Broad beans and horse beans, green — Yield in Africa
Africa: Broad beans and horse beans, green — Yield was 9,280 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Broad beans and horse beans, green — Yield in Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for broad beans and horse beans, green — yield in Africa is 9,280 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 4.7% on the previous year and down 9.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, broad beans and horse beans, green — yield in Africa peaked at 11,883 kg/ha in 2009 and was at its lowest, 2,829 kg/ha, in 1972.
Africa ranks 4th of 24 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Broad beans and horse beans, green — Yield in Africa, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 3,731 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 3,631 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 1963 | 3,726 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1964 | 3,999 kg/ha | +7.3% |
| 1965 | 3,563 kg/ha | -10.9% |
| 1966 | 3,554 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1967 | 3,370 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 1968 | 3,517 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 1969 | 3,282 kg/ha | -6.7% |
| 1970 | 3,185 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 1971 | 3,182 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1972 | 2,829 kg/ha | -11.1% |
| 1973 | 2,914 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 1974 | 2,972 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1975 | 3,147 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 1976 | 3,182 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1977 | 3,247 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1978 | 3,448 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 1979 | 3,482 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1980 | 3,498 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1981 | 3,570 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1982 | 3,790 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 1983 | 3,929 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 1984 | 3,830 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 1985 | 4,692 kg/ha | +22.5% |
| 1986 | 4,641 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1987 | 4,645 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1988 | 4,864 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 1989 | 5,223 kg/ha | +7.4% |
| 1990 | 4,970 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 1991 | 5,354 kg/ha | +7.7% |
| 1992 | 5,975 kg/ha | +11.6% |
| 1993 | 4,763 kg/ha | -20.3% |
| 1994 | 5,137 kg/ha | +7.9% |
| 1995 | 6,094 kg/ha | +18.6% |
| 1996 | 6,163 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1997 | 6,176 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1998 | 6,558 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 1999 | 7,193 kg/ha | +9.7% |
| 2000 | 6,035 kg/ha | -16.1% |
| 2001 | 7,131 kg/ha | +18.2% |
| 2002 | 7,589 kg/ha | +6.4% |
| 2003 | 8,635 kg/ha | +13.8% |
| 2004 | 9,023 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 2005 | 8,744 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 2006 | 8,337 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 2007 | 8,632 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 2008 | 10,850 kg/ha | +25.7% |
| 2009 | 11,883 kg/ha | +9.5% |
| 2010 | 11,715 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 2011 | 10,007 kg/ha | -14.6% |
| 2012 | 9,763 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 2013 | 10,597 kg/ha | +8.5% |
| 2014 | 10,267 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 2015 | 9,759 kg/ha | -4.9% |
| 2016 | 9,391 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 2017 | 9,539 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2018 | 10,286 kg/ha | +7.8% |
| 2019 | 9,469 kg/ha | -7.9% |
| 2020 | 8,922 kg/ha | -5.8% |
| 2021 | 9,626 kg/ha | +7.9% |
| 2022 | 9,716 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2023 | 9,740 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 9,280 kg/ha | -4.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,597 kg/ha | 3,282 kg/ha | 3,999 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,159 kg/ha | 2,829 kg/ha | 3,482 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 4,268 kg/ha | 3,498 kg/ha | 5,223 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 5,838 kg/ha | 4,763 kg/ha | 7,193 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 8,686 kg/ha | 6,035 kg/ha | 11,883 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 10,079 kg/ha | 9,391 kg/ha | 11,715 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 9,457 kg/ha | 8,922 kg/ha | 9,740 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Africa
- 1 Kenya 27,246 kg/ha compare
- 2 Kazakhstan 23,402 kg/ha compare
- 3 China, mainland 20,199 kg/ha compare
- 4 Palestine, State of 17,611 kg/ha compare
- 5 China 13,864 kg/ha compare
- 6 Tunisia 13,819 kg/ha compare
- 7 Libya 13,242 kg/ha compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is broad beans and horse beans, green — yield in Africa?
- Broad beans and horse beans, green — yield in Africa was 9,280 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest broad beans and horse beans, green — yield recorded in Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 11,883 kg/ha in 2009.
- What is the lowest broad beans and horse beans, green — yield recorded in Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,829 kg/ha in 1972.
- How does Africa rank for broad beans and horse beans, green — yield?
- Africa ranks 4th out of 24 groups with data for 2024.
- Is broad beans and horse beans, green — yield rising or falling in Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 9.6%. 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 Broad beans and horse beans, green — 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.