Millet — Production in Middle Africa
Middle Africa: Millet — Production was 808,673 t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Millet — Production in Middle Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for millet — production in Middle Africa is 808,673 t, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 2.4% on the previous year and down 10.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, millet — production in Middle Africa peaked at 1.03 million t in 2012 and was at its lowest, 217,678 t, in 1984.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Millet — Production in Middle Africa, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 491,000 t | — |
| 1962 | 470,000 t | -4.3% |
| 1963 | 583,000 t | +24.0% |
| 1964 | 506,000 t | -13.2% |
| 1965 | 440,790 t | -12.9% |
| 1966 | 471,440 t | +7.0% |
| 1967 | 454,755 t | -3.5% |
| 1968 | 455,000 t | +0.1% |
| 1969 | 481,000 t | +5.7% |
| 1970 | 458,700 t | -4.6% |
| 1971 | 455,100 t | -0.8% |
| 1972 | 375,500 t | -17.5% |
| 1973 | 368,200 t | -1.9% |
| 1974 | 433,300 t | +17.7% |
| 1975 | 444,000 t | +2.5% |
| 1976 | 419,700 t | -5.5% |
| 1977 | 421,900 t | +0.5% |
| 1978 | 444,800 t | +5.4% |
| 1979 | 409,400 t | -8.0% |
| 1980 | 392,100 t | -4.2% |
| 1981 | 287,300 t | -26.7% |
| 1982 | 307,500 t | +7.0% |
| 1983 | 297,300 t | -3.3% |
| 1984 | 217,678 t | -26.8% |
| 1985 | 402,240 t | +84.8% |
| 1986 | 424,591 t | +5.6% |
| 1987 | 343,244 t | -19.2% |
| 1988 | 516,076 t | +50.4% |
| 1989 | 348,237 t | -32.5% |
| 1990 | 337,829 t | -3.0% |
| 1991 | 393,510 t | +16.5% |
| 1992 | 460,763 t | +17.1% |
| 1993 | 351,994 t | -23.6% |
| 1994 | 471,578 t | +34.0% |
| 1995 | 444,975 t | -5.6% |
| 1996 | 522,819 t | +17.5% |
| 1997 | 418,183 t | -20.0% |
| 1998 | 550,911 t | +31.7% |
| 1999 | 560,224 t | +1.7% |
| 2000 | 458,450 t | -18.2% |
| 2001 | 648,915 t | +41.5% |
| 2002 | 624,435 t | -3.8% |
| 2003 | 709,333 t | +13.6% |
| 2004 | 537,014 t | -24.3% |
| 2005 | 837,222 t | +55.9% |
| 2006 | 856,758 t | +2.3% |
| 2007 | 698,855 t | -18.4% |
| 2008 | 683,103 t | -2.3% |
| 2009 | 465,647 t | -31.8% |
| 2010 | 948,584 t | +103.7% |
| 2011 | 544,774 t | -42.6% |
| 2012 | 1.03 million t | +89.0% |
| 2013 | 758,890 t | -26.3% |
| 2014 | 903,140 t | +19.0% |
| 2015 | 798,653 t | -11.6% |
| 2016 | 940,175 t | +17.7% |
| 2017 | 878,971 t | -6.5% |
| 2018 | 974,043 t | +10.8% |
| 2019 | 932,415 t | -4.3% |
| 2020 | 904,893 t | -3.0% |
| 2021 | 819,225 t | -9.5% |
| 2022 | 893,557 t | +9.1% |
| 2023 | 828,341 t | -7.3% |
| 2024 | 808,673 t | -2.4% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Millet — Production in Middle Africa changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | +103.7% | 465,647 t | 948,584 t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 483,665 t | 440,790 t | 583,000 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 423,060 t | 368,200 t | 458,700 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 353,627 t | 217,678 t | 516,076 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 451,279 t | 337,829 t | 560,224 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 651,973 t | 458,450 t | 856,758 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 870,948 t | 544,774 t | 1.03 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 850,938 t | 808,673 t | 904,893 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Middle Africa
- 1 India 12.62 million t compare
- 2 Niger 3.84 million t compare
- 3 China 2.78 million t compare
- 4 China, mainland 2.78 million t compare
- 4 United Republic of Tanzania 325,000 t compare
- 5 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 77,049 t compare
- 5 Mali 1.98 million t compare
- 6 Democratic Republic of the Congo 41,042 t compare
- 6 USSR 1.61 million t compare
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- Other vegetables, fresh n.e.c. — Area harvested, annual growth rate -0.3406 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other vegetables, fresh n.e.c. — Yield, annual growth rate 0.1253 % change on previous year (2024)
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- Potatoes — Area harvested, annual growth rate 1.36 % change on previous year (2024)
- Potatoes — Yield, annual growth rate 1.66 % change on previous year (2024)
- Raw hides and skins of cattle — Production, annual growth rate 3.64 % change on previous year (2024)
- Raw hides and skins of goats or kids — Yield/Carcass Weight, annual 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Raw hides and skins of cattle — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, annual -3.05 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other fruits, n.e.c. — Production, annual growth rate 0.2752 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is millet — production in Middle Africa?
- Millet — production in Middle Africa was 808,673 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest millet — production recorded in Middle Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 1.03 million t in 2012.
- What is the lowest millet — production recorded in Middle Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 217,678 t in 1984.
- How does Middle Africa rank for millet — production?
- Middle Africa ranks 3rd out of 12 groups with data for 2024.
- Is millet — production rising or falling in Middle Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 10.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Middle Africa data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Millet — 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.