Cereal harvests moved in different directions across North Africa
Egypt produced 24.002 million tonnes of dry cereal grain in 2024. Morocco’s harvest fell from 5.626 million to 3.205 million tonnes in a year, while Algeria and Tunisia recovered from lower 2023 volumes.
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North Africa Exchange Editorial Team
2015 and 2024Dry cereal harvest volume
2024
Shared scale · 0 million t to 24.002 million t
Algeria4.118 million t
Egypt24.002 million t
Morocco3.205 million t
Tunisia1.504 million t
2015
Shared scale · 0 million t to 24.002 million t
Algeria3.761 million t
Egypt23.141 million t
Morocco11.688 million t
Tunisia1.34 million t
Switch years to compare physical production. The table and long-term trend include each intervening harvest.
Egypt was above 20 million tonnes in each recent year shown
Egypt produced 22.006 million tonnes in 2022, 23.796 million in 2023 and 24.002 million in 2024. Its 1990 harvest was 13.022 million tonnes. The volume covers all crops in the source’s cereal category. Source 1
Morocco’s latest harvest was below both 2022 and 2023
Morocco recorded 3.512 million tonnes in 2022, 5.626 million in 2023 and 3.205 million in 2024. Its 2015 harvest was 11.688 million tonnes. The annual record shows variation in production that an average of several years would conceal. Source 1
Algeria and Tunisia recovered from different 2023 levels
Algeria rose from 3.439 million tonnes in 2023 to 4.118 million in 2024. Tunisia increased from 0.612 million to 1.504 million, still below its 1.714 million tonnes in 2022. Their increases came from different starting points. Source 1
Harvested grain measures production rather than supply
The FAO series covers dry grain and excludes cereals harvested green or for hay, feed or silage and crops used for grazing. It does not include imports, changes in stocks or farm-to-market losses, and cannot establish how much grain was available to buy. Source 2