Potatoes — Production in Northern Africa
Northern Africa: Potatoes — Production was 16.25 million t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Potatoes — Production in Northern Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Northern Africa recorded 16.25 million t for potatoes — production in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.7% on the previous year and up 31.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, potatoes — production in Northern Africa peaked at 16.37 million t in 2023 and was at its lowest, 801,096 t, in 1967.
Northern Africa ranks 9th of 37 regions on this measure, in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 929,132 t | 801,096 t | 1.11 million t | 9 |
| 1970s | 1.65 million t | 1.13 million t | 2.32 million t | 10 |
| 1980s | 3.08 million t | 2.31 million t | 3.99 million t | 10 |
| 1990s | 4.53 million t | 3.64 million t | 5.71 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 6.60 million t | 4.75 million t | 8.42 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 11.97 million t | 9.53 million t | 13.44 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 15.04 million t | 13.56 million t | 16.37 million t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Northern Africa
More agriculture & rural data for Northern Africa
- Bananas — Area harvested 90,508 ha (2024)
- Fat of pigs — Production 149.18 t (2024)
- Swine / pigs — Stocks 38,726 An (2024)
- Fat of pigs — Producing Animals/Slaughtered 45,744 An (2024)
- Tomatoes — Area harvested 296,996 ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield 44,683 kg/ha (2024)
- Edible offal of pigs, fresh, chilled or frozen — Producing 45,744 An (2024)
- Edible offal of pigs, fresh, chilled or frozen — Production 123.39 t (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 15,893 t (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight 34 kg/An (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is potatoes — production in Northern Africa?
- Potatoes — production in Northern Africa was 16.25 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest potatoes — production recorded in Northern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 16.37 million t in 2023.
- What is the lowest potatoes — production recorded in Northern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 801,096 t in 1967.
- How does Northern Africa rank for potatoes — production?
- Northern Africa ranks 9th out of 37 regions with data for 2024.
- Is potatoes — production rising or falling in Northern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 31.9%. 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 Potatoes — 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.