Africa Crops & Livestock Production
FAOSTAT Africa Production Intelligence (1961 to 2024)

Support agricultural transformation, food security planning, import substitution and regional production strategy across Africa with decision-ready production intelligence

A premium, decision ready dashboard built on FAOSTAT production data by TW Policy Group. It tracks crops and livestock output, harvested area, yield, stocks, producing animals, slaughtered animals and milk animals across 54 African countries, with live rankings, long-run trends and policy signals.

54CountriesAfrica coverage
273Productscrop & livestock items
63+ yrsTime Horizon1961 to 2024
7Elementsproduction, yield, stocks, animals
10Unitstonnes, ha, kg/ha, head & more

What decisions can this dashboard help you make?

Investors

  • Identify high growth agricultural sectors across Africa
  • Compare production performance across African countries
  • Support investment due diligence

Governments

  • Monitor food security and production-resilience trends
  • Benchmark national production performance
  • Prioritize agricultural and resilience interventions

Agribusiness

  • Evaluate sourcing markets across Africa
  • Monitor supply and climate risks
  • Identify production opportunities
๐Ÿ”Ž Filter by Country / Territory Item / Product Element Unit Year Top Rankings Signals

๐ŸŒ Africa Crops & Livestock Production ยท Interactive Dashboard

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๐ŸŒ Commodity focus, papayas

Identify African production leaders for a selected crop

The papayas view shows how the dashboard ranks countries when a single product and production element are selected.

  • Identify which countries dominate output for a selected crop.
  • Read the distribution of production in one year.
  • Use the view for commodity briefs and investment screening.

Everything included in your access

The full Africa dashboard, in English. Here is exactly what you can do with it.

๐ŸงญTwo interactive pages. Production Intelligence carries the Summary for Decision-Makers, Policy Signals and the animated bar race. Trend Explorer carries the KPI strip, long run trend line, Top 10 leaderboard and composition donut.
๐Ÿ“Decision maker summary. A plain language brief that writes itself for any country, item, element and year you select.
๐Ÿ“กPolicy Signal panel. 11 live signals: top producer, Top 3 share, CR5 / PC5 concentration, YoY, 3 and 5 year CAGR, breadth of growth, synchronisation, acceleration and level change.
๐Ÿ†Rankings and composition. Top 10 country leaderboards plus a product composition donut for the selected scope.
๐Ÿ“ˆLong run trend lines. Full 1961 to 2024 series with a 5 year moving average to read momentum cleanly.
๐Ÿงฎ7 elements across 10 units. Production, area harvested, yield, stocks, producing animals, slaughtered animals and milk animals, each kept in its correct unit.
๐ŸŒŽAfrica depth. 54 African countries, 273 crop and livestock products, more than six decades of history.
๐ŸŽ›๏ธFive way filtering. Slice instantly by Year, Item, Country, Element and Unit to isolate exactly what you need.
๐Ÿ“šMethodology and transparency. Built in structural notes, interpretation bands and the formulas behind every signal.
๐Ÿ–ฅ๏ธBriefing ready. Clean, presentation grade views for ministers, boards, investors and donor partners.
๐Ÿ”Annual refresh included. Your 12 months of access covers the next FAOSTAT data refresh integrated into the model.
๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡งEnglish edition. A single, focused English dashboard built for African institutions, partners and analysts.

Why organizations choose TW Policy Group instead of raw FAOSTAT data

FAOSTAT provides data. We provide decision ready intelligence.

โœ“Former WTO and international trade expertise
โœ“Executive ready analysis and decision maker summaries
โœ“Automated policy signals and structural interpretation
โœ“Dynamic rankings, benchmarking and trend intelligence
โœ“Agricultural trade and development finance specialization
โœ“Institutional grade visualizations for presentations and reporting
โœ“Africa-focused regional benchmarking and food-security framing
โœ“Ready to use briefing materials for governments, donors and businesses
โœ“Saves weeks of data cleaning, modelling and chart building
Two ways to work with this data

Choose your path

Subscribe to the live intelligence platform for ongoing analysis, or order a single ready to brief report for one decision. Same FAOSTAT engine behind both.

Intelligence Platform

A live, interactive dashboard your team uses all year. Filter anything across 54 African countries and 273 products and read it instantly.

