Beans, dry — Yield in Eastern Africa
Eastern Africa: Beans, dry — Yield was 853.2 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Beans, dry — Yield in Eastern Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for beans, dry — yield in Eastern Africa is 853.2 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 4.6% on the previous year and down 5.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, beans, dry — yield in Eastern Africa peaked at 954.9 kg/ha in 2017 and was at its lowest, 530.6 kg/ha, in 2004.
That places Eastern Africa 20th out of 28 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Beans, dry — Yield in Eastern Africa, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 693.4 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 699.3 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1963 | 704.3 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1964 | 695.4 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1965 | 717.4 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1966 | 726 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1967 | 729.7 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1968 | 703.4 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 1969 | 697.7 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1970 | 699.7 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1971 | 657 kg/ha | -6.1% |
| 1972 | 729.9 kg/ha | +11.1% |
| 1973 | 643.6 kg/ha | -11.8% |
| 1974 | 611 kg/ha | -5.1% |
| 1975 | 716.6 kg/ha | +17.3% |
| 1976 | 731.6 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1977 | 706.5 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 1978 | 690.5 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1979 | 687.8 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1980 | 644.7 kg/ha | -6.3% |
| 1981 | 680.1 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 1982 | 674.5 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1983 | 719.1 kg/ha | +6.6% |
| 1984 | 709.6 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1985 | 739.2 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 1986 | 728.5 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1987 | 746.8 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1988 | 743.4 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1989 | 732.2 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1990 | 816.2 kg/ha | +11.5% |
| 1991 | 789.5 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 1992 | 779.4 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1993 | 741.4 kg/ha | -4.9% |
| 1994 | 622.8 kg/ha | -16.0% |
| 1995 | 671.3 kg/ha | +7.8% |
| 1996 | 590.7 kg/ha | -12.0% |
| 1997 | 556.8 kg/ha | -5.7% |
| 1998 | 632 kg/ha | +13.5% |
| 1999 | 635.4 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2000 | 622.6 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 2001 | 639.5 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 2002 | 638.4 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2003 | 568.9 kg/ha | -10.9% |
| 2004 | 530.6 kg/ha | -6.7% |
| 2005 | 540.4 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2006 | 607.5 kg/ha | +12.4% |
| 2007 | 655.4 kg/ha | +7.9% |
| 2008 | 765.2 kg/ha | +16.8% |
| 2009 | 820 kg/ha | +7.2% |
| 2010 | 793.4 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 2011 | 784.4 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2012 | 788.4 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2013 | 820.1 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 2014 | 906.1 kg/ha | +10.5% |
| 2015 | 948.9 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 2016 | 890.4 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 2017 | 954.9 kg/ha | +7.2% |
| 2018 | 891.1 kg/ha | -6.7% |
| 2019 | 795.7 kg/ha | -10.7% |
| 2020 | 845.9 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 2021 | 787.9 kg/ha | -6.9% |
| 2022 | 823.8 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 2023 | 815.5 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2024 | 853.2 kg/ha | +4.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 707.4 kg/ha | 693.4 kg/ha | 729.7 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 687.42 kg/ha | 611 kg/ha | 731.6 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 711.81 kg/ha | 644.7 kg/ha | 746.8 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 683.55 kg/ha | 556.8 kg/ha | 816.2 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 638.85 kg/ha | 530.6 kg/ha | 820 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 857.34 kg/ha | 784.4 kg/ha | 954.9 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 825.26 kg/ha | 787.9 kg/ha | 853.2 kg/ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is beans, dry — yield in Eastern Africa?
- Beans, dry — yield in Eastern Africa was 853.2 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest beans, dry — yield recorded in Eastern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 954.9 kg/ha in 2017.
- What is the lowest beans, dry — yield recorded in Eastern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 530.6 kg/ha in 2004.
- How does Eastern Africa rank for beans, dry — yield?
- Eastern Africa ranks 20th out of 28 groups with data for 2024.
- Is beans, dry — yield rising or falling in Eastern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.8%. 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 Beans, dry — 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.