Wheat — Yield in Northern Africa
Northern Africa: Wheat — Yield was 2,880 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Wheat — Yield in Northern Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, wheat — yield in Northern Africa stood at 2,880 kg/ha.
The figure is up 7.5% on the previous year and up 12.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, wheat — yield in Northern Africa peaked at 3,208 kg/ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 695.9 kg/ha, in 1961.
Northern Africa ranks 19th 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 Northern Africa, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 695.9 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,077 kg/ha | +54.8% |
| 1963 | 1,017 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 1964 | 910.6 kg/ha | -10.5% |
| 1965 | 914.5 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1966 | 810.7 kg/ha | -11.4% |
| 1967 | 847.8 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 1968 | 1,090 kg/ha | +28.6% |
| 1969 | 824.3 kg/ha | -24.4% |
| 1970 | 915 kg/ha | +11.0% |
| 1971 | 1,057 kg/ha | +15.6% |
| 1972 | 1,063 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1973 | 945.3 kg/ha | -11.1% |
| 1974 | 1,001 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 1975 | 1,142 kg/ha | +14.1% |
| 1976 | 1,093 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 1977 | 835 kg/ha | -23.6% |
| 1978 | 1,070 kg/ha | +28.2% |
| 1979 | 994.6 kg/ha | -7.1% |
| 1980 | 1,113 kg/ha | +11.9% |
| 1981 | 1,023 kg/ha | -8.1% |
| 1982 | 1,286 kg/ha | +25.7% |
| 1983 | 1,107 kg/ha | -13.9% |
| 1984 | 1,105 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1985 | 1,370 kg/ha | +23.9% |
| 1986 | 1,547 kg/ha | +13.0% |
| 1987 | 1,416 kg/ha | -8.5% |
| 1988 | 1,791 kg/ha | +26.5% |
| 1989 | 1,600 kg/ha | -10.7% |
| 1990 | 1,723 kg/ha | +7.7% |
| 1991 | 2,008 kg/ha | +16.5% |
| 1992 | 1,654 kg/ha | -17.6% |
| 1993 | 1,572 kg/ha | -4.9% |
| 1994 | 2,026 kg/ha | +28.8% |
| 1995 | 1,693 kg/ha | -16.4% |
| 1996 | 2,104 kg/ha | +24.3% |
| 1997 | 1,861 kg/ha | -11.5% |
| 1998 | 1,843 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1999 | 1,837 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2000 | 1,724 kg/ha | -6.1% |
| 2001 | 2,067 kg/ha | +19.9% |
| 2002 | 2,182 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 2003 | 2,367 kg/ha | +8.5% |
| 2004 | 2,349 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2005 | 2,215 kg/ha | -5.7% |
| 2006 | 2,638 kg/ha | +19.1% |
| 2007 | 2,029 kg/ha | -23.1% |
| 2008 | 2,387 kg/ha | +17.7% |
| 2009 | 2,707 kg/ha | +13.4% |
| 2010 | 2,382 kg/ha | -12.0% |
| 2011 | 2,689 kg/ha | +12.9% |
| 2012 | 2,382 kg/ha | -11.4% |
| 2013 | 2,853 kg/ha | +19.7% |
| 2014 | 2,551 kg/ha | -10.6% |
| 2015 | 2,907 kg/ha | +14.0% |
| 2016 | 2,351 kg/ha | -19.1% |
| 2017 | 2,532 kg/ha | +7.7% |
| 2018 | 2,966 kg/ha | +17.2% |
| 2019 | 2,712 kg/ha | -8.6% |
| 2020 | 2,308 kg/ha | -14.9% |
| 2021 | 3,208 kg/ha | +39.0% |
| 2022 | 2,583 kg/ha | -19.5% |
| 2023 | 2,680 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 2024 | 2,880 kg/ha | +7.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 909.86 kg/ha | 695.9 kg/ha | 1,090 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,012 kg/ha | 835 kg/ha | 1,142 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,336 kg/ha | 1,023 kg/ha | 1,791 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,832 kg/ha | 1,572 kg/ha | 2,104 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,267 kg/ha | 1,724 kg/ha | 2,707 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,632 kg/ha | 2,351 kg/ha | 2,966 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,732 kg/ha | 2,308 kg/ha | 3,208 kg/ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is wheat — yield in Northern Africa?
- Wheat — yield in Northern Africa was 2,880 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest wheat — yield recorded in Northern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 3,208 kg/ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest wheat — yield recorded in Northern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 695.9 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Northern Africa rank for wheat — yield?
- Northern Africa ranks 19th out of 26 groups with data for 2024.
- Is wheat — yield rising or falling in Northern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 12.9%. 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 — 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.