Apples — Yield in Africa
Africa: Apples — Yield was 22,025 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Apples — Yield in Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Africa recorded 22,025 kg/ha for apples — yield in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 2.0% on the previous year and up 35.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, apples — yield in Africa peaked at 22,025 kg/ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 7,003 kg/ha, in 1961.
Africa ranks 11th of 25 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Apples — Yield in Africa, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 7,003 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 7,349 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 1963 | 8,197 kg/ha | +11.5% |
| 1964 | 9,235 kg/ha | +12.7% |
| 1965 | 8,468 kg/ha | -8.3% |
| 1966 | 9,396 kg/ha | +11.0% |
| 1967 | 8,863 kg/ha | -5.7% |
| 1968 | 11,179 kg/ha | +26.1% |
| 1969 | 10,913 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 1970 | 11,361 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 1971 | 10,604 kg/ha | -6.7% |
| 1972 | 13,139 kg/ha | +23.9% |
| 1973 | 12,373 kg/ha | -5.8% |
| 1974 | 12,403 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1975 | 13,667 kg/ha | +10.2% |
| 1976 | 15,322 kg/ha | +12.1% |
| 1977 | 12,551 kg/ha | -18.1% |
| 1978 | 15,683 kg/ha | +25.0% |
| 1979 | 15,155 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 1980 | 16,001 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 1981 | 15,119 kg/ha | -5.5% |
| 1982 | 17,550 kg/ha | +16.1% |
| 1983 | 13,128 kg/ha | -25.2% |
| 1984 | 16,832 kg/ha | +28.2% |
| 1985 | 12,410 kg/ha | -26.3% |
| 1986 | 12,421 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1987 | 11,756 kg/ha | -5.4% |
| 1988 | 15,008 kg/ha | +27.7% |
| 1989 | 13,747 kg/ha | -8.4% |
| 1990 | 10,854 kg/ha | -21.0% |
| 1991 | 12,040 kg/ha | +10.9% |
| 1992 | 12,142 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1993 | 13,449 kg/ha | +10.8% |
| 1994 | 11,867 kg/ha | -11.8% |
| 1995 | 13,332 kg/ha | +12.4% |
| 1996 | 14,049 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 1997 | 13,038 kg/ha | -7.2% |
| 1998 | 12,465 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 1999 | 12,632 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2000 | 13,149 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 2001 | 12,621 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 2002 | 14,711 kg/ha | +16.6% |
| 2003 | 14,951 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2004 | 14,897 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2005 | 14,845 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2006 | 15,474 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 2007 | 15,008 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 2008 | 15,735 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 2009 | 16,040 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2010 | 14,382 kg/ha | -10.3% |
| 2011 | 14,844 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 2012 | 15,537 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 2013 | 16,414 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 2014 | 16,287 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2015 | 17,488 kg/ha | +7.4% |
| 2016 | 15,268 kg/ha | -12.7% |
| 2017 | 18,025 kg/ha | +18.1% |
| 2018 | 17,443 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 2019 | 19,381 kg/ha | +11.1% |
| 2020 | 18,648 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 2021 | 20,530 kg/ha | +10.1% |
| 2022 | 20,996 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 2023 | 21,596 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2024 | 22,025 kg/ha | +2.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 8,956 kg/ha | 7,003 kg/ha | 11,179 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 13,226 kg/ha | 10,604 kg/ha | 15,683 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 14,397 kg/ha | 11,756 kg/ha | 17,550 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 12,587 kg/ha | 10,854 kg/ha | 14,049 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 14,743 kg/ha | 12,621 kg/ha | 16,040 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 16,507 kg/ha | 14,382 kg/ha | 19,381 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 20,759 kg/ha | 18,648 kg/ha | 22,025 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Africa
- 8 Israel 39,784 kg/ha compare
- 8 Syrian Arab Republic 3,843 kg/ha compare
- 9 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 3,809 kg/ha compare
- 9 France 37,226 kg/ha compare
- 10 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 36,952 kg/ha compare
- 11 Belgium 35,719 kg/ha compare
- 12 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 33,409 kg/ha compare
- 13 Australia and New Zealand 30,998 kg/ha compare
- 14 Ireland 30,972 kg/ha compare
- 14 Caribbean 19,015 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Africa
- Meat indigenous, total — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 3.15 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cereals, primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 1.38 % change on previous year (2024)
- Crops — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 1.64 % change on previous year (2024)
- Food — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 1.86 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) 1.72 % change on previous year (2024)
- Livestock — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 2.94 % change on previous year (2024)
- Roots and Tubers, Total — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 2.21 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables and Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant) 1.84 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sugar Crops Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 1.44 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) 1.96 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is apples — yield in Africa?
- Apples — yield in Africa was 22,025 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest apples — yield recorded in Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 22,025 kg/ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest apples — yield recorded in Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 7,003 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Africa rank for apples — yield?
- Africa ranks 11th out of 25 groups with data for 2024.
- Is apples — yield rising or falling in Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 35.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Africa data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Apples — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.