Wheat — Production in Northern Africa
Northern Africa: Wheat — Production was 16.57 million t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Wheat — Production in Northern Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2024, wheat — production in Northern Africa stood at 16.57 million t.
That represents a change of down 0.8% on the previous year and down 10.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, wheat — production in Northern Africa peaked at 22.19 million t in 2015 and was at its lowest, 3.36 million t, in 1961.
Northern Africa ranks 14th of 30 regions on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4.88 million t | 3.36 million t | 6.35 million t | 9 |
| 1970s | 6.02 million t | 4.90 million t | 6.98 million t | 10 |
| 1980s | 7.02 million t | 5.35 million t | 9.11 million t | 10 |
| 1990s | 11.96 million t | 9.41 million t | 17.30 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 15.39 million t | 9.89 million t | 20.25 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 19.17 million t | 16.02 million t | 22.19 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 17.71 million t | 16.57 million t | 21.55 million t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Northern Africa
More agriculture & rural data for Northern Africa
- Bananas — Area harvested 90,508 ha (2024)
- Fat of pigs — Production 149.18 t (2024)
- Swine / pigs — Stocks 38,726 An (2024)
- Fat of pigs — Producing Animals/Slaughtered 45,744 An (2024)
- Tomatoes — Area harvested 296,996 ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield 44,683 kg/ha (2024)
- Edible offal of pigs, fresh, chilled or frozen — Producing 45,744 An (2024)
- Edible offal of pigs, fresh, chilled or frozen — Production 123.39 t (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 15,893 t (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight 34 kg/An (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is wheat — production in Northern Africa?
- Wheat — production in Northern Africa was 16.57 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest wheat — production recorded in Northern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 22.19 million t in 2015.
- What is the lowest wheat — production recorded in Northern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.36 million t in 1961.
- How does Northern Africa rank for wheat — production?
- Northern Africa ranks 14th out of 30 regions with data for 2024.
- Is wheat — production rising or falling in Northern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 10.6%. 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 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.