Other nuts (excluding wild edible nuts and groundnuts), in shell in Africa
Africa: Other nuts (excluding wild edible nuts and groundnuts), in shell was 1,930 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Other nuts (excluding wild edible nuts and groundnuts), in shell in Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Africa recorded 1,930 kg/ha for other nuts (excluding wild edible nuts and groundnuts), in shell in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.9% on the previous year and down 2.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, other nuts (excluding wild edible nuts and groundnuts), in shell in Africa peaked at 5,685 kg/ha in 1982 and was at its lowest, 994.1 kg/ha, in 1990.
That places Africa 8th out of 26 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Other nuts (excluding wild edible nuts and groundnuts), in shell in Africa, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 3,780 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 3,814 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1963 | 3,683 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 1964 | 3,885 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 1965 | 3,778 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 1966 | 3,809 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1967 | 3,840 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1968 | 3,872 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1969 | 3,891 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1970 | 3,894 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1971 | 3,988 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1972 | 4,325 kg/ha | +8.5% |
| 1973 | 4,608 kg/ha | +6.5% |
| 1974 | 4,782 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 1975 | 5,053 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 1976 | 4,788 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 1977 | 5,192 kg/ha | +8.4% |
| 1978 | 5,346 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 1979 | 5,470 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1980 | 5,478 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1981 | 5,484 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1982 | 5,685 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 1983 | 5,671 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1984 | 5,669 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1985 | 1,029 kg/ha | -81.9% |
| 1986 | 1,050 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1987 | 1,034 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1988 | 1,059 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1989 | 1,060 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1990 | 994.1 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 1991 | 1,116 kg/ha | +12.3% |
| 1992 | 1,162 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 1993 | 1,176 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1994 | 1,212 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1995 | 1,229 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1996 | 1,148 kg/ha | -6.6% |
| 1997 | 1,145 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1998 | 1,206 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 1999 | 1,360 kg/ha | +12.8% |
| 2000 | 1,434 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 2001 | 1,382 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 2002 | 1,444 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 2003 | 1,488 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 2004 | 1,521 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2005 | 1,559 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 2006 | 1,580 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2007 | 1,638 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 2008 | 1,716 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 2009 | 1,803 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 2010 | 1,853 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 2011 | 1,891 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2012 | 1,887 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2013 | 1,919 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2014 | 1,982 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 2015 | 2,022 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2016 | 1,985 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 2017 | 1,949 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 2018 | 1,989 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2019 | 2,025 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2020 | 2,047 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2021 | 1,993 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 2022 | 1,997 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 1,988 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2024 | 1,930 kg/ha | -2.9% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Other nuts (excluding wild edible nuts and groundnuts), in shell in 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | -81.9% | 5,669 kg/ha | 1,029 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,817 kg/ha | 3,683 kg/ha | 3,891 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 4,745 kg/ha | 3,894 kg/ha | 5,470 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,322 kg/ha | 1,029 kg/ha | 5,685 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,175 kg/ha | 994.1 kg/ha | 1,360 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,556 kg/ha | 1,382 kg/ha | 1,803 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,950 kg/ha | 1,853 kg/ha | 2,025 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,991 kg/ha | 1,930 kg/ha | 2,047 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Africa
- 5 China 6,182 kg/ha compare
- 5 China, mainland 6,182 kg/ha compare
- 5 Viet Nam 1,759 kg/ha compare
- 6 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 1,738 kg/ha compare
- 7 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 1,420 kg/ha compare
- 7 Kenya 5,656 kg/ha compare
- 8 Guatemala 5,473 kg/ha compare
- 9 Zimbabwe 5,100 kg/ha compare
- 10 Maldives 4,783 kg/ha compare
- 11 Madagascar 4,501 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Africa
- Milk, Total — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) 2.96 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cereals, primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 1.38 % change on previous year (2024)
- Crops — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 1.64 % change on previous year (2024)
- Food — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 1.86 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) 1.72 % change on previous year (2024)
- Livestock — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 2.94 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat indigenous, total — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 3.15 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sugar Crops Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 1.44 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 2.02 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables and Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant) 1.84 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is other nuts (excluding wild edible nuts and groundnuts), in shell in Africa?
- Other nuts (excluding wild edible nuts and groundnuts), in shell in Africa was 1,930 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest other nuts (excluding wild edible nuts and groundnuts), in shell recorded in Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 5,685 kg/ha in 1982.
- What is the lowest other nuts (excluding wild edible nuts and groundnuts), in shell recorded in Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 994.1 kg/ha in 1990.
- How does Africa rank for other nuts (excluding wild edible nuts and groundnuts), in shell?
- Africa ranks 8th out of 26 groups with data for 2024.
- Is other nuts (excluding wild edible nuts and groundnuts), in shell rising or falling in Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Africa data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Other nuts (excluding wild edible nuts and groundnuts), in shell, n.e.c. — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 64 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO).
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.