Cassava, fresh — Yield in Somalia
Somalia: Cassava, fresh — Yield was 9,533 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Cassava, fresh — Yield in Somalia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Somalia recorded 9,533 kg/ha for cassava, fresh — yield in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.8% on the previous year and up 0.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cassava, fresh — yield in Somalia peaked at 11,400 kg/ha in 1977 and was at its lowest, 8,824 kg/ha, in 2001.
Somalia ranks 58th 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 Somalia, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 10,000 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 9,706 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 1964 | 10,000 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 1965 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 10,870 kg/ha | +8.7% |
| 1971 | 10,833 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1972 | 10,833 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 10,833 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 10,800 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1975 | 10,759 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1976 | 11,067 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1977 | 11,400 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 1978 | 11,100 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 1979 | 11,064 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1980 | 11,062 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1981 | 10,735 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 1982 | 10,743 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1983 | 10,750 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1984 | 10,757 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1985 | 10,811 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1986 | 10,816 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 10,550 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 1988 | 10,805 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1989 | 10,465 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 1990 | 10,454 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1991 | 10,465 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1992 | 10,256 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1993 | 10,154 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1994 | 10,000 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1995 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 8,824 kg/ha | -11.8% |
| 2002 | 9,383 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 2003 | 9,507 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2004 | 9,545 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2005 | 9,586 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2006 | 9,647 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2007 | 9,634 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2008 | 9,624 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2009 | 9,612 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2010 | 9,599 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2011 | 9,585 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2012 | 9,677 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2013 | 9,474 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 2014 | 9,473 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2015 | 9,556 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2016 | 9,535 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2017 | 9,512 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2018 | 9,487 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2019 | 9,470 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2020 | 9,457 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2021 | 9,480 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2022 | 9,507 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 9,612 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2024 | 9,533 kg/ha | -0.8% |
Somalia compared with similar countries
- Somalia's 9,533 kg/ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 9,533 kg/ha, 1.0× the median. (17 countries reporting)
- Somalia's 9,533 kg/ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 10,541 kg/ha, 90% of the median. (35 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 9,967 kg/ha | 9,706 kg/ha | 10,000 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 10,956 kg/ha | 10,759 kg/ha | 11,400 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 10,749 kg/ha | 10,465 kg/ha | 11,062 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 10,133 kg/ha | 10,000 kg/ha | 10,465 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 9,536 kg/ha | 8,824 kg/ha | 10,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 9,537 kg/ha | 9,470 kg/ha | 9,677 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 9,518 kg/ha | 9,457 kg/ha | 9,612 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Somalia
- 55 Philippines 10,051 kg/ha compare
- 56 Dominica 9,888 kg/ha compare
- 57 Papua New Guinea 9,815 kg/ha compare
- 59 Mozambique 9,200 kg/ha compare
- 60 Guinea 9,150 kg/ha compare
- 61 Honduras 8,729 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Somalia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -13.31 % change on previous year (1990)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.5579 current US$ per US$ of GDP (1990)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 81.24 current US$ per person (1990)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 2.21 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0007 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4486 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 55.8% (1990)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 55.8% (1990)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.7% (1982)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 7.1% (1982)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cassava, fresh — yield in Somalia?
- Cassava, fresh — yield in Somalia was 9,533 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cassava, fresh — yield recorded in Somalia?
- The highest recorded value was 11,400 kg/ha in 1977.
- What is the lowest cassava, fresh — yield recorded in Somalia?
- The lowest recorded value was 8,824 kg/ha in 2001.
- How does Somalia rank for cassava, fresh — yield?
- Somalia ranks 58th out of 93 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cassava, fresh — yield rising or falling in Somalia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Somalia 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.