Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Production in Northern Africa
Northern Africa: Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Production was 2.01 million t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Production in Northern Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2024, groundnuts, excluding shelled — production in Northern Africa stood at 2.01 million t.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 17.6% on the previous year and down 4.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, groundnuts, excluding shelled — production in Northern Africa peaked at 3.15 million t in 2018 and was at its lowest, 180,292 t, in 1990.
Northern Africa ranks 15th of 27 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Production in Northern Africa, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 302,803 t | — |
| 1962 | 384,438 t | +27.0% |
| 1963 | 454,638 t | +18.3% |
| 1964 | 406,796 t | -10.5% |
| 1965 | 366,367 t | -9.9% |
| 1966 | 397,229 t | +8.4% |
| 1967 | 369,996 t | -6.9% |
| 1968 | 312,535 t | -15.5% |
| 1969 | 442,004 t | +41.4% |
| 1970 | 392,295 t | -11.2% |
| 1971 | 435,385 t | +11.0% |
| 1972 | 619,582 t | +42.3% |
| 1973 | 599,140 t | -3.3% |
| 1974 | 980,075 t | +63.6% |
| 1975 | 841,323 t | -14.2% |
| 1976 | 789,464 t | -6.2% |
| 1977 | 1.09 million t | +37.6% |
| 1978 | 870,763 t | -19.9% |
| 1979 | 927,372 t | +6.5% |
| 1980 | 785,580 t | -15.3% |
| 1981 | 817,200 t | +4.0% |
| 1982 | 533,783 t | -34.7% |
| 1983 | 470,580 t | -11.8% |
| 1984 | 448,390 t | -4.7% |
| 1985 | 352,040 t | -21.5% |
| 1986 | 439,617 t | +24.9% |
| 1987 | 504,590 t | +14.8% |
| 1988 | 699,203 t | +38.6% |
| 1989 | 285,783 t | -59.1% |
| 1990 | 180,292 t | -36.9% |
| 1991 | 244,389 t | +35.6% |
| 1992 | 462,800 t | +89.4% |
| 1993 | 585,960 t | +26.6% |
| 1994 | 878,844 t | +50.0% |
| 1995 | 900,975 t | +2.5% |
| 1996 | 976,969 t | +8.4% |
| 1997 | 1.29 million t | +32.3% |
| 1998 | 975,566 t | -24.5% |
| 1999 | 1.29 million t | +32.6% |
| 2000 | 1.20 million t | -7.5% |
| 2001 | 1.26 million t | +5.7% |
| 2002 | 1.52 million t | +20.6% |
| 2003 | 1.03 million t | -32.1% |
| 2004 | 1.06 million t | +2.5% |
| 2005 | 795,864 t | -25.0% |
| 2006 | 803,205 t | +0.9% |
| 2007 | 857,509 t | +6.8% |
| 2008 | 992,067 t | +15.7% |
| 2009 | 1.22 million t | +23.1% |
| 2010 | 1.04 million t | -14.8% |
| 2011 | 1.45 million t | +39.5% |
| 2012 | 1.29 million t | -10.9% |
| 2013 | 2.03 million t | +57.0% |
| 2014 | 2.11 million t | +4.1% |
| 2015 | 1.29 million t | -38.8% |
| 2016 | 2.09 million t | +61.8% |
| 2017 | 1.95 million t | -6.6% |
| 2018 | 3.15 million t | +61.3% |
| 2019 | 3.09 million t | -1.9% |
| 2020 | 3.06 million t | -1.1% |
| 2021 | 2.68 million t | -12.5% |
| 2022 | 2.93 million t | +9.6% |
| 2023 | 1.71 million t | -41.7% |
| 2024 | 2.01 million t | +17.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 381,867 t | 302,803 t | 454,638 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 754,199 t | 392,295 t | 1.09 million t | 10 |
| 1980s | 533,677 t | 285,783 t | 817,200 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 779,270 t | 180,292 t | 1.29 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.08 million t | 795,864 t | 1.52 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.95 million t | 1.04 million t | 3.15 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.48 million t | 1.71 million t | 3.06 million t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Northern Africa
- 12 Chad 692,960 t compare
- 12 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 12,328 t compare
- 13 Niger 676,651 t compare
- 13 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 4,160 t compare
- 14 Ghana 625,000 t compare
- 14 Melanesia 3,792 t compare
- 15 Burkina Faso 611,271 t compare
- 15 Timor-Leste 3,351 t compare
- 16 Indonesia 603,000 t compare
- 16 Polynesia 1,212 t compare
- 17 Central African Republic 550,000 t compare
- 17 Côte d'Ivoire 296,660 t compare
- 18 Cameroon 540,000 t compare
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- Other fruits, n.e.c. — Area harvested, annual growth rate 1.01 % change on previous year (2024)
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- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Production, annual growth rate -2.49 % change on previous year (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is groundnuts, excluding shelled — production in Northern Africa?
- Groundnuts, excluding shelled — production in Northern Africa was 2.01 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest groundnuts, excluding shelled — production recorded in Northern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 3.15 million t in 2018.
- What is the lowest groundnuts, excluding shelled — production recorded in Northern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 180,292 t in 1990.
- How does Northern Africa rank for groundnuts, excluding shelled — production?
- Northern Africa ranks 15th out of 27 groups with data for 2024.
- Is groundnuts, excluding shelled — production rising or falling in Northern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Northern 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.