Maize and products — Seed in Africa
Africa: Maize and products — Seed was 1,272 1000 t in 2023. ▲ Rising
Maize and products — Seed in Africa, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 t.
Analysis
Africa recorded 1,272 1000 t for maize and products — seed in 2023. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
That represents a change of up 6.4% on the previous year and up 22.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, maize and products — seed in Africa peaked at 1,272 1000 t in 2023 and was at its lowest, 954 1000 t, in 2010.
Africa ranks 6th of 31 regions on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 1,050 1000 t | 954 1000 t | 1,159 1000 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,235 1000 t | 1,195 1000 t | 1,272 1000 t | 4 |
Countries ranked near Africa
More agriculture & rural data for Africa
- Tomatoes — Production 26.38 million t (2024)
- Bananas — Production 31.26 million t (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Producing 47.50 million An (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production 2.37 million t (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight 50 kg/An (2024)
- Bananas — Area harvested 2.29 million ha (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 706,446 t (2024)
- Tomatoes — Area harvested 1.67 million ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield 15,779 kg/ha (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested 613,627 ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is maize and products — seed in Africa?
- Maize and products — seed in Africa was 1,272 1000 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest maize and products — seed recorded in Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 1,272 1000 t in 2023.
- What is the lowest maize and products — seed recorded in Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 954 1000 t in 2010.
- How does Africa rank for maize and products — seed?
- Africa ranks 6th out of 31 regions with data for 2023.
- Is maize and products — seed rising or falling in Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 22.4%. 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 Maize and products — Seed. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
A food balance sheet presents a comprehensive picture of the pattern of a country's food supply during a specified reference period. The food balance sheet shows for each food item - i.e. each primary commodity and a number of processed commodities potentially available for human consumption - the sources of supply and its utilization. The total quantity of foodstuffs produced in a country added to the total quantity imported and adjusted to any change in stocks that may have occurred since the beginning of the reference period gives the supply available during that period. On the utilization side a distinction is made between the quantities exported, fed to livestock, used for seed, put to manufacture for food use and non-food uses, losses during storage and transportation, and food supplies available for human consumption. The per caput supply of each such food item available for human consumption is then obtained by dividing the respective quantity by the related data on the population actually partaking of it. Data on per capita food supplies are expressed in terms of quantity and - by applying appropriate food composition factors for all primary and processed products - also in terms of caloric value and protein and fat content.