Cassava, fresh — Yield in Africa
Africa: Cassava, fresh — Yield was 8,160 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cassava, fresh — Yield in Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, cassava, fresh — yield in Africa stood at 8,160 kg/ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.7% on the previous year and down 3.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cassava, fresh — yield in Africa peaked at 9,670 kg/ha in 2006 and was at its lowest, 5,660 kg/ha, in 1962.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Cassava, fresh — Yield in Africa, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 5,660 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 5,660 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1963 | 5,716 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1964 | 5,747 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1965 | 5,901 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1966 | 5,884 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1967 | 5,865 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1968 | 5,949 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1969 | 5,958 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1970 | 6,186 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 1971 | 5,999 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 1972 | 6,155 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1973 | 6,032 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1974 | 6,015 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1975 | 6,510 kg/ha | +8.2% |
| 1976 | 6,722 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1977 | 6,867 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1978 | 6,729 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1979 | 6,954 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1980 | 6,853 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1981 | 7,062 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1982 | 7,046 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1983 | 7,110 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1984 | 7,169 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1985 | 7,766 kg/ha | +8.3% |
| 1986 | 7,729 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1987 | 7,643 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1988 | 7,751 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1989 | 7,693 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1990 | 8,178 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 1991 | 8,076 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1992 | 8,053 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1993 | 8,197 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1994 | 8,070 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1995 | 8,251 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1996 | 8,305 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1997 | 8,559 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1998 | 8,332 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 1999 | 8,460 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2000 | 8,660 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 2001 | 8,891 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 2002 | 8,975 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2003 | 8,743 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 2004 | 9,005 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 2005 | 9,220 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 2006 | 9,670 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 2007 | 9,463 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 2008 | 9,619 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2009 | 9,488 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 2010 | 9,657 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2011 | 9,600 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2012 | 8,429 kg/ha | -12.2% |
| 2013 | 8,377 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2014 | 8,425 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2015 | 8,125 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 2016 | 8,747 kg/ha | +7.7% |
| 2017 | 8,665 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2018 | 9,263 kg/ha | +6.9% |
| 2019 | 8,027 kg/ha | -13.3% |
| 2020 | 8,071 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2021 | 7,926 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 2022 | 8,083 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2023 | 8,217 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2024 | 8,160 kg/ha | -0.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5,816 kg/ha | 5,660 kg/ha | 5,958 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 6,417 kg/ha | 5,999 kg/ha | 6,954 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 7,382 kg/ha | 6,853 kg/ha | 7,766 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 8,248 kg/ha | 8,053 kg/ha | 8,559 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 9,173 kg/ha | 8,660 kg/ha | 9,670 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 8,731 kg/ha | 8,027 kg/ha | 9,657 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 8,091 kg/ha | 7,926 kg/ha | 8,217 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Africa
- 9 Cambodia 23,840 kg/ha compare
- 10 Suriname 23,194 kg/ha compare
- 11 China, Taiwan Province of 20,937 kg/ha compare
- 11 Democratic Republic of the Congo 8,153 kg/ha compare
- 12 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 7,128 kg/ha compare
- 12 Jamaica 20,310 kg/ha compare
- 13 Thailand 20,161 kg/ha compare
- 13 United Republic of Tanzania 6,417 kg/ha compare
- 14 Barbados 19,870 kg/ha compare
- 14 Cabo Verde 7,996 kg/ha compare
- 15 Malaysia 18,692 kg/ha compare
- 15 Timor-Leste 3,582 kg/ha compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is cassava, fresh — yield in Africa?
- Cassava, fresh — yield in Africa was 8,160 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cassava, fresh — yield recorded in Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 9,670 kg/ha in 2006.
- What is the lowest cassava, fresh — yield recorded in Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 5,660 kg/ha in 1962.
- How does Africa rank for cassava, fresh — yield?
- Africa ranks 12th out of 18 groups with data for 2024.
- Is cassava, fresh — yield rising or falling in Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.1%. 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 Cassava, fresh — 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.