North
Africa |
PRODUCERS |
Regional |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
total or |
| |
|
Algeria |
Egypt |
Libya |
Morocco |
Tunisia |
average |
| |
General indicators |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 1 |
Estimated population, 1995
(million) |
27.9 |
62.9 |
5.4 |
27 |
8.9 |
132.2 |
| 2 |
Estimated growth rate of
population, |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
1993-2000 (%/yr) |
2.2 |
1.7 |
… |
1.9 |
1.6 |
1.8 |
| 3 |
Per capita income 1994 (US $) |
1650 |
720 |
… |
1140 |
1790 |
1089 |
| 4 |
Average per capita cereal
production, |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
1993-95 (kg/yr) |
56 |
257 |
61 |
180 |
124 |
182 |
| 5 |
Growth rate of per capita cereal
production, 1985-95 (%/yr) |
-5.3 |
5.1 |
-1.3 |
-9.1 |
-2.3 |
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
0.5 |
| |
Production of wheat and all
cereals |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 6 |
Average wheat area harvested, |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
1993-95 (000 ha) |
1183 |
952 |
161 |
2443 |
750 |
5488 |
| 7 |
Average wheat yield, 1993-95
(t/ha) |
0.9 |
5.3 |
1 |
1.1 |
1.1 |
1.8 |
| 8 |
Average wheat production 1993-95
(000 t) |
110 |
4997 |
166 |
2729 |
815 |
9817 |
| 9 |
Growth rate of wheat area 1951-66
(%) |
0.2 |
-1.8 |
1.5 |
0.7 |
-1.5 |
-0.1 |
| 10 |
Growth rate of wheat area 1966-77
(%) |
1.5 |
0.1 |
-0.4 |
-0.2 |
2.8 |
0.9 |
| 11 |
Growth rate of wheat area
1977-1985 (%) |
-3.3 |
-1.1 |
-0.6 |
0.4 |
-0.3 |
-1.1 |
| 12 |
Growth rate of wheat area 1985-95
(%) |
-2 |
7.7 |
-3.6 |
1.3 |
0.9 |
1.1 |
| 13 |
Growth rate of wheat yield 1951-66
(%) |
-0.9 |
2.3 |
9 |
1.8 |
4.4 |
1.3 |
| 14 |
Growth rate of wheat yield 1966-77
(%) |
0.3 |
3.4 |
3 |
0.9 |
0.7 |
1.2 |
| 15 |
Growth rate of wheat yield 1977-85
(%) |
4.4 |
1.9 |
13.9 |
4.6 |
5.7 |
4.4 |
| 16 |
Growth rate of wheat yield 1985-95
(%) |
2.4 |
3.1 |
3.2 |
-6.1 |
0 |
2.5 |
| 17 |
Growth rate of wheat production,
1951-66 (%) |
-0.7 |
0.5 |
10.5 |
2.5 |
2.9 |
1.2 |
| 18 |
Growth rate of wheat production,
1966-77 (%) |
1.8 |
3.5 |
2.6 |
0.7 |
3.5 |
2.1 |
| 19 |
Growth rate of wheat production,
1977-85 (%) |
1.1 |
0.8 |
13.3 |
5 |
5.4 |
3.2 |
| 20 |
Growth rate of wheat production,
1985-95 (%) |
0.4 |
10.9 |
-0.4 |
-4.9 |
0.9 |
3.6 |
| 21 |
Wheat area as percent of total
cereal area (average), 1993-95 (%) |
63 |
36 |
35 |
48 |
68 |
|
| 22 |
Average yield of all cereals,
1993-95 (t/ha) |
0.8 |
6 |
0.7 |
0.9 |
0.9 |
49 |
| 23 |
Growth rate of yield of all
cereals, |
|
|
|
|
|
2.1 |
| |
1951-95 (%/yr) |
0.6 |
2.1 |
4.1 |
0.9 |
2.5 |
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
2 |
| |
Trade and utilization |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 24 |
Average net imports of wheat,
1992-94 (000 t) |
4622 |
5949 |
1246 |
2123 |
690 |
14630 |
| 25 |
Average net imports of wheat per
capita, |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
1992-94 (kg/yr) |
173 |
99 |
247 |
82 |
81 |
116 |
| 26 |
Average per capita wheat
consumption, |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
1992-94 (kg/yr) |
226 |
177 |
248 |
204 |
224 |
199 |
| 27 |
Growth rate of per capita wheat
consumption, 1985-94 (%/yr) |
1.1 |
0.4 |
1.5 |
0.4 |
-0.1 |
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
0.6 |
| |
Prices and input use |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 28 |
Percent of total wheat area under
semidwarf wheat varieties, 1994 |
53 |
90 |
… |
… |
… |
|
| 29 |
Nitrogen applied per hectare of
wheat harvested, 1993-94 (kg nutrients/ha) |
55 |
178 |
… |
… |
… |
… |
| 30 |
Farm prices of wheat, 1993-94 (US
$/ton) |
365 |
200 |
… |
… |
… |
|
| 31 |
Ratio of farm level nitrogen price
to wheat price, 1993-94 |
… |
1.9 |
… |
… |
… |
… |
| 32 |
Farm wage in kg of wheat per day,
1993-94 |
13 |
12 |
… |
… |
… |
… |