Cassava, fresh — Yield in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
Least Developed Countries (LDCs): Cassava, fresh — Yield was 9,502 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cassava, fresh — Yield in Least Developed Countries (LDCs), 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, cassava, fresh — yield in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) stood at 9,502 kg/ha. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.0% on the previous year and up 9.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cassava, fresh — yield in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) peaked at 9,502 kg/ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 4,996 kg/ha, in 1961.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Cassava, fresh — Yield in Least Developed Countries (LDCs), year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 4,996 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 5,084 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1963 | 5,077 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1964 | 5,171 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1965 | 5,254 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1966 | 5,242 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1967 | 5,260 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1968 | 5,274 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1969 | 5,240 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1970 | 5,285 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1971 | 5,294 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1972 | 5,481 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 1973 | 5,373 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1974 | 5,420 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1975 | 5,872 kg/ha | +8.3% |
| 1976 | 6,023 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1977 | 6,273 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 1978 | 5,889 kg/ha | -6.1% |
| 1979 | 6,229 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 1980 | 6,252 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1981 | 6,544 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 1982 | 6,588 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1983 | 6,662 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1984 | 6,588 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1985 | 7,007 kg/ha | +6.4% |
| 1986 | 7,031 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1987 | 6,952 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1988 | 6,943 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1989 | 6,903 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1990 | 7,226 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 1991 | 6,978 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 1992 | 6,791 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 1993 | 6,904 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1994 | 6,672 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 1995 | 6,773 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1996 | 6,833 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1997 | 6,842 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1998 | 6,951 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1999 | 7,400 kg/ha | +6.5% |
| 2000 | 7,728 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 2001 | 8,224 kg/ha | +6.4% |
| 2002 | 8,166 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2003 | 7,601 kg/ha | -6.9% |
| 2004 | 7,826 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 2005 | 7,961 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2006 | 8,405 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 2007 | 8,340 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2008 | 8,269 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2009 | 8,354 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2010 | 8,546 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 2011 | 8,864 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 2012 | 8,489 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 2013 | 8,774 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 2014 | 8,687 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2015 | 8,738 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2016 | 8,581 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 2017 | 8,344 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 2018 | 9,038 kg/ha | +8.3% |
| 2019 | 9,372 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 2020 | 9,413 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2021 | 9,135 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 2022 | 9,086 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2023 | 9,316 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 2024 | 9,502 kg/ha | +2.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5,178 kg/ha | 4,996 kg/ha | 5,274 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 5,714 kg/ha | 5,285 kg/ha | 6,273 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 6,747 kg/ha | 6,252 kg/ha | 7,031 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 6,937 kg/ha | 6,672 kg/ha | 7,400 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 8,088 kg/ha | 7,601 kg/ha | 8,405 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 8,743 kg/ha | 8,344 kg/ha | 9,372 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 9,291 kg/ha | 9,086 kg/ha | 9,502 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
- 6 Ghana 25,865 kg/ha compare
- 6 Melanesia 12,178 kg/ha compare
- 7 Malawi 25,500 kg/ha compare
- 7 Micronesia (Federated States of) 10,696 kg/ha compare
- 7 Micronesia 10,696 kg/ha compare
- 8 Bahamas 25,020 kg/ha compare
- 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
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Frequently asked questions
- What is cassava, fresh — yield in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- Cassava, fresh — yield in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) was 9,502 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cassava, fresh — yield recorded in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- The highest recorded value was 9,502 kg/ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest cassava, fresh — yield recorded in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,996 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Least Developed Countries (LDCs) rank for cassava, fresh — yield?
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) ranks 9th out of 15 groups with data for 2024.
- Is cassava, fresh — yield rising or falling in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 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.