Wheat — Production in Africa
Africa: Wheat — Production was 26.10 million t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Wheat — Production in Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for wheat — production in Africa is 26.10 million t, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.5% on the previous year and up 2.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, wheat — production in Africa peaked at 31.23 million t in 2021 and was at its lowest, 5.12 million t, in 1961.
Africa ranks 18th of 26 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.
Wheat — Production in Africa, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 5.12 million t | — |
| 1962 | 6.88 million t | +34.4% |
| 1963 | 7.19 million t | +4.5% |
| 1964 | 6.85 million t | -4.7% |
| 1965 | 6.77 million t | -1.2% |
| 1966 | 5.60 million t | -17.2% |
| 1967 | 6.92 million t | +23.6% |
| 1968 | 8.78 million t | +26.9% |
| 1969 | 7.30 million t | -16.9% |
| 1970 | 8.08 million t | +10.7% |
| 1971 | 9.07 million t | +12.3% |
| 1972 | 9.62 million t | +6.0% |
| 1973 | 8.70 million t | -9.6% |
| 1974 | 8.69 million t | -0.1% |
| 1975 | 9.69 million t | +11.5% |
| 1976 | 10.29 million t | +6.2% |
| 1977 | 7.92 million t | -23.1% |
| 1978 | 8.76 million t | +10.6% |
| 1979 | 8.82 million t | +0.8% |
| 1980 | 8.92 million t | +1.1% |
| 1981 | 8.92 million t | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 10.18 million t | +14.1% |
| 1983 | 9.02 million t | -11.4% |
| 1984 | 9.19 million t | +1.9% |
| 1985 | 10.42 million t | +13.4% |
| 1986 | 11.89 million t | +14.1% |
| 1987 | 12.71 million t | +6.9% |
| 1988 | 13.32 million t | +4.8% |
| 1989 | 12.74 million t | -4.3% |
| 1990 | 13.69 million t | +7.4% |
| 1991 | 17.64 million t | +28.9% |
| 1992 | 13.28 million t | -24.7% |
| 1993 | 13.02 million t | -2.0% |
| 1994 | 15.24 million t | +17.1% |
| 1995 | 13.11 million t | -14.0% |
| 1996 | 22.05 million t | +68.2% |
| 1997 | 14.86 million t | -32.6% |
| 1998 | 18.80 million t | +26.5% |
| 1999 | 15.39 million t | -18.1% |
| 2000 | 14.27 million t | -7.3% |
| 2001 | 18.10 million t | +26.9% |
| 2002 | 16.98 million t | -6.2% |
| 2003 | 21.45 million t | +26.3% |
| 2004 | 21.99 million t | +2.5% |
| 2005 | 20.89 million t | -5.0% |
| 2006 | 24.62 million t | +17.9% |
| 2007 | 18.95 million t | -23.1% |
| 2008 | 19.69 million t | +3.9% |
| 2009 | 26.12 million t | +32.6% |
| 2010 | 21.81 million t | -16.5% |
| 2011 | 25.50 million t | +16.9% |
| 2012 | 24.66 million t | -3.3% |
| 2013 | 28.06 million t | +13.8% |
| 2014 | 25.44 million t | -9.4% |
| 2015 | 29.09 million t | +14.3% |
| 2016 | 23.35 million t | -19.7% |
| 2017 | 26.78 million t | +14.7% |
| 2018 | 29.61 million t | +10.6% |
| 2019 | 26.74 million t | -9.7% |
| 2020 | 25.70 million t | -3.9% |
| 2021 | 31.23 million t | +21.5% |
| 2022 | 26.55 million t | -15.0% |
| 2023 | 26.24 million t | -1.2% |
| 2024 | 26.10 million t | -0.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6.82 million t | 5.12 million t | 8.78 million t | 9 |
| 1970s | 8.96 million t | 7.92 million t | 10.29 million t | 10 |
| 1980s | 10.73 million t | 8.92 million t | 13.32 million t | 10 |
| 1990s | 15.71 million t | 13.02 million t | 22.05 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 20.31 million t | 14.27 million t | 26.12 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 26.10 million t | 21.81 million t | 29.61 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 27.16 million t | 25.70 million t | 31.23 million t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Africa
More agriculture & rural data for Africa
- Livestock — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 2.94 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) 1.96 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cereals, primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 1.38 % change on previous year (2024)
- Crops — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 1.64 % change on previous year (2024)
- Food — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 1.86 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) 1.72 % change on previous year (2024)
- Non Food — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 4.56 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sugar Crops Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 1.44 % change on previous year (2024)
- Roots and Tubers, Total — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 2.21 % change on previous year (2024)
- Raw milk of cattle — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 3 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is wheat — production in Africa?
- Wheat — production in Africa was 26.10 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest wheat — production recorded in Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 31.23 million t in 2021.
- What is the lowest wheat — production recorded in Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.12 million t in 1961.
- How does Africa rank for wheat — production?
- Africa ranks 18th out of 26 groups with data for 2024.
- Is wheat — production rising or falling in Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Africa data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Wheat — 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.