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Wheat Production by African country

9.4M tEgypt · highest shown · 2024

Egypt has the highest reported wheat production among the 32 countries shown, at 9.4M t (2024).

Annual wheat production, in tonnes (FAOSTAT). 32 of 54 countries are shown. Open a country to see its source details and available history.

1Egypt9.4M t2Ethiopia6.19M t3Algeria3M t
#1 vs #3229313×Egypt vs Malawi
Median25K tUganda
Lowest320.68 tMalawi

By region

total of countries shown

The 5 largest values account for 88% of the total across the countries shown.

North Africa16.57M t
6 countries shown · highest value: Egypt
East Africa6.7M t
11 countries shown · highest value: Ethiopia
Southern Africa2.69M t
7 countries shown · highest value: South Africa
West Africa93.57K t
4 countries shown · highest value: Nigeria
Central Africa48.27K t
4 countries shown · highest value: Angola

Full ranking

32 of 54 countries
#CountryWheat ProductionPeriod
1Egypt
9.4M t2024
2Ethiopia
6.19M t2024
3Algeria
3M t2024
4Morocco
2.44M t2024
5South Africa
1.92M t2024
6Tunisia
1.15M t2024
7Zimbabwe
540K t2024
8Sudan
490.32K t2024
9Kenya
312.2K t2024
10Zambia
198.89K t2024
11Tanzania
119K t2024
12Libya
90K t2024
13Nigeria
43.93K t2024
14Mali
40.79K t2024
15Angola
37.3K t2024
16Eritrea
25K t2024
17Uganda
25K t2024
18Namibia
18.33K t2024
19Rwanda
16.42K t2024
20Democratic Republic of the Congo
9K t2024
21Burundi
8.36K t2024
22Niger
6.8K t2024
23Mozambique
5K t2024
24Lesotho
4.18K t2024
25Mauritania
2.05K t2024
26Chad
1.35K t2024
27Botswana
1.33K t2024
28Somalia
1.06K t2024
29Madagascar
1K t2024
30Eswatini
721.77 t2024
31Cameroon
615.64 t2024
32Malawi
320.68 t2024

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The table includes 32 of 54 countries with available observations for 2023 or later and within 2 years of the freshest result. Each row shows its reporting period. Countries without an eligible observation are omitted.

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