Apples — Yield in Eastern Africa
Eastern Africa: Apples — Yield was 3,049 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Apples — Yield in Eastern Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Eastern Africa recorded 3,049 kg/ha for apples — yield in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 8.4% on the previous year and up 12.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, apples — yield in Eastern Africa peaked at 3,300 kg/ha in 2006 and was at its lowest, 1,447 kg/ha, in 1961.
That places Eastern Africa 25th out of 25 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Apples — Yield in Eastern Africa, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,447 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,457 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1963 | 1,493 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1964 | 1,481 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1965 | 1,488 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1966 | 1,466 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1967 | 1,479 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1968 | 1,864 kg/ha | +26.0% |
| 1969 | 1,894 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1970 | 1,923 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1971 | 1,693 kg/ha | -12.0% |
| 1972 | 1,722 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1973 | 1,837 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 1974 | 2,239 kg/ha | +21.9% |
| 1975 | 1,825 kg/ha | -18.5% |
| 1976 | 2,969 kg/ha | +62.7% |
| 1977 | 3,076 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 1978 | 2,589 kg/ha | -15.8% |
| 1979 | 2,439 kg/ha | -5.8% |
| 1980 | 2,448 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1981 | 2,569 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 1982 | 2,624 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1983 | 2,712 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1984 | 2,676 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1985 | 2,558 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 1986 | 2,754 kg/ha | +7.6% |
| 1987 | 2,705 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1988 | 2,921 kg/ha | +8.0% |
| 1989 | 2,940 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1990 | 2,727 kg/ha | -7.2% |
| 1991 | 3,155 kg/ha | +15.7% |
| 1992 | 2,890 kg/ha | -8.4% |
| 1993 | 2,759 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 1994 | 2,811 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1995 | 2,719 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 1996 | 2,711 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1997 | 2,648 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1998 | 2,786 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 1999 | 2,657 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 2000 | 2,702 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2001 | 2,684 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2002 | 2,682 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2003 | 2,716 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2004 | 2,693 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2005 | 3,252 kg/ha | +20.8% |
| 2006 | 3,300 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2007 | 3,089 kg/ha | -6.4% |
| 2008 | 3,028 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 2009 | 2,738 kg/ha | -9.6% |
| 2010 | 2,644 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 2011 | 2,549 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 2012 | 2,594 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2013 | 2,450 kg/ha | -5.5% |
| 2014 | 2,722 kg/ha | +11.1% |
| 2015 | 2,732 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2016 | 2,716 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2017 | 2,682 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 2018 | 2,525 kg/ha | -5.8% |
| 2019 | 2,540 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2020 | 2,610 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 2021 | 2,568 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2022 | 2,788 kg/ha | +8.6% |
| 2023 | 2,812 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2024 | 3,049 kg/ha | +8.4% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Apples — Yield in Eastern Africa changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 | +62.7% | 1,825 kg/ha | 2,969 kg/ha |
| 1968 | +26.0% | 1,479 kg/ha | 1,864 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,563 kg/ha | 1,447 kg/ha | 1,894 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,231 kg/ha | 1,693 kg/ha | 3,076 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,691 kg/ha | 2,448 kg/ha | 2,940 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,786 kg/ha | 2,648 kg/ha | 3,155 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,888 kg/ha | 2,682 kg/ha | 3,300 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,615 kg/ha | 2,450 kg/ha | 2,732 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,765 kg/ha | 2,568 kg/ha | 3,049 kg/ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is apples — yield in Eastern Africa?
- Apples — yield in Eastern Africa was 3,049 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest apples — yield recorded in Eastern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 3,300 kg/ha in 2006.
- What is the lowest apples — yield recorded in Eastern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,447 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Eastern Africa rank for apples — yield?
- Eastern Africa ranks 25th out of 25 groups with data for 2024.
- Is apples — yield rising or falling in Eastern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 12.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Eastern 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.