Cassava, fresh — Yield in Liberia
Liberia: Cassava, fresh — Yield was 7,502 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cassava, fresh — Yield in Liberia, 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 Liberia is 7,502 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 1.1% on the previous year and up 0.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cassava, fresh — yield in Liberia peaked at 8,865 kg/ha in 2018 and was at its lowest, 5,042 kg/ha, in 1984.
That places Liberia 65th out of 93 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Cassava, fresh — Yield in Liberia, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 5,556 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 5,556 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 5,667 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1964 | 5,600 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1965 | 5,667 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1966 | 5,667 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 5,667 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 5,778 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1969 | 5,778 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 5,889 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1971 | 5,933 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1972 | 5,933 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 5,556 kg/ha | -6.4% |
| 1974 | 5,667 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1975 | 5,600 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1976 | 6,111 kg/ha | +9.1% |
| 1977 | 6,333 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 1978 | 6,556 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 1979 | 6,667 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1980 | 6,667 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 6,667 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 6,667 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 6,000 kg/ha | -10.0% |
| 1984 | 5,042 kg/ha | -16.0% |
| 1985 | 6,164 kg/ha | +22.3% |
| 1986 | 6,385 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 1987 | 7,998 kg/ha | +25.3% |
| 1988 | 8,566 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 1989 | 6,387 kg/ha | -25.4% |
| 1990 | 7,273 kg/ha | +13.9% |
| 1991 | 6,429 kg/ha | -11.6% |
| 1992 | 6,281 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1993 | 6,125 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 1994 | 6,154 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1995 | 6,034 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 1996 | 6,500 kg/ha | +7.7% |
| 1997 | 6,517 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1998 | 6,532 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1999 | 6,510 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2000 | 6,575 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2001 | 6,621 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2002 | 6,591 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2003 | 6,533 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2004 | 6,472 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2005 | 6,404 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2006 | 6,024 kg/ha | -5.9% |
| 2007 | 6,795 kg/ha | +12.8% |
| 2008 | 6,892 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2009 | 7,836 kg/ha | +13.7% |
| 2010 | 8,020 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 2011 | 7,952 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2012 | 7,658 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 2013 | 7,762 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2014 | 7,480 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 2015 | 7,380 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 2016 | 5,680 kg/ha | -23.0% |
| 2017 | 8,826 kg/ha | +55.4% |
| 2018 | 8,865 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2019 | 7,285 kg/ha | -17.8% |
| 2020 | 7,545 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 2021 | 7,486 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2022 | 7,670 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 2023 | 7,582 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2024 | 7,502 kg/ha | -1.1% |
Liberia compared with similar countries
- Liberia's 7,502 kg/ha is below the median for low income countries, which is 9,533 kg/ha, 79% of the median. (17 countries reporting)
- Liberia's 7,502 kg/ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 10,541 kg/ha, 71% of the median. (35 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cassava, fresh — Yield in Liberia changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | +55.4% | 5,680 kg/ha | 8,826 kg/ha |
| 1987 | +25.3% | 6,385 kg/ha | 7,998 kg/ha |
| 1989 | -25.4% | 8,566 kg/ha | 6,387 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5,659 kg/ha | 5,556 kg/ha | 5,778 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 6,024 kg/ha | 5,556 kg/ha | 6,667 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 6,654 kg/ha | 5,042 kg/ha | 8,566 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 6,436 kg/ha | 6,034 kg/ha | 7,273 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 6,674 kg/ha | 6,024 kg/ha | 7,836 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 7,691 kg/ha | 5,680 kg/ha | 8,865 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 7,557 kg/ha | 7,486 kg/ha | 7,670 kg/ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Liberia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 5.94 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.3265 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 298.89 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.8615 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0005 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4392 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 32.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 32.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 63.7% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.7% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cassava, fresh — yield in Liberia?
- Cassava, fresh — yield in Liberia was 7,502 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cassava, fresh — yield recorded in Liberia?
- The highest recorded value was 8,865 kg/ha in 2018.
- What is the lowest cassava, fresh — yield recorded in Liberia?
- The lowest recorded value was 5,042 kg/ha in 1984.
- How does Liberia rank for cassava, fresh — yield?
- Liberia ranks 65th out of 93 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cassava, fresh — yield rising or falling in Liberia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Liberia 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.