Potatoes — Yield in Northern Africa
Northern Africa: Potatoes — Yield was 28,978 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Potatoes — Yield in Northern Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, potatoes — yield in Northern Africa stood at 28,978 kg/ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.9% on the previous year and up 6.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, potatoes — yield in Northern Africa peaked at 29,543 kg/ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 9,352 kg/ha, in 1967.
That places Northern Africa 12th out of 33 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 10,683 kg/ha | 9,352 kg/ha | 12,089 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 10,532 kg/ha | 9,885 kg/ha | 11,496 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 13,164 kg/ha | 11,339 kg/ha | 14,919 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 16,387 kg/ha | 13,899 kg/ha | 19,041 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 21,525 kg/ha | 18,604 kg/ha | 23,537 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 26,951 kg/ha | 25,269 kg/ha | 28,177 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 28,137 kg/ha | 25,611 kg/ha | 29,543 kg/ha | 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 — yield in Northern Africa?
- Potatoes — yield in Northern Africa was 28,978 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest potatoes — yield recorded in Northern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 29,543 kg/ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest potatoes — yield recorded in Northern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 9,352 kg/ha in 1967.
- How does Northern Africa rank for potatoes — yield?
- Northern Africa ranks 12th out of 33 groups with data for 2024.
- Is potatoes — yield rising or falling in Northern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- 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 — 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.