Cereals, primary — Yield in Eastern Africa
Eastern Africa: Cereals, primary — Yield was 1,941 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cereals, primary — Yield in Eastern Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Eastern Africa recorded 1,941 kg/ha for cereals, primary — yield in 2024.
That represents a change of down 1.9% on the previous year and up 4.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereals, primary — yield in Eastern Africa peaked at 2,052 kg/ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 884.1 kg/ha, in 1963.
Eastern Africa ranks 26th of 33 groups on this measure, 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 | 904.77 kg/ha | 884.1 kg/ha | 957.5 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,085 kg/ha | 929.7 kg/ha | 1,206 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,238 kg/ha | 1,135 kg/ha | 1,336 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,242 kg/ha | 1,065 kg/ha | 1,359 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,328 kg/ha | 1,154 kg/ha | 1,476 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,800 kg/ha | 1,645 kg/ha | 1,964 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,996 kg/ha | 1,941 kg/ha | 2,052 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Eastern Africa
More agriculture & rural data for Eastern Africa
- Fat of pigs — Production 63,544 t (2024)
- Bananas — Area harvested 1.08 million ha (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 641,088 t (2024)
- Bananas — Production 12.53 million t (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested 546,014 ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Production 3.49 million t (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield 16,968 kg/ha (2024)
- Fat of pigs — Producing Animals/Slaughtered 23.97 million An (2024)
- Edible offal of pigs, fresh, chilled or frozen — Producing 23.97 million An (2024)
- Swine / pigs — Stocks 29.04 million An (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cereals, primary — yield in Eastern Africa?
- Cereals, primary — yield in Eastern Africa was 1,941 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cereals, primary — yield recorded in Eastern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 2,052 kg/ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest cereals, primary — yield recorded in Eastern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 884.1 kg/ha in 1963.
- How does Eastern Africa rank for cereals, primary — yield?
- Eastern Africa ranks 26th out of 33 groups with data for 2024.
- Is cereals, primary — yield rising or falling in Eastern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.9%. 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, primary — 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.