Molasses — Production in Northern Africa
Northern Africa: Molasses — Production was 2.03 million t in 2023. ◆ Volatile
Molasses — Production in Northern Africa, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for molasses — production in Northern Africa is 2.03 million t, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 63 years on record.
The figure is up 6.8% on the previous year and up 62.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, molasses — production in Northern Africa peaked at 2.03 million t in 2023 and was at its lowest, 197,902 t, in 1963.
Northern Africa ranks 17th of 28 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.
Molasses — Production in Northern Africa, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 267,917 t | — |
| 1962 | 253,850 t | -5.3% |
| 1963 | 197,902 t | -22.0% |
| 1964 | 211,692 t | +7.0% |
| 1965 | 199,486 t | -5.8% |
| 1966 | 199,940 t | +0.2% |
| 1967 | 205,162 t | +2.6% |
| 1968 | 244,027 t | +18.9% |
| 1969 | 302,216 t | +23.8% |
| 1970 | 348,585 t | +15.3% |
| 1971 | 366,383 t | +5.1% |
| 1972 | 387,636 t | +5.8% |
| 1973 | 369,944 t | -4.6% |
| 1974 | 377,358 t | +2.0% |
| 1975 | 384,858 t | +2.0% |
| 1976 | 429,877 t | +11.7% |
| 1977 | 447,757 t | +4.2% |
| 1978 | 473,064 t | +5.7% |
| 1979 | 469,987 t | -0.7% |
| 1980 | 507,790 t | +8.0% |
| 1981 | 526,720 t | +3.7% |
| 1982 | 537,937 t | +2.1% |
| 1983 | 658,132 t | +22.3% |
| 1984 | 644,882 t | -2.0% |
| 1985 | 663,960 t | +3.0% |
| 1986 | 712,042 t | +7.2% |
| 1987 | 745,719 t | +4.7% |
| 1988 | 727,530 t | -2.4% |
| 1989 | 706,252 t | -2.9% |
| 1990 | 766,727 t | +8.6% |
| 1991 | 833,094 t | +8.7% |
| 1992 | 769,551 t | -7.6% |
| 1993 | 827,017 t | +7.5% |
| 1994 | 940,470 t | +13.7% |
| 1995 | 897,577 t | -4.6% |
| 1996 | 895,336 t | -0.2% |
| 1997 | 896,873 t | +0.2% |
| 1998 | 948,202 t | +5.7% |
| 1999 | 1.02 million t | +7.9% |
| 2000 | 1.02 million t | -0.5% |
| 2001 | 1.01 million t | -0.5% |
| 2002 | 1.05 million t | +3.6% |
| 2003 | 1.07 million t | +2.2% |
| 2004 | 1.06 million t | -1.0% |
| 2005 | 1.11 million t | +4.5% |
| 2006 | 1.14 million t | +2.7% |
| 2007 | 1.12 million t | -1.9% |
| 2008 | 1.03 million t | -8.2% |
| 2009 | 1.04 million t | +1.1% |
| 2010 | 794,000 t | -23.4% |
| 2011 | 965,000 t | +21.5% |
| 2012 | 1.28 million t | +32.5% |
| 2013 | 1.25 million t | -1.9% |
| 2014 | 1.29 million t | +2.9% |
| 2015 | 1.30 million t | +0.9% |
| 2016 | 1.32 million t | +1.2% |
| 2017 | 1.36 million t | +3.0% |
| 2018 | 1.37 million t | +1.1% |
| 2019 | 1.35 million t | -1.8% |
| 2020 | 1.42 million t | +5.3% |
| 2021 | 1.17 million t | -17.3% |
| 2022 | 1.90 million t | +62.4% |
| 2023 | 2.03 million t | +6.8% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Molasses — Production in Northern 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | +62.4% | 1.17 million t | 1.90 million t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 231,355 t | 197,902 t | 302,216 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 405,545 t | 348,585 t | 473,064 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 643,096 t | 507,790 t | 745,719 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 879,814 t | 766,727 t | 1.02 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.06 million t | 1.01 million t | 1.14 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.23 million t | 794,000 t | 1.37 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.63 million t | 1.17 million t | 2.03 million t | 4 |
Countries ranked near Northern Africa
- 14 Australia 994,719 t compare
- 14 Republic of Moldova 27,000 t compare
- 14 Australia and New Zealand 994,719 t compare
- 15 Syrian Arab Republic 2,139 t compare
- 16 Germany 761,017 t compare
- 17 South Africa 745,271 t compare
- 18 Ukraine 689,256 t compare
- 19 Guatemala 620,285 t compare
- 20 Philippines 595,238 t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Northern Africa
- Non Food — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 0.3611 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered 0.2048 % change on previous year (2024)
- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Area harvested 4.31 % change on previous year (2024)
- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Yield, annual 0.5578 % change on previous year (2024)
- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Production, annual 4.89 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other fruits, n.e.c. — Area harvested, annual growth rate 1.01 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other fruits, n.e.c. — Production, annual growth rate 1.31 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other fruits, n.e.c. — Yield, annual growth rate 0.3026 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Production, annual growth rate -2.49 % change on previous year (2024)
- Milk, Total — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) 2.89 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is molasses — production in Northern Africa?
- Molasses — production in Northern Africa was 2.03 million t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest molasses — production recorded in Northern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 2.03 million t in 2023.
- What is the lowest molasses — production recorded in Northern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 197,902 t in 1963.
- How does Northern Africa rank for molasses — production?
- Northern Africa ranks 17th out of 28 groups with data for 2023.
- Is molasses — production rising or falling in Northern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 62.0%. 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 Molasses — 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.