Apples — Yield in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
Least Developed Countries (LDCs): Apples — Yield was 9,267 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Apples — Yield in Least Developed Countries (LDCs), 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, apples — yield in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) stood at 9,267 kg/ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.3% on the previous year and up 49.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, apples — yield in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) peaked at 9,356 kg/ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 2,642 kg/ha, in 1961.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Apples — Yield in Least Developed Countries (LDCs), year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,642 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 2,642 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 2,642 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 2,826 kg/ha | +6.9% |
| 1965 | 2,986 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 1966 | 2,890 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 1967 | 3,204 kg/ha | +10.8% |
| 1968 | 5,255 kg/ha | +64.0% |
| 1969 | 5,261 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1970 | 5,098 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 1971 | 3,491 kg/ha | -31.5% |
| 1972 | 4,077 kg/ha | +16.8% |
| 1973 | 4,761 kg/ha | +16.8% |
| 1974 | 5,146 kg/ha | +8.1% |
| 1975 | 4,702 kg/ha | -8.6% |
| 1976 | 6,006 kg/ha | +27.8% |
| 1977 | 3,740 kg/ha | -37.7% |
| 1978 | 4,659 kg/ha | +24.6% |
| 1979 | 4,458 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 1980 | 4,280 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 1981 | 4,260 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1982 | 4,219 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1983 | 4,197 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1984 | 4,197 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 3,937 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 1986 | 4,009 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1987 | 3,740 kg/ha | -6.7% |
| 1988 | 3,723 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1989 | 3,638 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1990 | 5,533 kg/ha | +52.1% |
| 1991 | 6,088 kg/ha | +10.0% |
| 1992 | 5,355 kg/ha | -12.0% |
| 1993 | 5,290 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1994 | 6,285 kg/ha | +18.8% |
| 1995 | 6,418 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1996 | 5,167 kg/ha | -19.5% |
| 1997 | 5,741 kg/ha | +11.1% |
| 1998 | 6,144 kg/ha | +7.0% |
| 1999 | 6,671 kg/ha | +8.6% |
| 2000 | 6,189 kg/ha | -7.2% |
| 2001 | 6,149 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2002 | 5,848 kg/ha | -4.9% |
| 2003 | 5,782 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2004 | 5,650 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 2005 | 5,774 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2006 | 6,454 kg/ha | +11.8% |
| 2007 | 6,906 kg/ha | +7.0% |
| 2008 | 6,773 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 2009 | 7,095 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 2010 | 6,480 kg/ha | -8.7% |
| 2011 | 6,361 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 2012 | 6,730 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 2013 | 6,647 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2014 | 6,207 kg/ha | -6.6% |
| 2015 | 6,144 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2016 | 6,434 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 2017 | 5,714 kg/ha | -11.2% |
| 2018 | 6,820 kg/ha | +19.4% |
| 2019 | 7,951 kg/ha | +16.6% |
| 2020 | 8,998 kg/ha | +13.2% |
| 2021 | 9,351 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 2022 | 9,356 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2023 | 9,295 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2024 | 9,267 kg/ha | -0.3% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Apples — Yield in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 | +64.0% | 3,204 kg/ha | 5,255 kg/ha |
| 1990 | +52.1% | 3,638 kg/ha | 5,533 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,372 kg/ha | 2,642 kg/ha | 5,261 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 4,614 kg/ha | 3,491 kg/ha | 6,006 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 4,020 kg/ha | 3,638 kg/ha | 4,280 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 5,869 kg/ha | 5,167 kg/ha | 6,671 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 6,262 kg/ha | 5,650 kg/ha | 7,095 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 6,549 kg/ha | 5,714 kg/ha | 7,951 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 9,253 kg/ha | 8,998 kg/ha | 9,356 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
- 4 Belgium-Luxembourg 51,790 kg/ha compare
- 5 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 11,679 kg/ha compare
- 5 Italy 44,933 kg/ha compare
- 6 Republic of Moldova 10,844 kg/ha compare
- 6 South Africa 42,688 kg/ha compare
- 7 Libya 42,292 kg/ha compare
- 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
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Frequently asked questions
- What is apples — yield in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- Apples — yield in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) was 9,267 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest apples — yield recorded in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- The highest recorded value was 9,356 kg/ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest apples — yield recorded in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,642 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Least Developed Countries (LDCs) rank for apples — yield?
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) ranks 7th out of 9 groups with data for 2024.
- Is apples — yield rising or falling in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 49.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 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.