Sugar Crops Primary — Production in Northern Africa
Northern Africa: Sugar Crops Primary — Production was 33.02 million t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sugar Crops Primary — Production in Northern Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sugar crops primary — production in Northern Africa is 33.02 million t, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 4.9% on the previous year and down 9.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar crops primary — production in Northern Africa peaked at 38.13 million t in 2015 and was at its lowest, 4.43 million t, in 1961.
That places Northern Africa 19th out of 29 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.
Sugar Crops Primary — Production in Northern Africa, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 4.43 million t | — |
| 1962 | 5.05 million t | +14.0% |
| 1963 | 5.42 million t | +7.4% |
| 1964 | 5.37 million t | -1.0% |
| 1965 | 5.16 million t | -3.9% |
| 1966 | 5.93 million t | +14.9% |
| 1967 | 6.42 million t | +8.3% |
| 1968 | 7.90 million t | +23.0% |
| 1969 | 8.86 million t | +12.1% |
| 1970 | 8.97 million t | +1.2% |
| 1971 | 9.91 million t | +10.5% |
| 1972 | 10.32 million t | +4.2% |
| 1973 | 9.82 million t | -4.8% |
| 1974 | 10.23 million t | +4.1% |
| 1975 | 11.17 million t | +9.2% |
| 1976 | 12.42 million t | +11.2% |
| 1977 | 11.79 million t | -5.1% |
| 1978 | 12.73 million t | +7.9% |
| 1979 | 12.61 million t | -1.0% |
| 1980 | 12.74 million t | +1.1% |
| 1981 | 14.17 million t | +11.2% |
| 1982 | 14.55 million t | +2.7% |
| 1983 | 15.81 million t | +8.7% |
| 1984 | 17.77 million t | +12.4% |
| 1985 | 18.30 million t | +3.0% |
| 1986 | 19.67 million t | +7.5% |
| 1987 | 17.80 million t | -9.5% |
| 1988 | 19.38 million t | +8.9% |
| 1989 | 19.68 million t | +1.5% |
| 1990 | 20.18 million t | +2.5% |
| 1991 | 21.50 million t | +6.6% |
| 1992 | 20.96 million t | -2.5% |
| 1993 | 21.58 million t | +3.0% |
| 1994 | 23.23 million t | +7.6% |
| 1995 | 23.71 million t | +2.0% |
| 1996 | 23.83 million t | +0.5% |
| 1997 | 24.24 million t | +1.7% |
| 1998 | 26.27 million t | +8.4% |
| 1999 | 27.83 million t | +6.0% |
| 2000 | 27.92 million t | +0.3% |
| 2001 | 27.88 million t | -0.1% |
| 2002 | 29.12 million t | +4.4% |
| 2003 | 29.76 million t | +2.2% |
| 2004 | 30.14 million t | +1.3% |
| 2005 | 31.02 million t | +2.9% |
| 2006 | 31.11 million t | +0.3% |
| 2007 | 33.36 million t | +7.2% |
| 2008 | 32.89 million t | -1.4% |
| 2009 | 31.91 million t | -3.0% |
| 2010 | 33.35 million t | +4.5% |
| 2011 | 33.11 million t | -0.7% |
| 2012 | 33.05 million t | -0.2% |
| 2013 | 35.42 million t | +7.2% |
| 2014 | 36.47 million t | +3.0% |
| 2015 | 38.13 million t | +4.6% |
| 2016 | 37.49 million t | -1.7% |
| 2017 | 37.10 million t | -1.0% |
| 2018 | 36.70 million t | -1.1% |
| 2019 | 37.33 million t | +1.7% |
| 2020 | 35.79 million t | -4.1% |
| 2021 | 37.73 million t | +5.4% |
| 2022 | 35.23 million t | -6.6% |
| 2023 | 34.70 million t | -1.5% |
| 2024 | 33.02 million t | -4.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6.06 million t | 4.43 million t | 8.86 million t | 9 |
| 1970s | 11.00 million t | 8.97 million t | 12.73 million t | 10 |
| 1980s | 16.99 million t | 12.74 million t | 19.68 million t | 10 |
| 1990s | 23.33 million t | 20.18 million t | 27.83 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 30.51 million t | 27.88 million t | 33.36 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 35.81 million t | 33.05 million t | 38.13 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 35.29 million t | 33.02 million t | 37.73 million t | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is sugar crops primary — production in Northern Africa?
- Sugar crops primary — production in Northern Africa was 33.02 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar crops primary — production recorded in Northern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 38.13 million t in 2015.
- What is the lowest sugar crops primary — production recorded in Northern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.43 million t in 1961.
- How does Northern Africa rank for sugar crops primary — production?
- Northern Africa ranks 19th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is sugar crops primary — production rising or falling in Northern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 9.5%. 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 Sugar Crops Primary — 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.