Cassava, fresh — Yield in Middle Africa
Middle Africa: Cassava, fresh — Yield was 8,901 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cassava, fresh — Yield in Middle 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 Middle Africa is 8,901 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 1.9% on the previous year and up 2.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cassava, fresh — yield in Middle Africa peaked at 9,894 kg/ha in 2009 and was at its lowest, 5,476 kg/ha, in 1962.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Cassava, fresh — Yield in Middle Africa, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 5,506 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 5,476 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1963 | 5,527 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1964 | 5,516 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1965 | 5,726 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 1966 | 5,531 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 1967 | 5,544 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1968 | 5,540 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1969 | 5,576 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1970 | 5,637 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1971 | 5,570 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1972 | 5,590 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1973 | 5,715 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1974 | 5,753 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1975 | 5,861 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1976 | 5,865 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1977 | 5,823 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1978 | 5,662 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 1979 | 5,918 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 1980 | 5,982 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1981 | 5,931 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1982 | 6,253 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 1983 | 6,478 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 1984 | 6,620 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1985 | 7,233 kg/ha | +9.3% |
| 1986 | 7,228 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1987 | 7,163 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1988 | 7,187 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1989 | 7,268 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1990 | 7,326 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1991 | 7,373 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1992 | 7,358 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1993 | 7,187 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1994 | 7,349 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1995 | 7,385 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1996 | 7,302 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1997 | 7,222 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1998 | 7,327 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1999 | 7,640 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 2000 | 8,039 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 2001 | 8,032 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2002 | 8,304 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 2003 | 8,063 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 2004 | 8,564 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 2005 | 8,840 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 2006 | 8,679 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 2007 | 8,951 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 2008 | 9,556 kg/ha | +6.8% |
| 2009 | 9,894 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 2010 | 9,524 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 2011 | 9,369 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2012 | 8,628 kg/ha | -7.9% |
| 2013 | 9,576 kg/ha | +11.0% |
| 2014 | 8,681 kg/ha | -9.3% |
| 2015 | 8,648 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2016 | 8,339 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 2017 | 8,472 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2018 | 8,639 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2019 | 8,665 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2020 | 8,449 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 2021 | 8,643 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 2022 | 8,721 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2023 | 8,737 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 8,901 kg/ha | +1.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5,549 kg/ha | 5,476 kg/ha | 5,726 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 5,739 kg/ha | 5,570 kg/ha | 5,918 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 6,734 kg/ha | 5,931 kg/ha | 7,268 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 7,347 kg/ha | 7,187 kg/ha | 7,640 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 8,692 kg/ha | 8,032 kg/ha | 9,894 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 8,854 kg/ha | 8,339 kg/ha | 9,576 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 8,690 kg/ha | 8,449 kg/ha | 8,901 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Middle Africa
- 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
- 13 Thailand 20,161 kg/ha compare
- 13 United Republic of Tanzania 6,417 kg/ha compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is cassava, fresh — yield in Middle Africa?
- Cassava, fresh — yield in Middle Africa was 8,901 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cassava, fresh — yield recorded in Middle Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 9,894 kg/ha in 2009.
- What is the lowest cassava, fresh — yield recorded in Middle Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 5,476 kg/ha in 1962.
- How does Middle Africa rank for cassava, fresh — yield?
- Middle Africa ranks 10th out of 15 groups with data for 2024.
- Is cassava, fresh — yield rising or falling in Middle Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Middle 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.