Millet — Yield in Northern Africa
Northern Africa: Millet — Yield was 278.4 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Millet — Yield in Northern Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Northern Africa recorded 278.4 kg/ha for millet — yield in 2024.
The figure is up 19.3% on the previous year and down 30.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, millet — yield in Northern Africa peaked at 707.1 kg/ha in 2018 and was at its lowest, 121.3 kg/ha, in 1984.
That places Northern Africa 25th out of 26 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Millet — Yield in Northern Africa, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 636.9 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 652.6 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1963 | 634.9 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 1964 | 589.5 kg/ha | -7.2% |
| 1965 | 418.8 kg/ha | -29.0% |
| 1966 | 464.3 kg/ha | +10.9% |
| 1967 | 602.6 kg/ha | +29.8% |
| 1968 | 445.7 kg/ha | -26.0% |
| 1969 | 609 kg/ha | +36.6% |
| 1970 | 605 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1971 | 506.4 kg/ha | -16.3% |
| 1972 | 321.3 kg/ha | -36.6% |
| 1973 | 252.4 kg/ha | -21.4% |
| 1974 | 373.7 kg/ha | +48.1% |
| 1975 | 370.4 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1976 | 401 kg/ha | +8.3% |
| 1977 | 392.2 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 1978 | 426.9 kg/ha | +8.8% |
| 1979 | 320.9 kg/ha | -24.8% |
| 1980 | 310.5 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 1981 | 417.8 kg/ha | +34.6% |
| 1982 | 234.5 kg/ha | -43.9% |
| 1983 | 251.9 kg/ha | +7.4% |
| 1984 | 121.3 kg/ha | -51.8% |
| 1985 | 244.3 kg/ha | +101.4% |
| 1986 | 188.8 kg/ha | -22.7% |
| 1987 | 146.4 kg/ha | -22.5% |
| 1988 | 209.8 kg/ha | +43.3% |
| 1989 | 164.6 kg/ha | -21.5% |
| 1990 | 178 kg/ha | +8.1% |
| 1991 | 280.2 kg/ha | +57.4% |
| 1992 | 291.9 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 1993 | 213.3 kg/ha | -26.9% |
| 1994 | 303.5 kg/ha | +42.3% |
| 1995 | 164.1 kg/ha | -45.9% |
| 1996 | 276.6 kg/ha | +68.6% |
| 1997 | 233.6 kg/ha | -15.5% |
| 1998 | 246.9 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 1999 | 213.3 kg/ha | -13.6% |
| 2000 | 243.2 kg/ha | +14.0% |
| 2001 | 228 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 2002 | 242.9 kg/ha | +6.5% |
| 2003 | 308.9 kg/ha | +27.2% |
| 2004 | 226.7 kg/ha | -26.6% |
| 2005 | 336.4 kg/ha | +48.4% |
| 2006 | 307 kg/ha | -8.7% |
| 2007 | 347.3 kg/ha | +13.1% |
| 2008 | 313.3 kg/ha | -9.8% |
| 2009 | 271.3 kg/ha | -13.4% |
| 2010 | 238.8 kg/ha | -12.0% |
| 2011 | 263.4 kg/ha | +10.3% |
| 2012 | 298.1 kg/ha | +13.2% |
| 2013 | 394.9 kg/ha | +32.5% |
| 2014 | 397.8 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2015 | 290.4 kg/ha | -27.0% |
| 2016 | 484.5 kg/ha | +66.8% |
| 2017 | 353.1 kg/ha | -27.1% |
| 2018 | 707.1 kg/ha | +100.3% |
| 2019 | 378.5 kg/ha | -46.5% |
| 2020 | 558.8 kg/ha | +47.6% |
| 2021 | 324.1 kg/ha | -42.0% |
| 2022 | 471.8 kg/ha | +45.6% |
| 2023 | 233.3 kg/ha | -50.6% |
| 2024 | 278.4 kg/ha | +19.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 561.59 kg/ha | 418.8 kg/ha | 652.6 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 397.02 kg/ha | 252.4 kg/ha | 605 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 228.99 kg/ha | 121.3 kg/ha | 417.8 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 240.14 kg/ha | 164.1 kg/ha | 303.5 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 282.5 kg/ha | 226.7 kg/ha | 347.3 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 380.66 kg/ha | 238.8 kg/ha | 707.1 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 373.28 kg/ha | 233.3 kg/ha | 558.8 kg/ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is millet — yield in Northern Africa?
- Millet — yield in Northern Africa was 278.4 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest millet — yield recorded in Northern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 707.1 kg/ha in 2018.
- What is the lowest millet — yield recorded in Northern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 121.3 kg/ha in 1984.
- How does Northern Africa rank for millet — yield?
- Northern Africa ranks 25th out of 26 groups with data for 2024.
- Is millet — yield rising or falling in Northern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 30.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Northern Africa data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Millet — Yield. 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.