Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in Northern Africa
Northern Africa: Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield was 24,655 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in Northern Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, roots and tubers, total — yield in Northern Africa stood at 24,655 kg/ha.
That represents a change of down 2.1% on the previous year and up 4.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots and tubers, total — yield in Northern Africa peaked at 25,196 kg/ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 6,360 kg/ha, in 1967.
Northern Africa ranks 9th of 29 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in Northern Africa, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 7,354 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 7,136 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 1963 | 7,382 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 1964 | 6,744 kg/ha | -8.6% |
| 1965 | 7,393 kg/ha | +9.6% |
| 1966 | 6,721 kg/ha | -9.1% |
| 1967 | 6,360 kg/ha | -5.4% |
| 1968 | 7,087 kg/ha | +11.4% |
| 1969 | 7,333 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 1970 | 7,996 kg/ha | +9.0% |
| 1971 | 7,805 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 1972 | 8,307 kg/ha | +6.4% |
| 1973 | 8,538 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1974 | 8,542 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 8,500 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1976 | 8,661 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1977 | 8,558 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1978 | 8,420 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1979 | 9,347 kg/ha | +11.0% |
| 1980 | 10,044 kg/ha | +7.5% |
| 1981 | 9,537 kg/ha | -5.1% |
| 1982 | 9,385 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1983 | 10,088 kg/ha | +7.5% |
| 1984 | 10,477 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 1985 | 11,380 kg/ha | +8.6% |
| 1986 | 11,154 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1987 | 12,411 kg/ha | +11.3% |
| 1988 | 12,434 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1989 | 12,845 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1990 | 12,653 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1991 | 12,996 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1992 | 13,115 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1993 | 13,573 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 1994 | 13,437 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1995 | 15,685 kg/ha | +16.7% |
| 1996 | 15,703 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1997 | 15,425 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1998 | 16,271 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 1999 | 15,891 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 2000 | 16,100 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2001 | 15,909 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2002 | 17,544 kg/ha | +10.3% |
| 2003 | 18,342 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 2004 | 18,908 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 2005 | 19,009 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2006 | 18,853 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2007 | 19,025 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2008 | 20,408 kg/ha | +7.3% |
| 2009 | 20,498 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2010 | 22,152 kg/ha | +8.1% |
| 2011 | 23,207 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 2012 | 23,226 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 24,227 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 2014 | 23,528 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 2015 | 23,150 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2016 | 22,468 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 2017 | 23,137 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 2018 | 23,470 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2019 | 24,011 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 2020 | 22,339 kg/ha | -7.0% |
| 2021 | 23,945 kg/ha | +7.2% |
| 2022 | 23,968 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2023 | 25,196 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 2024 | 24,655 kg/ha | -2.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 7,057 kg/ha | 6,360 kg/ha | 7,393 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 8,467 kg/ha | 7,805 kg/ha | 9,347 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 10,975 kg/ha | 9,385 kg/ha | 12,845 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 14,475 kg/ha | 12,653 kg/ha | 16,271 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 18,460 kg/ha | 15,909 kg/ha | 20,498 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 23,257 kg/ha | 22,152 kg/ha | 24,227 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 24,020 kg/ha | 22,339 kg/ha | 25,196 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Northern Africa
- 6 France 42,436 kg/ha compare
- 6 Viet Nam 19,186 kg/ha compare
- 7 Australia and New Zealand 42,221 kg/ha compare
- 8 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 41,703 kg/ha compare
- 9 Canada 41,658 kg/ha compare
- 10 Australia 40,838 kg/ha compare
- 11 Bahrain 40,000 kg/ha compare
- 12 Democratic Republic of the Congo 8,025 kg/ha compare
- 12 Jordan 39,909 kg/ha compare
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- Fat of pigs — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, annual growth rate -1.97 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production, annual -1.81 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables Primary — Yield, annual growth rate 1.98 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is roots and tubers, total — yield in Northern Africa?
- Roots and tubers, total — yield in Northern Africa was 24,655 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest roots and tubers, total — yield recorded in Northern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 25,196 kg/ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest roots and tubers, total — yield recorded in Northern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 6,360 kg/ha in 1967.
- How does Northern Africa rank for roots and tubers, total — yield?
- Northern Africa ranks 9th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is roots and tubers, total — yield rising or falling in Northern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.8%. 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 Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.