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Wheat Production by African country

2024

Annual wheat production, in tonnes (FAOSTAT).

Africa, 202432 of 54 countries
26,100,873total across the countries with a figure
Highest in 2024Egypt · 9,400,000Lowest in 2024Malawi · 320.7Reported in 202432 of 54 countries surveyed
All 54, ranked. Pinned countries are drawn in vermilion.
03.0m6.0m9.0m12.0mEgypt9,400,000Ethiopia6,185,341Algeria3,000,000Morocco2,441,670South Africa1,924,890Tunisia1,150,000Zimbabwe540,000Sudan490,320Kenya312,200Zambia198,886Tanzania119,000Libya90,000Nigeria43,927Mali40,788Angola37,301Eritrea25,000Uganda25,000Namibia18,328Rwanda16,417Democratic Republic of the Congo9,000Burundi8,365Niger6,803Mozambique5,000Lesotho4,183Mauritania2,051Chad1,353Botswana1,328Somalia1,063Madagascar1,000Eswatini721.8Cameroon615.6Malawi320.7Beninno dataBurkina Fasono dataCabo Verdeno dataCentral African Republicno dataComorosno dataCote d'Ivoireno dataDjiboutino dataEquatorial Guineano dataGabonno dataGambiano dataGhanano dataGuineano dataGuinea-Bissauno dataLiberiano dataMauritiusno dataRepublic of the Congono dataSao Tome and Principeno dataSenegalno dataSeychellesno dataSierra Leoneno dataSouth Sudanno dataTogono data
20142024
FAO · national statistics offices · the provider's own estimates where a country has not reportedCC BY 4.0
Countries

By region

Summed across the countries with a figure, so a region’s total is only as complete as its coverage.
Northern Africa6 of 6 countries16,571,990
Eastern Africa13 of 18 countries7,437,593
Southern Africa5 of 5 countries1,949,451
Western Africa4 of 16 countries93,569
Middle Africa4 of 9 countries48,270
Africaall 54 countries · 32 with a 2024 figure26,100,873

What to know before you quote this

Specific to this series. For how we treat data generally, see methods.
22 countries have no usable 2024 recordNot a low value — no figure within the window. Benin, Burkina Faso, Cabo Verde, Central African Republic, Comoros and 17 more are hatched on the map and blank in the table.
Certainty is judged year by yearA country can be Reported in one year and Modelled the next. The tag follows the year on the scrubber, so the 2024 assessment is not a verdict on the whole series.

About this data

Wheat ProductionAnnual wheat production, in tonnes (FAOSTAT).
SourceFAO, with processing by Africa API
Unittonnes
Last updated3 Oct 2026
Next expected updateOct 2027
Date range1990–2024
Coverage32 of 54 countries · 32 reported, 0 modelled, 22 with no usable figure

How the figure is made

ReportedA national statistics office or the original provider published the figure for that year directly. 32 countries did so for 2024 — the certainty shown on this page is that 2024 assessment, not a per-series one.ModelledNo direct figure that year. The provider’s own estimate, interpolation or projection stands in, and is marked as such wherever it appears.No dataNo usable figure within the window. Drawn hatched on the map and left blank in the table — not zero, and not filled in.

These three states are used the same way across every indicator on the site — how we treat certainty explains the full set and what we never do to a number.

Reuse and cite

Everything on this page is open under CC BY 4.0 — use it anywhere, including commercially, as long as Africa API and the original provider are credited. The provider’s own licence still applies to their data.

How to cite this page
Africa API (2026) — "Wheat Production". Data adapted from FAO. Retrieved 18 Oct 2026 from africa-api.com/indicators/wheat
The request behind this view
GET /v1/data?metric_key=wheat_production_tonnes&year=2024&limit=100

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Wheat Production: most recent figure per country, highest to lowest

32 countries · each with its own period

The figures at the top of the page compare every country in the same year. This list takes each country’s newest figure instead, whatever its period, so the order can differ.

#CountryWheat ProductionPeriod
1Egypt9.4M t2024
2Ethiopia6.19M t2024
3Algeria3M t2024
4Morocco2.44M t2024
5South Africa1.92M t2024
6Tunisia1.15M t2024
7Zimbabwe540K t2024
8Sudan490.32K t2024
9Kenya312.2K t2024
10Zambia198.89K t2024
11Tanzania119K t2024
12Libya90K t2024
13Nigeria43.93K t2024
14Mali40.79K t2024
15Angola37.3K t2024
16Eritrea25K t2024
17Uganda25K t2024
18Namibia18.33K t2024
19Rwanda16.42K t2024
20Democratic Republic of the Congo9K t2024
21Burundi8.36K t2024
22Niger6.8K t2024
23Mozambique5K t2024
24Lesotho4.18K t2024
25Mauritania2.05K t2024
26Chad1.35K t2024
27Botswana1.33K t2024
28Somalia1.06K t2024
29Madagascar1K t2024
30Eswatini721.77 t2024
31Cameroon615.64 t2024
32Malawi320.68 t2024
Which observations are included?
The ranking includes 32 of 54 countries with available observations for 2023 or later and within 2 years of the freshest result. Each figure shows its reporting period. Countries without an eligible observation are omitted.
Does a higher value mean a better result?
The ranking is sorted by value, from highest to lowest. The order does not rate a country's performance. Interpretation depends on the indicator and its definition.

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