What is cereal yields in Namibia?

Cereal yields in Namibia was 0.1844 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 yields recorded in Namibia?

The highest recorded value was 0.943 tonnes per hectare in 2019.

What is the lowest cereal yields recorded in Namibia?

The lowest recorded value was 0.159 tonnes per hectare in 1992.

How does Namibia rank for cereal yields?

Namibia ranks 184th out of 185 countries with data for 2024.

Is cereal yields rising or falling in Namibia?

Over the last ten years it is down 18.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.

Where does this Namibia 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 yields. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Cereal yields in Namibia

Name: Cereal yields in Namibia
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
License: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)

Namibia: Cereal yields was 0.1844 tonnes per hectare in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)

0.1844 tonnes per hectare

Change on year

down 47.8%

World rank

184th

of 185 countries

All-time high

0.943 tonnes per hectare

in 2019

All-time low

0.159 tonnes per hectare

in 1992

Years of data

1961–2024

Cereal yields in Namibia, 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 yields in Namibia stood at 0.1844 tonnes per hectare.

That represents a change of down 47.8% on the previous year and down 18.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, cereal yields in Namibia peaked at 0.943 tonnes per hectare in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.159 tonnes per hectare, in 1992.

That places Namibia 184th out of 185 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1960s	0.3854 tonnes per hectare	0.3527 tonnes per hectare	0.4207 tonnes per hectare	9
1970s	0.3551 tonnes per hectare	0.3435 tonnes per hectare	0.371 tonnes per hectare	10
1980s	0.3874 tonnes per hectare	0.3217 tonnes per hectare	0.4416 tonnes per hectare	10
1990s	0.3388 tonnes per hectare	0.159 tonnes per hectare	0.547 tonnes per hectare	10
2000s	0.425 tonnes per hectare	0.2708 tonnes per hectare	0.6205 tonnes per hectare	10
2010s	0.4452 tonnes per hectare	0.2261 tonnes per hectare	0.943 tonnes per hectare	10
2020s	0.4092 tonnes per hectare	0.1844 tonnes per hectare	0.5493 tonnes per hectare	5

Countries ranked near Namibia

181 Sudan 0.5803 tonnes per hectare compare
182 Niger 0.5774 tonnes per hectare compare
183 Somalia 0.3621 tonnes per hectare compare
185 Cape Verde 0.0403 tonnes per hectare compare

See the full ranking of 186 places →

More agriculture & rural data for Namibia

Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 1.05 billion current US$ (2025)
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 7.0% (2025)
Rural population 1.52 million (2025)
Rural population growth 1.1% (2025)
Rural population 49.1% (2025)
Agricultural raw materials imports 0.5% (2024)
Agricultural raw materials exports 1.9% (2024)
Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 7.0% (2025)
Share of GDP from agriculture 7.0% (2025)
Land under cereal production 339,089 hectares (2023)

All data for Namibia →

Frequently asked questions

What is cereal yields in Namibia?: Cereal yields in Namibia was 0.1844 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 yields recorded in Namibia?: The highest recorded value was 0.943 tonnes per hectare in 2019.
What is the lowest cereal yields recorded in Namibia?: The lowest recorded value was 0.159 tonnes per hectare in 1992.
How does Namibia rank for cereal yields?: Namibia ranks 184th out of 185 countries with data for 2024.
Is cereal yields rising or falling in Namibia?: Over the last ten years it is down 18.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Namibia 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 yields. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator: Cereal yields
Unit: tonnes per hectare
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 186 places, 10,534 data points, 1961–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Measured in tonnes per hectare.