Cassava, fresh — Yield in Eastern Africa
Eastern Africa: Cassava, fresh — Yield was 8,130 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cassava, fresh — 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 cassava, fresh — yield in Eastern Africa is 8,130 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.4% on the previous year and up 19.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cassava, fresh — yield in Eastern Africa peaked at 9,113 kg/ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 4,418 kg/ha, in 1961.
That places Eastern Africa 17th out of 21 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4,703 kg/ha | 4,418 kg/ha | 4,846 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 5,612 kg/ha | 4,833 kg/ha | 6,702 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 7,083 kg/ha | 6,594 kg/ha | 7,479 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 6,734 kg/ha | 6,215 kg/ha | 7,467 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 7,370 kg/ha | 6,520 kg/ha | 8,367 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 6,972 kg/ha | 6,108 kg/ha | 8,768 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 8,087 kg/ha | 7,518 kg/ha | 9,113 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Eastern Africa
More agriculture & rural data for Eastern Africa
- Tomatoes — Area harvested 205,889 ha (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 641,088 t (2024)
- Bananas — Area harvested 1.08 million ha (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested 546,014 ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Production 3.49 million t (2024)
- Bananas — Production 12.53 million t (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield 16,968 kg/ha (2024)
- Fat of pigs — Producing Animals/Slaughtered 23.97 million An (2024)
- Fat of pigs — Production 63,544 t (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight 42 kg/An (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cassava, fresh — yield in Eastern Africa?
- Cassava, fresh — yield in Eastern Africa was 8,130 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cassava, fresh — yield recorded in Eastern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 9,113 kg/ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest cassava, fresh — yield recorded in Eastern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,418 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Eastern Africa rank for cassava, fresh — yield?
- Eastern Africa ranks 17th out of 21 groups with data for 2024.
- Is cassava, fresh — yield rising or falling in Eastern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 19.5%. 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 Cassava, fresh — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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.