Vegetables Primary — Production in Northern Africa
Northern Africa: Vegetables Primary — Production was 39.94 million t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Vegetables 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 vegetables primary — production in Northern Africa is 39.94 million t, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 4.2% on the previous year and up 20.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, vegetables primary — production in Northern Africa peaked at 39.94 million t in 2024 and was at its lowest, 4.40 million t, in 1961.
That places Northern Africa 13th out of 29 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Vegetables Primary — Production in Northern Africa, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 4.40 million t | — |
| 1962 | 4.76 million t | +8.2% |
| 1963 | 5.08 million t | +6.6% |
| 1964 | 5.31 million t | +4.6% |
| 1965 | 5.46 million t | +2.8% |
| 1966 | 5.79 million t | +6.1% |
| 1967 | 5.41 million t | -6.6% |
| 1968 | 5.84 million t | +7.9% |
| 1969 | 6.23 million t | +6.8% |
| 1970 | 6.25 million t | +0.3% |
| 1971 | 6.54 million t | +4.7% |
| 1972 | 6.47 million t | -1.1% |
| 1973 | 6.80 million t | +5.2% |
| 1974 | 7.48 million t | +9.9% |
| 1975 | 8.12 million t | +8.6% |
| 1976 | 8.33 million t | +2.5% |
| 1977 | 8.49 million t | +1.9% |
| 1978 | 8.53 million t | +0.5% |
| 1979 | 8.99 million t | +5.4% |
| 1980 | 9.35 million t | +4.0% |
| 1981 | 9.46 million t | +1.1% |
| 1982 | 9.58 million t | +1.3% |
| 1983 | 10.26 million t | +7.1% |
| 1984 | 10.59 million t | +3.2% |
| 1985 | 11.73 million t | +10.8% |
| 1986 | 13.49 million t | +15.0% |
| 1987 | 14.47 million t | +7.3% |
| 1988 | 13.44 million t | -7.1% |
| 1989 | 13.23 million t | -1.6% |
| 1990 | 14.00 million t | +5.8% |
| 1991 | 14.54 million t | +3.9% |
| 1992 | 15.25 million t | +4.9% |
| 1993 | 15.47 million t | +1.5% |
| 1994 | 15.65 million t | +1.1% |
| 1995 | 16.14 million t | +3.1% |
| 1996 | 18.22 million t | +12.9% |
| 1997 | 18.31 million t | +0.5% |
| 1998 | 19.64 million t | +7.2% |
| 1999 | 20.98 million t | +6.8% |
| 2000 | 21.19 million t | +1.0% |
| 2001 | 20.74 million t | -2.1% |
| 2002 | 22.24 million t | +7.2% |
| 2003 | 24.27 million t | +9.1% |
| 2004 | 25.84 million t | +6.5% |
| 2005 | 26.00 million t | +0.6% |
| 2006 | 28.20 million t | +8.5% |
| 2007 | 28.38 million t | +0.6% |
| 2008 | 29.76 million t | +4.9% |
| 2009 | 31.51 million t | +5.9% |
| 2010 | 31.08 million t | -1.4% |
| 2011 | 30.97 million t | -0.3% |
| 2012 | 32.01 million t | +3.3% |
| 2013 | 30.81 million t | -3.8% |
| 2014 | 33.12 million t | +7.5% |
| 2015 | 33.88 million t | +2.3% |
| 2016 | 32.51 million t | -4.0% |
| 2017 | 32.98 million t | +1.5% |
| 2018 | 33.79 million t | +2.5% |
| 2019 | 34.89 million t | +3.2% |
| 2020 | 34.80 million t | -0.2% |
| 2021 | 34.99 million t | +0.6% |
| 2022 | 36.50 million t | +4.3% |
| 2023 | 38.33 million t | +5.0% |
| 2024 | 39.94 million t | +4.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5.36 million t | 4.40 million t | 6.23 million t | 9 |
| 1970s | 7.60 million t | 6.25 million t | 8.99 million t | 10 |
| 1980s | 11.56 million t | 9.35 million t | 14.47 million t | 10 |
| 1990s | 16.82 million t | 14.00 million t | 20.98 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 25.81 million t | 20.74 million t | 31.51 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 32.60 million t | 30.81 million t | 34.89 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 36.91 million t | 34.80 million t | 39.94 million t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Northern Africa
- 10 Spain 12.71 million t compare
- 10 Syrian Arab Republic 2.04 million t compare
- 11 Lao People's Democratic Republic 1.56 million t compare
- 11 Uzbekistan 11.54 million t compare
- 12 Italy 10.64 million t compare
- 12 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 1.29 million t compare
- 13 Japan 9.83 million t compare
- 13 Melanesia 724,306 t compare
- 14 Brazil 9.31 million t compare
- 14 Democratic Republic of the Congo 602,503 t compare
- 15 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 478,076 t compare
- 15 Republic of Korea 9.09 million t compare
- 16 Algeria 8.69 million t compare
- 16 Republic of Moldova 242,709 t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Northern Africa
- Non Food — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 0.3611 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered 0.2048 % change on previous year (2024)
- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Area harvested 4.31 % change on previous year (2024)
- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Yield, annual 0.5578 % change on previous year (2024)
- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Production, annual 4.89 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other fruits, n.e.c. — Area harvested, annual growth rate 1.01 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other fruits, n.e.c. — Production, annual growth rate 1.31 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other fruits, n.e.c. — Yield, annual growth rate 0.3026 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Production, annual growth rate -2.49 % change on previous year (2024)
- Milk, Total — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) 2.89 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is vegetables primary — production in Northern Africa?
- Vegetables primary — production in Northern Africa was 39.94 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest vegetables primary — production recorded in Northern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 39.94 million t in 2024.
- What is the lowest vegetables primary — production recorded in Northern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.40 million t in 1961.
- How does Northern Africa rank for vegetables primary — production?
- Northern Africa ranks 13th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is vegetables primary — production rising or falling in Northern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 20.6%. 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 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.