Cassava, fresh — Yield in Mexico
Mexico: Cassava, fresh — Yield was 12,138 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Cassava, fresh — Yield in Mexico, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Mexico recorded 12,138 kg/ha for cassava, fresh — yield in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.0% on the previous year and down 7.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cassava, fresh — yield in Mexico peaked at 20,000 kg/ha in 1961 and was at its lowest, 7,408 kg/ha, in 1988.
Mexico ranks 45th of 93 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Cassava, fresh — Yield in Mexico, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 20,000 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 20,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 20,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 20,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 20,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 20,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 20,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 20,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 20,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 20,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 20,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 20,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 20,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 20,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 19,164 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 1976 | 16,954 kg/ha | -11.5% |
| 1977 | 16,404 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 1978 | 15,572 kg/ha | -5.1% |
| 1979 | 13,390 kg/ha | -14.0% |
| 1980 | 9,475 kg/ha | -29.2% |
| 1981 | 9,027 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 1982 | 17,422 kg/ha | +93.0% |
| 1983 | 11,250 kg/ha | -35.4% |
| 1984 | 8,728 kg/ha | -22.4% |
| 1985 | 9,307 kg/ha | +6.6% |
| 1986 | 10,038 kg/ha | +7.8% |
| 1987 | 8,721 kg/ha | -13.1% |
| 1988 | 7,408 kg/ha | -15.1% |
| 1989 | 7,524 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1990 | 7,550 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1991 | 7,878 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 1992 | 9,319 kg/ha | +18.3% |
| 1993 | 8,174 kg/ha | -12.3% |
| 1994 | 7,526 kg/ha | -7.9% |
| 1995 | 10,961 kg/ha | +45.6% |
| 1996 | 7,719 kg/ha | -29.6% |
| 1997 | 9,602 kg/ha | +24.4% |
| 1998 | 11,705 kg/ha | +21.9% |
| 1999 | 13,663 kg/ha | +16.7% |
| 2000 | 11,328 kg/ha | -17.1% |
| 2001 | 15,321 kg/ha | +35.2% |
| 2002 | 15,099 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 2003 | 13,126 kg/ha | -13.1% |
| 2004 | 14,168 kg/ha | +7.9% |
| 2005 | 12,610 kg/ha | -11.0% |
| 2006 | 13,765 kg/ha | +9.2% |
| 2007 | 12,274 kg/ha | -10.8% |
| 2008 | 14,358 kg/ha | +17.0% |
| 2009 | 14,344 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2010 | 13,158 kg/ha | -8.3% |
| 2011 | 12,735 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 2012 | 12,233 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 2013 | 14,640 kg/ha | +19.7% |
| 2014 | 13,132 kg/ha | -10.3% |
| 2015 | 12,636 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 2016 | 12,246 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 2017 | 12,580 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 2018 | 13,012 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 2019 | 12,924 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2020 | 12,678 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 2021 | 12,872 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2022 | 12,226 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 2023 | 12,258 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2024 | 12,138 kg/ha | -1.0% |
Mexico compared with similar countries
- Mexico's 12,138 kg/ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 12,401 kg/ha, 98% of the median. (31 countries reporting)
- Mexico's 12,138 kg/ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 10,632 kg/ha, 1.1× the median. (29 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cassava, fresh — Yield in Mexico 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | +93.0% | 9,027 kg/ha | 17,422 kg/ha |
| 1995 | +45.6% | 7,526 kg/ha | 10,961 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 20,000 kg/ha | 20,000 kg/ha | 20,000 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 18,148 kg/ha | 13,390 kg/ha | 20,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 9,890 kg/ha | 7,408 kg/ha | 17,422 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 9,410 kg/ha | 7,526 kg/ha | 13,663 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 13,639 kg/ha | 11,328 kg/ha | 15,321 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 12,930 kg/ha | 12,233 kg/ha | 14,640 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 12,434 kg/ha | 12,138 kg/ha | 12,872 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Mexico
- 42 Myanmar 12,366 kg/ha compare
- 43 Seychelles 12,285 kg/ha compare
- 44 Trinidad and Tobago 12,187 kg/ha compare
- 46 Zambia 11,700 kg/ha compare
- 47 Guinea-Bissau 11,375 kg/ha compare
- 48 Angola 10,977 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Mexico
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 0.4963 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0388 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 539.47 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.5998 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1996 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 3.9% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 3.9% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.7% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cassava, fresh — yield in Mexico?
- Cassava, fresh — yield in Mexico was 12,138 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cassava, fresh — yield recorded in Mexico?
- The highest recorded value was 20,000 kg/ha in 1961.
- What is the lowest cassava, fresh — yield recorded in Mexico?
- The lowest recorded value was 7,408 kg/ha in 1988.
- How does Mexico rank for cassava, fresh — yield?
- Mexico ranks 45th out of 93 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cassava, fresh — yield rising or falling in Mexico?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Mexico 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.