Kenaf, and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted — Production in Africa
Africa: Kenaf, and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted — Production was 16,978 t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Kenaf, and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted — Production in Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for kenaf, and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted — production in Africa is 16,978 t, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.1% on the previous year and up 2.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, kenaf, and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted — production in Africa peaked at 22,300 t in 1969 and was at its lowest, 8,468 t, in 1977.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Kenaf, and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted — Production in Africa, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 18,119 t | — |
| 1962 | 14,511 t | -19.9% |
| 1963 | 15,807 t | +8.9% |
| 1964 | 13,789 t | -12.8% |
| 1965 | 15,718 t | +14.0% |
| 1966 | 16,025 t | +2.0% |
| 1967 | 16,978 t | +5.9% |
| 1968 | 20,598 t | +21.3% |
| 1969 | 22,300 t | +8.3% |
| 1970 | 20,491 t | -8.1% |
| 1971 | 16,171 t | -21.1% |
| 1972 | 13,581 t | -16.0% |
| 1973 | 12,973 t | -4.5% |
| 1974 | 11,870 t | -8.5% |
| 1975 | 12,185 t | +2.7% |
| 1976 | 9,209 t | -24.4% |
| 1977 | 8,468 t | -8.0% |
| 1978 | 9,399 t | +11.0% |
| 1979 | 9,403 t | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 9,116 t | -3.1% |
| 1981 | 10,025 t | +10.0% |
| 1982 | 10,816 t | +7.9% |
| 1983 | 11,445 t | +5.8% |
| 1984 | 11,970 t | +4.6% |
| 1985 | 11,852 t | -1.0% |
| 1986 | 12,272 t | +3.5% |
| 1987 | 13,492 t | +9.9% |
| 1988 | 14,392 t | +6.7% |
| 1989 | 14,443 t | +0.4% |
| 1990 | 14,591 t | +1.0% |
| 1991 | 14,202 t | -2.7% |
| 1992 | 13,578 t | -4.4% |
| 1993 | 14,760 t | +8.7% |
| 1994 | 14,155 t | -4.1% |
| 1995 | 14,987 t | +5.9% |
| 1996 | 15,736 t | +5.0% |
| 1997 | 16,000 t | +1.7% |
| 1998 | 15,680 t | -2.0% |
| 1999 | 16,057 t | +2.4% |
| 2000 | 14,926 t | -7.0% |
| 2001 | 14,963 t | +0.3% |
| 2002 | 14,991 t | +0.2% |
| 2003 | 15,084 t | +0.6% |
| 2004 | 15,085 t | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 14,670 t | -2.7% |
| 2006 | 14,985 t | +2.1% |
| 2007 | 14,954 t | -0.2% |
| 2008 | 15,311 t | +2.4% |
| 2009 | 16,097 t | +5.1% |
| 2010 | 16,244 t | +0.9% |
| 2011 | 16,520 t | +1.7% |
| 2012 | 16,531 t | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 16,717 t | +1.1% |
| 2014 | 16,567 t | -0.9% |
| 2015 | 16,486 t | -0.5% |
| 2016 | 16,742 t | +1.6% |
| 2017 | 16,761 t | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 16,889 t | +0.8% |
| 2019 | 16,982 t | +0.5% |
| 2020 | 17,071 t | +0.5% |
| 2021 | 16,955 t | -0.7% |
| 2022 | 16,990 t | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 16,995 t | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 16,978 t | -0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 17,094 t | 13,789 t | 22,300 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 12,375 t | 8,468 t | 20,491 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 11,982 t | 9,116 t | 14,443 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 14,974 t | 13,578 t | 16,057 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 15,107 t | 14,670 t | 16,097 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 16,644 t | 16,244 t | 16,982 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 16,998 t | 16,955 t | 17,071 t | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is kenaf, and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted — production in Africa?
- Kenaf, and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted — production in Africa was 16,978 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest kenaf, and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted — production recorded in Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 22,300 t in 1969.
- What is the lowest kenaf, and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted — production recorded in Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 8,468 t in 1977.
- How does Africa rank for kenaf, and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted — production?
- Africa ranks 8th out of 19 groups with data for 2024.
- Is kenaf, and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted — production rising or falling in Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.5%. 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 Kenaf, and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted — 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.