Cereals, primary — Yield in Eswatini
Eswatini: Cereals, primary — Yield was 1,083 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cereals, primary — Yield in Eswatini, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for cereals, primary — yield in Eswatini is 1,083 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 11.6% on the previous year and down 20.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereals, primary — yield in Eswatini peaked at 2,170 kg/ha in 1995 and was at its lowest, 453.4 kg/ha, in 1966.
Eswatini ranks 156th of 178 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Cereals, primary — Yield in Eswatini, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 469.3 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 486.1 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 1963 | 541.1 kg/ha | +11.3% |
| 1964 | 477.8 kg/ha | -11.7% |
| 1965 | 482.9 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1966 | 453.4 kg/ha | -6.1% |
| 1967 | 685.1 kg/ha | +51.1% |
| 1968 | 552.1 kg/ha | -19.4% |
| 1969 | 619.5 kg/ha | +12.2% |
| 1970 | 648.2 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 1971 | 1,619 kg/ha | +149.8% |
| 1972 | 1,754 kg/ha | +8.3% |
| 1973 | 1,161 kg/ha | -33.8% |
| 1974 | 1,554 kg/ha | +33.9% |
| 1975 | 1,419 kg/ha | -8.7% |
| 1976 | 1,469 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 1977 | 1,322 kg/ha | -10.0% |
| 1978 | 1,803 kg/ha | +36.4% |
| 1979 | 967.1 kg/ha | -46.4% |
| 1980 | 1,381 kg/ha | +42.8% |
| 1981 | 1,685 kg/ha | +22.0% |
| 1982 | 901.5 kg/ha | -46.5% |
| 1983 | 720.2 kg/ha | -20.1% |
| 1984 | 1,803 kg/ha | +150.3% |
| 1985 | 2,046 kg/ha | +13.5% |
| 1986 | 1,487 kg/ha | -27.3% |
| 1987 | 1,289 kg/ha | -13.3% |
| 1988 | 1,314 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1989 | 1,053 kg/ha | -19.8% |
| 1990 | 1,284 kg/ha | +21.9% |
| 1991 | 1,050 kg/ha | -18.2% |
| 1992 | 1,554 kg/ha | +48.0% |
| 1993 | 1,381 kg/ha | -11.1% |
| 1994 | 1,272 kg/ha | -7.9% |
| 1995 | 2,170 kg/ha | +70.6% |
| 1996 | 1,757 kg/ha | -19.0% |
| 1997 | 1,906 kg/ha | +8.5% |
| 1998 | 1,898 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1999 | 1,634 kg/ha | -13.9% |
| 2000 | 1,633 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2001 | 1,418 kg/ha | -13.2% |
| 2002 | 996.5 kg/ha | -29.7% |
| 2003 | 1,024 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 2004 | 1,246 kg/ha | +21.7% |
| 2005 | 1,317 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 2006 | 1,423 kg/ha | +8.0% |
| 2007 | 567.6 kg/ha | -60.1% |
| 2008 | 1,001 kg/ha | +76.4% |
| 2009 | 1,290 kg/ha | +28.8% |
| 2010 | 1,205 kg/ha | -6.5% |
| 2011 | 1,344 kg/ha | +11.5% |
| 2012 | 1,337 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2013 | 1,367 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 2014 | 1,362 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2015 | 1,260 kg/ha | -7.5% |
| 2016 | 1,225 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 2017 | 1,240 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2018 | 1,272 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 2019 | 1,280 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2020 | 1,287 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2021 | 1,432 kg/ha | +11.3% |
| 2022 | 1,587 kg/ha | +10.8% |
| 2023 | 1,225 kg/ha | -22.8% |
| 2024 | 1,083 kg/ha | -11.6% |
Eswatini compared with similar countries
- Eswatini's 1,083 kg/ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 1,947 kg/ha, 56% of the median. (40 countries reporting)
- Eswatini's 1,083 kg/ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 1,342 kg/ha, 81% of the median. (42 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cereals, primary — Yield in Eswatini 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 | +149.8% | 648.2 kg/ha | 1,619 kg/ha |
| 1984 | +150.3% | 720.2 kg/ha | 1,803 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 529.7 kg/ha | 453.4 kg/ha | 685.1 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,372 kg/ha | 648.2 kg/ha | 1,803 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,368 kg/ha | 720.2 kg/ha | 2,046 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,591 kg/ha | 1,050 kg/ha | 2,170 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,192 kg/ha | 567.6 kg/ha | 1,633 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,289 kg/ha | 1,205 kg/ha | 1,367 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,323 kg/ha | 1,083 kg/ha | 1,587 kg/ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Eswatini
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 5.08 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0641 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 263.26 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.4281 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.7328 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 6.4% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 6.4% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 6.2% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.9% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cereals, primary — yield in Eswatini?
- Cereals, primary — yield in Eswatini was 1,083 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cereals, primary — yield recorded in Eswatini?
- The highest recorded value was 2,170 kg/ha in 1995.
- What is the lowest cereals, primary — yield recorded in Eswatini?
- The lowest recorded value was 453.4 kg/ha in 1966.
- How does Eswatini rank for cereals, primary — yield?
- Eswatini ranks 156th out of 178 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cereals, primary — yield rising or falling in Eswatini?
- Over the last ten years it is down 20.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Eswatini 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.