Change of cereal yield vs land used in South Sudan
South Sudan: Change of cereal yield vs land used was 0.945 in 2024. ▲ Rising
Change of cereal yield vs land used in South Sudan, 2012–2024
Source: Our World in Data.
Analysis
The most recent figure for change of cereal yield vs land used in South Sudan is 0.945, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 3.8% on the previous year and down 24.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, change of cereal yield vs land used in South Sudan peaked at 1.25 in 2014 and was at its lowest, 0.7052, in 2012.
That places South Sudan 169th out of 186 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 13 years of available data.
Change of cereal yield vs land used in South Sudan, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 0.7052 | — |
| 2013 | 0.7656 | +8.6% |
| 2014 | 1.25 | +63.8% |
| 2015 | 0.9073 | -27.6% |
| 2016 | 0.8791 | -3.1% |
| 2017 | 0.8852 | +0.7% |
| 2018 | 0.8437 | -4.7% |
| 2019 | 0.8805 | +4.4% |
| 2020 | 0.8855 | +0.6% |
| 2021 | 0.8446 | -4.6% |
| 2022 | 1.06 | +25.0% |
| 2023 | 0.9828 | -6.9% |
| 2024 | 0.945 | -3.8% |
South Sudan compared with similar countries
- South Sudan's 0.945 is below the median for low income countries, which is 1.16, 81% of the median. (25 countries reporting)
- South Sudan's 0.945 is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 1.34, 70% of the median. (46 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Change of cereal yield vs land used in South Sudan 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | +63.8% | 0.7656 | 1.25 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.89 | 0.7052 | 1.25 | 8 |
| 2020s | 0.9427 | 0.8446 | 1.06 | 5 |
Countries ranked near South Sudan
More agriculture & rural data for South Sudan
- Rural population, per capita 0.7832 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 17.13 % change on previous year (2015)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1036 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2015)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 111.85 current US$ per person (2015)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.66 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0008 units per US$ of GDP (2015)
- Agriculture share gdp 10.36 (2015)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 1.24 billion current US$ (2015)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 10.4% (2015)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 10.36 (2015)
Frequently asked questions
- What is change of cereal yield vs land used in South Sudan?
- Change of cereal yield vs land used in South Sudan was 0.945 in 2024, according to Our World in Data.
- What is the highest change of cereal yield vs land used recorded in South Sudan?
- The highest recorded value was 1.25 in 2014.
- What is the lowest change of cereal yield vs land used recorded in South Sudan?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7052 in 2012.
- How does South Sudan rank for change of cereal yield vs land used?
- South Sudan ranks 169th out of 186 countries with data for 2024.
- Is change of cereal yield vs land used rising or falling in South Sudan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 24.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this South Sudan data come from?
- The figures come from Our World in Data, published as part of Change of cereal yield vs land used. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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