Cereal yield vs. fertilizer use in Somalia
Somalia: Cereal yield vs. fertilizer use was 0.3621 tonnes per hectare in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
0.3621 tonnes per hectare
Change on year
down 24.2%
World rank
184th
of 186 countries
All-time high
1.19 tonnes per hectare
in 2012
All-time low
0.314 tonnes per hectare
in 2021
Years of data
64
1961–2024
Cereal yield vs. fertilizer use in Somalia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in tonnes per hectare.
Analysis
In 2024, cereal yield vs. fertilizer use in Somalia stood at 0.3621 tonnes per hectare.
That represents a change of down 24.2% on the previous year and down 37.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereal yield vs. fertilizer use in Somalia peaked at 1.19 tonnes per hectare in 2012 and was at its lowest, 0.314 tonnes per hectare, in 2021.
Somalia ranks 184th of 186 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Cereal yield vs. fertilizer use in Somalia, year by year
| Year | tonnes per hectare | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.4894 tonnes per hectare | — |
| 1962 | 0.4854 tonnes per hectare | -0.8% |
| 1963 | 0.4673 tonnes per hectare | -3.7% |
| 1964 | 0.4638 tonnes per hectare | -0.7% |
| 1965 | 0.4635 tonnes per hectare | -0.1% |
| 1966 | 0.4681 tonnes per hectare | +1.0% |
| 1967 | 0.4673 tonnes per hectare | -0.2% |
| 1968 | 0.4718 tonnes per hectare | +1.0% |
| 1969 | 0.4759 tonnes per hectare | +0.9% |
| 1970 | 0.491 tonnes per hectare | +3.2% |
| 1971 | 0.4988 tonnes per hectare | +1.6% |
| 1972 | 0.4942 tonnes per hectare | -0.9% |
| 1973 | 0.4787 tonnes per hectare | -3.1% |
| 1974 | 0.4685 tonnes per hectare | -2.1% |
| 1975 | 0.4731 tonnes per hectare | +1.0% |
| 1976 | 0.4088 tonnes per hectare | -13.6% |
| 1977 | 0.4287 tonnes per hectare | +4.9% |
| 1978 | 0.447 tonnes per hectare | +4.3% |
| 1979 | 0.4226 tonnes per hectare | -5.5% |
| 1980 | 0.4626 tonnes per hectare | +9.5% |
| 1981 | 0.5306 tonnes per hectare | +14.7% |
| 1982 | 0.5326 tonnes per hectare | +0.4% |
| 1983 | 0.6436 tonnes per hectare | +20.8% |
| 1984 | 0.6438 tonnes per hectare | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 0.7469 tonnes per hectare | +16.0% |
| 1986 | 0.9202 tonnes per hectare | +23.2% |
| 1987 | 0.6937 tonnes per hectare | -24.6% |
| 1988 | 0.6991 tonnes per hectare | +0.8% |
| 1989 | 0.7921 tonnes per hectare | +13.3% |
| 1990 | 0.6276 tonnes per hectare | -20.8% |
| 1991 | 0.5609 tonnes per hectare | -10.6% |
| 1992 | 0.5047 tonnes per hectare | -10.0% |
| 1993 | 0.4525 tonnes per hectare | -10.3% |
| 1994 | 0.4104 tonnes per hectare | -9.3% |
| 1995 | 0.4946 tonnes per hectare | +20.5% |
| 1996 | 0.5045 tonnes per hectare | +2.0% |
| 1997 | 0.4811 tonnes per hectare | -4.6% |
| 1998 | 0.4196 tonnes per hectare | -12.8% |
| 1999 | 0.5817 tonnes per hectare | +38.6% |
| 2000 | 0.733 tonnes per hectare | +26.0% |
| 2001 | 0.8127 tonnes per hectare | +10.9% |
| 2002 | 0.7698 tonnes per hectare | -5.3% |
| 2003 | 0.688 tonnes per hectare | -10.6% |
| 2004 | 0.5811 tonnes per hectare | -15.5% |
| 2005 | 0.6509 tonnes per hectare | +12.0% |
| 2006 | 0.4937 tonnes per hectare | -24.2% |
| 2007 | 0.6058 tonnes per hectare | +22.7% |
| 2008 | 0.5575 tonnes per hectare | -8.0% |
| 2009 | 0.4164 tonnes per hectare | -25.3% |
| 2010 | 0.5752 tonnes per hectare | +38.1% |
| 2011 | 0.4572 tonnes per hectare | -20.5% |
| 2012 | 1.19 tonnes per hectare | +160.3% |
| 2013 | 0.964 tonnes per hectare | -19.0% |
| 2014 | 0.5829 tonnes per hectare | -39.5% |
| 2015 | 0.5938 tonnes per hectare | +1.9% |
| 2016 | 0.5073 tonnes per hectare | -14.6% |
| 2017 | 0.5066 tonnes per hectare | -0.1% |
| 2018 | 0.7102 tonnes per hectare | +40.2% |
| 2019 | 0.5233 tonnes per hectare | -26.3% |
| 2020 | 0.5037 tonnes per hectare | -3.7% |
| 2021 | 0.314 tonnes per hectare | -37.7% |
| 2022 | 0.396 tonnes per hectare | +26.1% |
| 2023 | 0.478 tonnes per hectare | +20.7% |
| 2024 | 0.3621 tonnes per hectare | -24.2% |
Somalia compared with similar countries
- Somalia's 0.3621 tonnes per hectare is below the median for low income countries, which is 1.16 tonnes per hectare, 31% of the median. (25 countries reporting)
- Somalia's 0.3621 tonnes per hectare is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 1.34 tonnes per hectare, 27% of the median. (46 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cereal yield vs. fertilizer use in Somalia 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | +160.3% | 0.4572 tonnes per hectare | 1.19 tonnes per hectare |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.4725 tonnes per hectare | 0.4635 tonnes per hectare | 0.4894 tonnes per hectare | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.4611 tonnes per hectare | 0.4088 tonnes per hectare | 0.4988 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.6665 tonnes per hectare | 0.4626 tonnes per hectare | 0.9202 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.5038 tonnes per hectare | 0.4104 tonnes per hectare | 0.6276 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.6309 tonnes per hectare | 0.4164 tonnes per hectare | 0.8127 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.6611 tonnes per hectare | 0.4572 tonnes per hectare | 1.19 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.4108 tonnes per hectare | 0.314 tonnes per hectare | 0.5037 tonnes per hectare | 5 |
Countries ranked near Somalia
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 cereal yield vs. fertilizer use in Somalia?
- Cereal yield vs. fertilizer use in Somalia was 0.3621 tonnes per hectare in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest cereal yield vs. fertilizer use recorded in Somalia?
- The highest recorded value was 1.19 tonnes per hectare in 2012.
- What is the lowest cereal yield vs. fertilizer use recorded in Somalia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.314 tonnes per hectare in 2021.
- How does Somalia rank for cereal yield vs. fertilizer use?
- Somalia ranks 184th out of 186 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cereal yield vs. fertilizer use rising or falling in Somalia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 37.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Somalia data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Cereal yield vs. fertilizer use. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Measured in tonnes per hectare.