Asparagus — Yield in Eastern Africa
Eastern Africa: Asparagus — Yield was 4,567 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Asparagus — Yield in Eastern Africa, 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Eastern Africa recorded 4,567 kg/ha for asparagus — yield in 2024.
That represents a change of up 7.1% on the previous year and up 10.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, asparagus — yield in Eastern Africa peaked at 7,602 kg/ha in 1995 and was at its lowest, 4,145 kg/ha, in 2014.
That places Eastern Africa 20th out of 24 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 35 years of available data.
Asparagus — Yield in Eastern Africa, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 5,000 kg/ha | — |
| 1991 | 4,961 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1992 | 4,660 kg/ha | -6.1% |
| 1993 | 4,992 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 1994 | 7,206 kg/ha | +44.3% |
| 1995 | 7,602 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 1996 | 5,708 kg/ha | -24.9% |
| 1997 | 5,129 kg/ha | -10.2% |
| 1998 | 5,287 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1999 | 6,320 kg/ha | +19.5% |
| 2000 | 6,748 kg/ha | +6.8% |
| 2001 | 4,639 kg/ha | -31.3% |
| 2002 | 4,517 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 2003 | 4,508 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2004 | 4,824 kg/ha | +7.0% |
| 2005 | 5,101 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 2006 | 5,261 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 2007 | 4,558 kg/ha | -13.4% |
| 2008 | 4,247 kg/ha | -6.8% |
| 2009 | 4,308 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2010 | 4,343 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2011 | 4,368 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2012 | 4,480 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 2013 | 4,398 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 2014 | 4,145 kg/ha | -5.8% |
| 2015 | 5,481 kg/ha | +32.2% |
| 2016 | 4,732 kg/ha | -13.7% |
| 2017 | 4,954 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 2018 | 5,124 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 2019 | 4,992 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 2020 | 4,902 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 2021 | 4,863 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2022 | 4,909 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2023 | 4,266 kg/ha | -13.1% |
| 2024 | 4,567 kg/ha | +7.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 5,687 kg/ha | 4,660 kg/ha | 7,602 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 4,871 kg/ha | 4,247 kg/ha | 6,748 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 4,702 kg/ha | 4,145 kg/ha | 5,481 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,701 kg/ha | 4,266 kg/ha | 4,909 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Eastern Africa
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Frequently asked questions
- What is asparagus — yield in Eastern Africa?
- Asparagus — yield in Eastern Africa was 4,567 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest asparagus — yield recorded in Eastern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 7,602 kg/ha in 1995.
- What is the lowest asparagus — yield recorded in Eastern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,145 kg/ha in 2014.
- How does Eastern Africa rank for asparagus — yield?
- Eastern Africa ranks 20th out of 24 groups with data for 2024.
- Is asparagus — yield rising or falling in Eastern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Eastern Africa data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Asparagus — 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.