Cassava, fresh — Yield in Uganda
Uganda: Cassava, fresh — Yield was 1,971 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Cassava, fresh — Yield in Uganda, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, cassava, fresh — yield in Uganda stood at 1,971 kg/ha. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of down 4.8% on the previous year and down 40.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cassava, fresh — yield in Uganda peaked at 14,408 kg/ha in 2005 and was at its lowest, 1,971 kg/ha, in 2024.
Uganda ranks 102nd of 105 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4,039 kg/ha | 3,533 kg/ha | 4,667 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 4,990 kg/ha | 3,837 kg/ha | 7,068 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 8,638 kg/ha | 6,861 kg/ha | 9,787 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 8,171 kg/ha | 6,500 kg/ha | 13,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 12,105 kg/ha | 7,183 kg/ha | 14,408 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,470 kg/ha | 2,240 kg/ha | 6,147 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,246 kg/ha | 1,971 kg/ha | 2,748 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Uganda
- 99 Martinique 2,444 kg/ha compare
- 100 Singapore 2,371 kg/ha compare
- 101 Saint Lucia 2,088 kg/ha compare
- 103 Sudan (former) 1,761 kg/ha compare
- 104 Maldives 1,468 kg/ha compare
- 105 Guatemala 1,010 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Uganda
- Agriculture share gdp 26.13 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 26.13 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.4% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.2% (2024)
- Rural population 68.1% (2025)
- Rural population growth 1.7% (2025)
- Rural population 34.97 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 26.1% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 16.20 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 560,000 t (1990)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cassava, fresh — yield in Uganda?
- Cassava, fresh — yield in Uganda was 1,971 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cassava, fresh — yield recorded in Uganda?
- The highest recorded value was 14,408 kg/ha in 2005.
- What is the lowest cassava, fresh — yield recorded in Uganda?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,971 kg/ha in 2024.
- How does Uganda rank for cassava, fresh — yield?
- Uganda ranks 102nd out of 105 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cassava, fresh — yield rising or falling in Uganda?
- Over the last ten years it is down 40.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Uganda 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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About this data
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.