Cereals n.e.c. — Yield in Eastern Africa
Eastern Africa: Cereals n.e.c. — Yield was 1,751 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cereals n.e.c. — Yield in Eastern Africa, 1961–2024
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 9th out of 24 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.
Cereals n.e.c. — Yield in Eastern Africa, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 575.8 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 548.5 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 1963 | 571.4 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 1964 | 590 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1965 | 595 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1966 | 600 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1967 | 602.8 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1968 | 605.5 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1969 | 608.3 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1970 | 611 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1971 | 614.2 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1972 | 617.1 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1973 | 720 kg/ha | +16.7% |
| 1974 | 700 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 1975 | 696.4 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1976 | 696.8 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1977 | 743.8 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 1978 | 784 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 1979 | 820.1 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 1980 | 943 kg/ha | +15.0% |
| 1981 | 962.3 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1982 | 813.8 kg/ha | -15.4% |
| 1983 | 980.3 kg/ha | +20.5% |
| 1984 | 827.9 kg/ha | -15.5% |
| 1985 | 679 kg/ha | -18.0% |
| 1986 | 748.1 kg/ha | +10.2% |
| 1987 | 804 kg/ha | +7.5% |
| 1988 | 798.6 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1989 | 833.9 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 1990 | 852.8 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1991 | 1,418 kg/ha | +66.2% |
| 1992 | 865.8 kg/ha | -38.9% |
| 1993 | 964 kg/ha | +11.3% |
| 1994 | 871.3 kg/ha | -9.6% |
| 1995 | 701.1 kg/ha | -19.5% |
| 1996 | 824.4 kg/ha | +17.6% |
| 1997 | 904.6 kg/ha | +9.7% |
| 1998 | 736.8 kg/ha | -18.5% |
| 1999 | 770.1 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 2000 | 797.5 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 2001 | 789.4 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2002 | 872.3 kg/ha | +10.5% |
| 2003 | 697.6 kg/ha | -20.0% |
| 2004 | 721.1 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 2005 | 971.4 kg/ha | +34.7% |
| 2006 | 1,032 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 2007 | 981.5 kg/ha | -4.9% |
| 2008 | 852.7 kg/ha | -13.1% |
| 2009 | 1,220 kg/ha | +43.1% |
| 2010 | 1,250 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 2011 | 1,232 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2012 | 1,365 kg/ha | +10.8% |
| 2013 | 1,451 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 2014 | 1,551 kg/ha | +6.9% |
| 2015 | 1,689 kg/ha | +8.9% |
| 2016 | 1,643 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 2017 | 1,705 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 2018 | 1,686 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2019 | 1,781 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 2020 | 1,779 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2021 | 1,796 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2022 | 1,814 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2023 | 1,855 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2024 | 1,751 kg/ha | -5.6% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cereals n.e.c. — Yield in Eastern Africa 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | +66.2% | 852.8 kg/ha | 1,418 kg/ha |
| 1992 | -38.9% | 1,418 kg/ha | 865.8 kg/ha |
| 2009 | +43.1% | 852.7 kg/ha | 1,220 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | 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
- 6 Saudi Arabia 4,261 kg/ha compare
- 7 Czechoslovakia 4,000 kg/ha compare
- 8 Uzbekistan 3,790 kg/ha compare
- 9 Georgia 3,530 kg/ha compare
- 10 Belgium 3,472 kg/ha compare
- 11 Palestine 3,254 kg/ha compare
- 12 Italy 2,922 kg/ha compare
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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 9th out of 24 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
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.