | -2.8% |
| 2001 | 8.63 million t | +2.8% |
| 2002 | 8.62 million t | -0.1% |
| 2003 | 8.81 million t | +2.2% |
| 2004 | 8.99 million t | +2.1% |
| 2005 | 9.31 million t | +3.5% |
| 2006 | 9.69 million t | +4.0% |
| 2007 | 8.68 million t | -10.4% |
| 2008 | 9.89 million t | +13.9% |
| 2009 | 10.55 million t | +6.7% |
| 2010 | 12.91 million t | +22.4% |
| 2011 | 11.58 million t | -10.3% |
| 2012 | 12.85 million t | +11.0% |
| 2013 | 13.03 million t | +1.4% |
| 2014 | 14.35 million t | +10.2% |
| 2015 | 14.07 million t | -2.0% |
| 2016 | 14.44 million t | +2.7% |
| 2017 | 15.36 million t | +6.4% |
| 2018 | 17.27 million t | +12.4% |
| 2019 | 16.92 million t | -2.0% |
| 2020 | 17.91 million t | +5.8% |
| 2021 | 17.11 million t | -4.5% |
| 2022 | 17.99 million t | +5.2% |
| 2023 | 16.88 million t | -6.2% |
| 2024 | 17.00 million t | +0.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5.53 million t | 4.92 million t | 5.78 million t | 9 |
| 1970s | 5.40 million t | 4.47 million t | 7.07 million t | 10 |
| 1980s | 4.34 million t | 3.49 million t | 5.13 million t | 10 |
| 1990s | 6.11 million t | 4.46 million t | 8.64 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 9.16 million t | 8.39 million t | 10.55 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 14.28 million t | 11.58 million t | 17.27 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 17.38 million t | 16.88 million t | 17.99 million t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Africa
- 1 China 19.65 million t compare
- 2 China, mainland 19.61 million t compare
- 3 India 11.95 million t compare
- 4 Nigeria 4.30 million t compare
- 4 United Republic of Tanzania 760,000 t compare
- 5 Democratic Republic of the Congo 508,245 t compare
- 5 Myanmar 1.72 million t compare
- 6 Sudan 1.68 million t compare
- 6 Viet Nam 397,250 t compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is groundnuts, excluding shelled — production in Africa?
- Groundnuts, excluding shelled — production in Africa was 17.00 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest groundnuts, excluding shelled — production recorded in Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 17.99 million t in 2022.
- What is the lowest groundnuts, excluding shelled — production recorded in Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.49 million t in 1984.
- How does Africa rank for groundnuts, excluding shelled — production?
- Africa ranks 3rd out of 27 groups with data for 2024.
- Is groundnuts, excluding shelled — production rising or falling in Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 18.4%. 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 Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Production. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.