Vegetables Primary — Production in Africa
Africa: Vegetables Primary — Production was 102.14 million t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Vegetables Primary — Production in Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Africa recorded 102.14 million t for vegetables primary — production in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 2.0% on the previous year and up 29.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, vegetables primary — production in Africa peaked at 102.14 million t in 2024 and was at its lowest, 11.79 million t, in 1961.
That places Africa 5th out of 29 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Vegetables Primary — Production in Africa, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 11.79 million t | — |
| 1962 | 12.24 million t | +3.8% |
| 1963 | 12.70 million t | +3.8% |
| 1964 | 13.18 million t | +3.8% |
| 1965 | 13.51 million t | +2.5% |
| 1966 | 13.98 million t | +3.5% |
| 1967 | 13.92 million t | -0.4% |
| 1968 | 14.53 million t | +4.4% |
| 1969 | 15.17 million t | +4.4% |
| 1970 | 15.66 million t | +3.2% |
| 1971 | 16.08 million t | +2.7% |
| 1972 | 16.13 million t | +0.3% |
| 1973 | 16.69 million t | +3.5% |
| 1974 | 17.63 million t | +5.6% |
| 1975 | 18.84 million t | +6.9% |
| 1976 | 19.14 million t | +1.6% |
| 1977 | 19.26 million t | +0.6% |
| 1978 | 19.30 million t | +0.2% |
| 1979 | 19.99 million t | +3.6% |
| 1980 | 20.80 million t | +4.1% |
| 1981 | 21.22 million t | +2.0% |
| 1982 | 21.64 million t | +2.0% |
| 1983 | 22.26 million t | +2.9% |
| 1984 | 23.12 million t | +3.9% |
| 1985 | 24.76 million t | +7.1% |
| 1986 | 26.88 million t | +8.6% |
| 1987 | 28.11 million t | +4.6% |
| 1988 | 27.46 million t | -2.3% |
| 1989 | 28.28 million t | +3.0% |
| 1990 | 29.44 million t | +4.1% |
| 1991 | 31.63 million t | +7.4% |
| 1992 | 32.75 million t | +3.6% |
| 1993 | 33.61 million t | +2.6% |
| 1994 | 34.78 million t | +3.5% |
| 1995 | 35.51 million t | +2.1% |
| 1996 | 38.95 million t | +9.7% |
| 1997 | 39.70 million t | +1.9% |
| 1998 | 41.64 million t | +4.9% |
| 1999 | 44.27 million t | +6.3% |
| 2000 | 44.68 million t | +0.9% |
| 2001 | 45.02 million t | +0.8% |
| 2002 | 47.35 million t | +5.2% |
| 2003 | 50.34 million t | +6.3% |
| 2004 | 53.65 million t | +6.6% |
| 2005 | 55.52 million t | +3.5% |
| 2006 | 58.55 million t | +5.5% |
| 2007 | 59.19 million t | +1.1% |
| 2008 | 62.42 million t | +5.4% |
| 2009 | 65.36 million t | +4.7% |
| 2010 | 67.26 million t | +2.9% |
| 2011 | 66.48 million t | -1.2% |
| 2012 | 71.85 million t | +8.1% |
| 2013 | 72.30 million t | +0.6% |
| 2014 | 78.62 million t | +8.7% |
| 2015 | 83.83 million t | +6.6% |
| 2016 | 81.37 million t | -2.9% |
| 2017 | 84.48 million t | +3.8% |
| 2018 | 87.15 million t | +3.2% |
| 2019 | 90.85 million t | +4.2% |
| 2020 | 93.30 million t | +2.7% |
| 2021 | 93.42 million t | +0.1% |
| 2022 | 97.09 million t | +3.9% |
| 2023 | 100.09 million t | +3.1% |
| 2024 | 102.14 million t | +2.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 13.45 million t | 11.79 million t | 15.17 million t | 9 |
| 1970s | 17.87 million t | 15.66 million t | 19.99 million t | 10 |
| 1980s | 24.45 million t | 20.80 million t | 28.28 million t | 10 |
| 1990s | 36.23 million t | 29.44 million t | 44.27 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 54.21 million t | 44.68 million t | 65.36 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 78.42 million t | 66.48 million t | 90.85 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 97.21 million t | 93.30 million t | 102.14 million t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Africa
- 2 China, mainland 601.28 million t compare
- 3 India 146.00 million t compare
- 3 Türkiye 28.90 million t compare
- 4 USSR 26.31 million t compare
- 4 Viet Nam 18.25 million t compare
- 5 Egypt 19.06 million t compare
- 5 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 9.47 million t compare
- 6 Nigeria 16.33 million t compare
- 7 Mexico 15.45 million t compare
- 8 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 3.31 million t compare
- 8 Russian Federation 13.76 million t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Africa
- Vegetables and Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant) 1.84 % change on previous year (2024)
- Milk, Total — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) 2.96 % change on previous year (2024)
- Non Food — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 4.56 % change on previous year (2024)
- Roots and Tubers, Total — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 2.21 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sugar Crops Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 1.44 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cabbages — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) -1.83 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled (indigenous) — Gross 5.35 % change on previous year (2024)
- Hen eggs in shell, fresh — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 0.0895 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat indigenous, total — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 3.15 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 2.02 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is vegetables primary — production in Africa?
- Vegetables primary — production in Africa was 102.14 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest vegetables primary — production recorded in Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 102.14 million t in 2024.
- What is the lowest vegetables primary — production recorded in Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 11.79 million t in 1961.
- How does Africa rank for vegetables primary — production?
- Africa ranks 5th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is vegetables primary — production rising or falling in Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 29.9%. 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 Vegetables 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.