Cereals, primary — Yield in Mali
Mali: Cereals, primary — Yield was 1,656 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cereals, primary — Yield in Mali, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, cereals, primary — yield in Mali stood at 1,656 kg/ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 4.3% on the previous year and up 6.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereals, primary — yield in Mali peaked at 1,800 kg/ha in 2009 and was at its lowest, 615.7 kg/ha, in 1977.
Mali ranks 147th of 193 countries 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 | 757.49 kg/ha | 644.8 kg/ha | 872.9 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 791.92 kg/ha | 615.7 kg/ha | 1,078 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 899.49 kg/ha | 696.6 kg/ha | 1,090 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 945.32 kg/ha | 726.4 kg/ha | 1,204 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,148 kg/ha | 788.6 kg/ha | 1,800 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,535 kg/ha | 1,047 kg/ha | 1,768 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,608 kg/ha | 1,441 kg/ha | 1,686 kg/ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Mali
- Agriculture share gdp 33.02 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 33.02 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 8.4% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.4% (2023)
- Rural population 67.8% (2025)
- Rural population growth 2.0% (2025)
- Rural population 17.08 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 33.0% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 9.93 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 629,820 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cereals, primary — yield in Mali?
- Cereals, primary — yield in Mali was 1,656 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cereals, primary — yield recorded in Mali?
- The highest recorded value was 1,800 kg/ha in 2009.
- What is the lowest cereals, primary — yield recorded in Mali?
- The lowest recorded value was 615.7 kg/ha in 1977.
- How does Mali rank for cereals, primary — yield?
- Mali ranks 147th out of 193 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cereals, primary — yield rising or falling in Mali?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Mali 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.