Wheat — Yield in Africa
Africa: Wheat — Yield was 2,937 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Wheat — Yield in Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for wheat — yield in Africa is 2,937 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 5.3% on the previous year and up 14.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, wheat — yield in Africa peaked at 3,184 kg/ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 693 kg/ha, in 1961.
Africa ranks 16th 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 — Yield in Africa, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 693 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 923.6 kg/ha | +33.3% |
| 1963 | 899 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 1964 | 873.6 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 1965 | 828.7 kg/ha | -5.1% |
| 1966 | 760.4 kg/ha | -8.2% |
| 1967 | 842.3 kg/ha | +10.8% |
| 1968 | 992.2 kg/ha | +17.8% |
| 1969 | 810.3 kg/ha | -18.3% |
| 1970 | 870.3 kg/ha | +7.4% |
| 1971 | 982.8 kg/ha | +12.9% |
| 1972 | 991.8 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1973 | 940.2 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 1974 | 971.1 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1975 | 1,100 kg/ha | +13.3% |
| 1976 | 1,118 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1977 | 926.9 kg/ha | -17.1% |
| 1978 | 1,046 kg/ha | +12.8% |
| 1979 | 1,046 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1980 | 1,099 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 1981 | 1,134 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1982 | 1,275 kg/ha | +12.4% |
| 1983 | 1,123 kg/ha | -11.9% |
| 1984 | 1,144 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1985 | 1,248 kg/ha | +9.1% |
| 1986 | 1,443 kg/ha | +15.6% |
| 1987 | 1,501 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 1988 | 1,750 kg/ha | +16.5% |
| 1989 | 1,481 kg/ha | -15.4% |
| 1990 | 1,598 kg/ha | +7.9% |
| 1991 | 1,894 kg/ha | +18.5% |
| 1992 | 1,650 kg/ha | -12.9% |
| 1993 | 1,628 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1994 | 1,915 kg/ha | +17.7% |
| 1995 | 1,621 kg/ha | -15.3% |
| 1996 | 2,028 kg/ha | +25.1% |
| 1997 | 1,798 kg/ha | -11.4% |
| 1998 | 1,864 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 1999 | 1,810 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 2000 | 1,752 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 2001 | 2,024 kg/ha | +15.6% |
| 2002 | 2,128 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 2003 | 2,213 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 2004 | 2,214 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 2,135 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 2006 | 2,458 kg/ha | +15.1% |
| 2007 | 2,041 kg/ha | -17.0% |
| 2008 | 2,285 kg/ha | +11.9% |
| 2009 | 2,523 kg/ha | +10.4% |
| 2010 | 2,284 kg/ha | -9.5% |
| 2011 | 2,534 kg/ha | +10.9% |
| 2012 | 2,393 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 2013 | 2,792 kg/ha | +16.7% |
| 2014 | 2,570 kg/ha | -8.0% |
| 2015 | 2,846 kg/ha | +10.7% |
| 2016 | 2,417 kg/ha | -15.1% |
| 2017 | 2,554 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 2018 | 2,917 kg/ha | +14.2% |
| 2019 | 2,725 kg/ha | -6.6% |
| 2020 | 2,531 kg/ha | -7.1% |
| 2021 | 3,184 kg/ha | +25.8% |
| 2022 | 2,744 kg/ha | -13.8% |
| 2023 | 2,789 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2024 | 2,937 kg/ha | +5.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 847.01 kg/ha | 693 kg/ha | 992.2 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 999.29 kg/ha | 870.3 kg/ha | 1,118 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,320 kg/ha | 1,099 kg/ha | 1,750 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,781 kg/ha | 1,598 kg/ha | 2,028 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,177 kg/ha | 1,752 kg/ha | 2,523 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,603 kg/ha | 2,284 kg/ha | 2,917 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,837 kg/ha | 2,531 kg/ha | 3,184 kg/ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is wheat — yield in Africa?
- Wheat — yield in Africa was 2,937 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest wheat — yield recorded in Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 3,184 kg/ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest wheat — yield recorded in Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 693 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Africa rank for wheat — yield?
- Africa ranks 16th out of 26 groups with data for 2024.
- Is wheat — yield rising or falling in Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 14.3%. 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 — Yield. 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.