Cashew nuts, in shell — Yield in World
World: Cashew nuts, in shell — Yield was 611.1 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cashew nuts, in shell — Yield in World, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
World recorded 611.1 kg/ha for cashew nuts, in shell — yield in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 8.3% on the previous year and up 15.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cashew nuts, in shell — yield in World peaked at 666.7 kg/ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 357.9 kg/ha, in 1984.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Cashew nuts, in shell — Yield in World, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 499 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 512.7 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1963 | 512.7 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 542.9 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 1965 | 535.5 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1966 | 519.6 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 1967 | 505.9 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 1968 | 533.4 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 1969 | 511.1 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 1970 | 510.9 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1971 | 515.4 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1972 | 525.6 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1973 | 549.4 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 1974 | 522 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 1975 | 475.4 kg/ha | -8.9% |
| 1976 | 471.6 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1977 | 478.4 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1978 | 471.2 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1979 | 434.3 kg/ha | -7.8% |
| 1980 | 409.9 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 1981 | 402.9 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1982 | 379 kg/ha | -5.9% |
| 1983 | 382.8 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1984 | 357.9 kg/ha | -6.5% |
| 1985 | 412.2 kg/ha | +15.2% |
| 1986 | 415.4 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1987 | 397.4 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 1988 | 434.1 kg/ha | +9.2% |
| 1989 | 438.4 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1990 | 469 kg/ha | +7.0% |
| 1991 | 450.6 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 1992 | 443.6 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1993 | 436.1 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1994 | 487.8 kg/ha | +11.9% |
| 1995 | 494 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1996 | 517.3 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 1997 | 466 kg/ha | -9.9% |
| 1998 | 424.8 kg/ha | -8.8% |
| 1999 | 535.1 kg/ha | +26.0% |
| 2000 | 567.3 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 2001 | 561.7 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2002 | 547.4 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 2003 | 566.2 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 2004 | 589.8 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 2005 | 601.8 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2006 | 602.1 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 586 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 2008 | 629.9 kg/ha | +7.5% |
| 2009 | 594.3 kg/ha | -5.7% |
| 2010 | 594.4 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 593.2 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2012 | 547.3 kg/ha | -7.7% |
| 2013 | 538.1 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 2014 | 527.2 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 2015 | 545 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 2016 | 554.1 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2017 | 582.2 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 2018 | 559.1 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 2019 | 638.3 kg/ha | +14.2% |
| 2020 | 637.5 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2021 | 662.7 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 2022 | 639.3 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 2023 | 666.7 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 2024 | 611.1 kg/ha | -8.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 519.2 kg/ha | 499 kg/ha | 542.9 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 495.42 kg/ha | 434.3 kg/ha | 549.4 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 403 kg/ha | 357.9 kg/ha | 438.4 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 472.43 kg/ha | 424.8 kg/ha | 535.1 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 584.65 kg/ha | 547.4 kg/ha | 629.9 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 567.89 kg/ha | 527.2 kg/ha | 638.3 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 643.46 kg/ha | 611.1 kg/ha | 666.7 kg/ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is cashew nuts, in shell — yield in World?
- Cashew nuts, in shell — yield in World was 611.1 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cashew nuts, in shell — yield recorded in World?
- The highest recorded value was 666.7 kg/ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest cashew nuts, in shell — yield recorded in World?
- The lowest recorded value was 357.9 kg/ha in 1984.
- How does World rank for cashew nuts, in shell — yield?
- World ranks 8th out of 15 groups with data for 2024.
- Is cashew nuts, in shell — yield rising or falling in World?
- Over the last ten years it is up 15.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this World data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Cashew nuts, in shell — 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.