  • Explore every country, product and element yourself
  • Production Pulse & Deep Signals, live
  • Annual data refresh included

From $799/year

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Intelligence Reports

A polished, point in time regional intelligence report for countries, sectors or commodities across Africa. One time purchase, delivered to your inbox. No subscription.

  • Executive summary, charts & animated rankings
  • From a quick regional snapshot to a ministry level intelligence report
  • Delivered as PDF & PowerPoint

From $49 one time

See report options
Platform ยท Annual subscription

Interactive Dashboard Subscription

This is not a set of charts, it is an intelligence platform. Annual license for the full Africa dashboard in English, including the yearly FAOSTAT refresh.

Full access

Africa Dashboard

Professional license ยท English

$799

per year

  • Full interactive dashboard
  • Dynamic filtering across 54 countries & 273 products
  • Historical analysis (1961 to 2024)
  • Production Pulse & Deep Signals
  • Exportable charts
  • Annual data refresh
  • Step by step user manual included
Subscribe ยท $799/yr

Access provisioned to your work email

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How platform access works. Subscribe securely by card and your access is provisioned to your work email, typically within one business day, then we email your login and instructions. Annual subscription, renews yearly. Government, development bank or UN buyer who needs an invoice and procurement paperwork instead of card payment? Request institutional invoicing, or discuss a multi seat rollout.
Reports ยท One time purchase

Regional Intelligence Reports

One time regional intelligence reports built from the same FAOSTAT production engine as the platform and delivered as PDF and PowerPoint. Choose your countries, production indicators and agricultural products at checkout.

Africa Regional Snapshot

Quick regional briefing & market screening

$49

one time

  • Up to 3 countries
  • Up to 2 production indicators
  • Up to 3 agricultural products
  • Complete FAOSTAT historical series (1961 to 2024)
  • Executive Summary
  • Regional rankings & charts
  • Production Pulse & key insights

Best for a fast, decision ready regional view.

Order snapshot ยท $49

PDF & PowerPoint

Most popular

Africa Regional Intelligence Report

Comparative regional analysis

$99

one time

  • Up to 5 countries
  • Up to 3 production indicators
  • Up to 10 agricultural products
  • Complete FAOSTAT historical series (1961 to 2024)
  • Trend & CAGR analysis
  • Regional competitor benchmarking
  • Strategic insights

Best for comparative regional benchmarking.

Order report ยท $99

PDF & PowerPoint

Africa Regional Sector Intelligence Report

Sector focused regional intelligence

$149

one time

  • Up to 5 countries
  • One agricultural sector
  • All relevant products & indicators
  • Complete FAOSTAT historical series (1961 to 2024)
  • Regional competitor analysis
  • Production Pulse
  • Strategic recommendations

Best for sector, commodity or value chain briefs.

Order sector report ยท $149

PDF & PowerPoint

Africa Regional Deep Dive

Comprehensive regional assessment

$299

one time

  • Up to 10 countries
  • All products & indicators
  • Complete FAOSTAT historical series (1961 to 2024)
  • Opportunity mapping
  • Competitive positioning
  • Policy recommendations
  • Complete intelligence pack

Best for strategy, investment and policy preparation.

Order deep dive ยท $299

PDF & PowerPoint

Africa Regional Agricultural Intelligence Report

Flagship ยท ministries & development partners

$599

one time

  • Entire regional agricultural sector
  • Up to 15 countries
  • All products & indicators
  • Complete FAOSTAT historical series (1961 to 2024)
  • Food security assessment
  • Investment opportunity analysis
  • Policy recommendations

Best for ministry level and institutional decision support.

Order flagship report ยท $599

PDF & PowerPoint

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How reports work. At checkout you provide the countries, production indicators and agricultural products for your selected report tier. After payment, you can add objectives or instructions on the order received page, then we build the report from the live model and email it as PDF and PowerPoint. No subscription required. Need a custom regional scope?
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Which report is right for you?

FeatureSnapshotIntelligenceSectorDeep DiveRegional Agricultural
CountriesUp to 3Up to 5Up to 5Up to 10Up to 15
Agricultural productsUp to 3Up to 10All relevant sector productsAllAll
Production indicatorsUp to 2Up to 3All relevant indicatorsAllAll
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Price$49$99$149$299$599

Government & Development Partner Solutions

Bespoke, analyst led intelligence and dashboards built to an institution's exact mandate, from agricultural resilience and food security to livestock and value-chain development across Africa.

