AfricaFAO regional total
In 2024
- Honey production
- 251,112 t (FAO estimate)
- Beehives (as reported)
- 18,466,884 (FAO estimate)
- Reported production per reported hive
- 13.6 kg
- Exports
- 5,606 t (FAO estimate), $14,206 thousand
- Export unit value (nominal $ per kg)
- 2.53
- Imports
- 14,871 t (FAO estimate), $30,778 thousand
- Import unit value (nominal $ per kg)
- 2.07
- Production change, 2014–2024
- +58,245 t (+30%)
- Production change, 2000–2024
- +105,642 t (+73%)
Year by year
| Year | Production (t) | Beehives | Exports (t) | Export unit value (nominal $ per kg) | Imports (t) | Import unit value (nominal $ per kg) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 251,112 (FAO estimate) | 18,466,884 (FAO estimate) | 5,606 (FAO estimate) | 2.53 | 14,871 (FAO estimate) | 2.07 |
| 2023 | 231,789 (FAO estimate) | 17,828,231 (FAO estimate) | 4,892 (FAO estimate) | 2.84 | 15,233 | 2.11 |
| 2022 | 212,164 (FAO estimate) | 17,409,197 (FAO estimate) | 5,729 (FAO estimate) | 3.52 | 13,275 | 2.35 |
| 2021 | 244,112 (FAO estimate) | 18,002,434 (FAO estimate) | 5,760 (FAO estimate) | 3.01 | 17,707 | 2.16 |
| 2020 | 282,309 (FAO estimate) | 18,136,662 (FAO estimate) | 5,757 (FAO estimate) | 2.62 | 16,348 | 2.20 |
| 2019 | 297,243 | 17,871,547 (FAO estimate) | 5,000 | 2.62 | 13,720 | 2.19 |
| 2018 | 203,772 (FAO estimate) | 18,313,570 (FAO estimate) | 4,225 (FAO estimate) | 2.92 | 12,857 | 2.25 |
| 2017 | 199,627 (FAO estimate) | 17,704,749 (FAO estimate) | 3,313 (FAO estimate) | 3.14 | 11,262 | 2.23 |
| 2016 | 198,419 (FAO estimate) | 17,139,852 (FAO estimate) | 3,999 (FAO estimate) | 2.83 | 11,681 | 2.41 |
| 2015 | 214,134 (FAO estimate) | 16,935,216 (FAO estimate) | 3,314 (FAO estimate) | 3.16 | 8,075 | 2.64 |
| 2014 | 192,866 (FAO estimate) | 16,801,350 (FAO estimate) | 3,222 (FAO estimate) | 2.89 | 9,639 | 2.87 |
| 2013 | 169,566 (FAO estimate) | 16,421,472 (FAO estimate) | 3,199 | 3.06 | 8,686 (FAO estimate) | 2.81 |
| 2012 | 165,788 (FAO estimate) | 16,616,932 (FAO estimate) | 2,632 (FAO estimate) | 3.44 | 7,348 | 2.34 |
| 2011 | 156,601 (FAO estimate) | 15,922,478 (FAO estimate) | 2,802 | 3.24 | 6,280 (FAO estimate) | 2.55 |
| 2010 | 167,888 (FAO estimate) | 16,083,587 (FAO estimate) | 2,524 (FAO estimate) | 2.48 | 6,629 | 2.17 |
| 2009 | 154,305 (FAO estimate) | 15,927,464 (FAO estimate) | 1,790 | 2.90 | 5,650 | 2.11 |
| 2008 | 156,323 (FAO estimate) | 16,339,675 (FAO estimate) | 1,773 (FAO estimate) | 2.17 | 5,443 | 1.93 |
| 2007 | 157,826 (FAO estimate) | 16,363,017 (FAO estimate) | 1,126 | 2.11 | 5,548 | 1.82 |
| 2006 | 169,874 (FAO estimate) | 17,150,721 (FAO estimate) | 1,160 | 1.97 | 4,527 | 1.65 |
| 2005 | 160,467 (FAO estimate) | 17,358,849 (FAO estimate) | 1,040 | 1.62 | 3,566 | 1.43 |
| 2004 | 156,801 (FAO estimate) | 16,909,639 (FAO estimate) | 1,917 | 1.46 | 3,849 | 1.76 |
| 2003 | 155,302 (FAO estimate) | 16,917,261 (FAO estimate) | 1,930 | 1.43 | 2,933 | 1.45 |
| 2002 | 158,210 (FAO estimate) | 17,453,211 (FAO estimate) | 701 | 1.53 | 2,080 | 1.29 |
| 2001 | 121,554 (FAO estimate) | 16,667,411 (FAO estimate) | 321 | 1.71 | 2,386 | 1.30 |
| 2000 | 145,469 (FAO estimate) | 15,915,322 (FAO estimate) | 448 | 1.99 | 2,083 | 1.26 |
FAOSTAT, extracted 2026-09-29. A dash is a year with no figure, never a zero. A unit value is declared trade value divided by quantity for the same year, in that year’s dollars, and is left blank under 100 t; it is not a retail, wholesale or farm-gate price. Hive counts are counted differently between countries, and production per hive is not a beekeeper’s yield. The honeys of this origin: Africa.