Wheat — Yield in Middle Africa
Middle Africa: Wheat — Yield was 1,561 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Wheat — Yield in Middle Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Middle Africa recorded 1,561 kg/ha for wheat — yield in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 32.8% on the previous year and up 31.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, wheat — yield in Middle Africa peaked at 1,561 kg/ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 616.2 kg/ha, in 1984.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Wheat — Yield in Middle Africa, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,057 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,103 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 1963 | 1,122 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1964 | 996.5 kg/ha | -11.2% |
| 1965 | 1,155 kg/ha | +15.9% |
| 1966 | 1,171 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1967 | 1,400 kg/ha | +19.5% |
| 1968 | 1,279 kg/ha | -8.6% |
| 1969 | 1,103 kg/ha | -13.7% |
| 1970 | 901.3 kg/ha | -18.3% |
| 1971 | 956.8 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 1972 | 1,157 kg/ha | +20.9% |
| 1973 | 1,063 kg/ha | -8.1% |
| 1974 | 1,352 kg/ha | +27.2% |
| 1975 | 1,086 kg/ha | -19.7% |
| 1976 | 1,030 kg/ha | -5.1% |
| 1977 | 761.8 kg/ha | -26.0% |
| 1978 | 715.3 kg/ha | -6.1% |
| 1979 | 747.3 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 1980 | 800.3 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 1981 | 826.9 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1982 | 822.9 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1983 | 766.4 kg/ha | -6.9% |
| 1984 | 616.2 kg/ha | -19.6% |
| 1985 | 788.1 kg/ha | +27.9% |
| 1986 | 1,039 kg/ha | +31.8% |
| 1987 | 912.9 kg/ha | -12.1% |
| 1988 | 925 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1989 | 918.5 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1990 | 971.8 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 1991 | 991.6 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1992 | 1,196 kg/ha | +20.6% |
| 1993 | 1,238 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 1994 | 1,314 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 1995 | 1,216 kg/ha | -7.5% |
| 1996 | 1,401 kg/ha | +15.3% |
| 1997 | 1,517 kg/ha | +8.3% |
| 1998 | 1,514 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1999 | 1,396 kg/ha | -7.8% |
| 2000 | 1,392 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2001 | 1,399 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2002 | 1,470 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 2003 | 1,296 kg/ha | -11.8% |
| 2004 | 1,274 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 2005 | 1,271 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2006 | 1,160 kg/ha | -8.7% |
| 2007 | 1,380 kg/ha | +19.0% |
| 2008 | 1,361 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 2009 | 1,334 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 2010 | 1,286 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 2011 | 1,060 kg/ha | -17.6% |
| 2012 | 1,527 kg/ha | +44.1% |
| 2013 | 1,291 kg/ha | -15.5% |
| 2014 | 1,189 kg/ha | -7.9% |
| 2015 | 1,189 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2016 | 1,210 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2017 | 1,182 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 2018 | 1,185 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 1,108 kg/ha | -6.6% |
| 2020 | 988.8 kg/ha | -10.7% |
| 2021 | 707.4 kg/ha | -28.5% |
| 2022 | 829.2 kg/ha | +17.2% |
| 2023 | 1,176 kg/ha | +41.8% |
| 2024 | 1,561 kg/ha | +32.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,154 kg/ha | 996.5 kg/ha | 1,400 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 977.09 kg/ha | 715.3 kg/ha | 1,352 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 841.62 kg/ha | 616.2 kg/ha | 1,039 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,276 kg/ha | 971.8 kg/ha | 1,517 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,334 kg/ha | 1,160 kg/ha | 1,470 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,223 kg/ha | 1,060 kg/ha | 1,527 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,052 kg/ha | 707.4 kg/ha | 1,561 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Middle Africa
- 5 Zambia 7,090 kg/ha compare
- 6 Germany 7,084 kg/ha compare
- 6 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 2,592 kg/ha compare
- 7 Namibia 7,066 kg/ha compare
- 7 Syrian Arab Republic 1,905 kg/ha compare
- 8 Denmark 7,040 kg/ha compare
- 9 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 1,441 kg/ha compare
- 9 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 6,971 kg/ha compare
- 10 Egypt 6,778 kg/ha compare
- 10 United Republic of Tanzania 1,376 kg/ha compare
- 11 Belgium 6,625 kg/ha compare
- 11 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 1,201 kg/ha compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is wheat — yield in Middle Africa?
- Wheat — yield in Middle Africa was 1,561 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest wheat — yield recorded in Middle Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 1,561 kg/ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest wheat — yield recorded in Middle Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 616.2 kg/ha in 1984.
- How does Middle Africa rank for wheat — yield?
- Middle Africa ranks 8th out of 14 groups with data for 2024.
- Is wheat — yield rising or falling in Middle Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 31.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Middle 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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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.