Ministries of Agriculture African Union / Regional Economic Communities Development Banks UN Agencies Donor Programs Agribusinesses

Typical engagements

$2,000 to $25,000+

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FAQ

Frequently asked questions

What data source do you use?โ–พ
Everything is built on FAOSTAT, the FAO's global crops and livestock production data, harmonised into the TW Policy Group model and scoped to Africa.
Which countries are covered?โ–พ
54 African countries.
What years are covered?โ–พ
The full historical series, 1961 to 2024.
Which language is the dashboard in?โ–พ
The Africa dashboard and reports are provided in English.
How long does report delivery take?โ–พ
Typically 24 to 72 hours after you confirm your report specifics.
What format do I receive?โ–พ
Reports are delivered as both PDF and PowerPoint.
Can I request a custom country?โ–พ
Yes. Any of the 39 covered African countries can be selected for any report tier.
Do I need a dashboard subscription to buy reports?โ–พ
No. Reports are a standalone one time purchase, with no subscription or account required.
Do you cover other regions?โ–พ
Yes, we publish Global, Africa, Africa, Africa and Africa editions of this dashboard. See the related dashboards below.
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What you can do with it

Benchmark any Africa country

See how a country or territory performs against Africa distribution, surfacing leaders, emerging producers and overlooked performers, then frame trade, resilience and transformation strategy on the evidence.

Read momentum, not just totals

The policy signal layer translates raw numbers into interpretation, concentration, dominance, growth and structural shifts, so the story is on the same screen as the data.

Go beyond output volume

Compare production, area and yield within the correct unit to judge productivity and competitiveness, not just size, the difference that drives real policy and investment calls.

Track a single commodity

Follow how one product such as soybeans, maize, grapes, avocado, tea or milk evolves across Africa producers and time, for commodity intelligence and import substitution planning.

Brief decision makers

Clean, presentation grade rankings, trends and signals you can take straight to ministers, boards, investors and donor partners.

Build the wider picture

A foundation you can extend with trade, fertilizer, ODA, employment and country briefing modules into a fuller agricultural intelligence stack.

User Manual

A complete, step by step user manual is included with your access. It walks through the element first workflow, every slicer, the Summary for Decision-Makers, the full Policy Signals and Deep Signals reference, the Trend Explorer, common analysis recipes and the methodology behind every figure.

How this dashboard is built

01Data Source & Coverage

Built on FAOSTAT production data, consolidating a long run Africa series for crops and livestock into one intelligence interface for benchmarking and policy analysis.

  • 54 African countries for full regional coverage.
  • 273 products across crops, horticulture, commodities and livestock outputs.
  • 1961 to 2024 for six decades of structural comparison.
  • 8 elements and 10 units kept analytically valid.
  • Logic is selection driven: choose one element to activate consistent totals, rankings and signals.
02Refresh Cadence & Maintenance

Updated when the underlying FAOSTAT production series is refreshed and integrated into the TW Policy Group model.

  • Latest horizon currently extends to 2024.
  • Historical continuity is preserved for baseline comparison.
  • A normalization layer harmonises crops and livestock while keeping element and unit integrity intact.
  • Where FAOSTAT revises prior year values, those revisions flow into subsequent refreshes.
03Methodology & Interpretation

Designed to prevent invalid comparisons by keeping the selected element and unit at the centre of the logic.

  • Element first design: production, yield, stocks, animals, stocks and animal counts are never merged into one misleading total.
  • Unit aware ranking: each ranking updates only within the selected measurement system.
  • Country and item signals adapt to a selected country, item or both for decision grade narrative.
  • Caution: high production volume does not by itself imply high productivity, competitiveness or sustainability. Read yield and area together.
Data Disclaimer

Data & Attribution. This page presents a TW Policy Group visualization and production intelligence interface built on FAOSTAT production data. Analysis and interpretation are TW Policy Group's own.

No endorsement. FAO does not endorse any findings or interpretations contained in this dashboard. Any errors or interpretations are the sole responsibility of TW Policy Group.

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