Cereals n.e.c. — Yield in Eastern Africa

Eastern Africa: Cereals n.e.c. — Yield was 1,751 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
1,751 kg/ha
Change on year
down 5.6%
Rank
10th
of 29 groups
All-time high
1,855 kg/ha
in 2023
All-time low
548.5 kg/ha
in 1962
Years of data
64
1961–2024

Cereals n.e.c. — Yield in Eastern Africa, 1961–2024

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Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.

Analysis

The most recent figure for cereals n.e.c. — yield in Eastern Africa is 1,751 kg/ha, measured in 2024.

That represents a change of down 5.6% on the previous year and up 12.9% over ten years.

Over the whole period, cereals n.e.c. — yield in Eastern Africa peaked at 1,855 kg/ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 548.5 kg/ha, in 1962.

That places Eastern Africa 10th out of 29 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.

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

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 588.59 kg/ha 548.5 kg/ha 608.3 kg/ha 9
1970s 700.34 kg/ha 611 kg/ha 820.1 kg/ha 10
1980s 839.09 kg/ha 679 kg/ha 980.3 kg/ha 10
1990s 890.85 kg/ha 701.1 kg/ha 1,418 kg/ha 10
2000s 893.57 kg/ha 697.6 kg/ha 1,220 kg/ha 10
2010s 1,535 kg/ha 1,232 kg/ha 1,781 kg/ha 10
2020s 1,799 kg/ha 1,751 kg/ha 1,855 kg/ha 5

Countries ranked near Eastern Africa

  1. 7 Czechoslovakia 4,000 kg/ha compare
  2. 8 Uzbekistan 3,790 kg/ha compare
  3. 9 Georgia 3,530 kg/ha compare
  4. 10 Belgium 3,472 kg/ha compare
  5. 11 Palestine 3,254 kg/ha compare
  6. 12 Italy 2,922 kg/ha compare
  7. 13 Belarus 2,912 kg/ha compare

See the full ranking of 97 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is cereals n.e.c. — yield in Eastern Africa?
Cereals n.e.c. — yield in Eastern Africa was 1,751 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest cereals n.e.c. — yield recorded in Eastern Africa?
The highest recorded value was 1,855 kg/ha in 2023.
What is the lowest cereals n.e.c. — yield recorded in Eastern Africa?
The lowest recorded value was 548.5 kg/ha in 1962.
How does Eastern Africa rank for cereals n.e.c. — yield?
Eastern Africa ranks 10th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
Is cereals n.e.c. — yield rising or falling in Eastern Africa?
Over the last ten years it is up 12.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Eastern Africa data come from?
The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Cereals n.e.c. — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator
Cereals n.e.c. — Yield
Unit
kg/ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
97 places, 4,209 data points, 1961–2024
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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.