Coconuts, in shell — Yield in Africa
Africa: Coconuts, in shell — Yield was 4,149 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Coconuts, in shell — Yield in Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for coconuts, in shell — yield in Africa is 4,149 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 2.3% on the previous year and up 0.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, coconuts, in shell — yield in Africa peaked at 4,306 kg/ha in 2016 and was at its lowest, 1,922 kg/ha, in 2009.
Africa ranks 15th of 21 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Coconuts, in shell — Yield in Africa, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 3,194 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 3,052 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 1963 | 3,090 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1964 | 3,056 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1965 | 2,804 kg/ha | -8.2% |
| 1966 | 2,794 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1967 | 3,083 kg/ha | +10.3% |
| 1968 | 3,063 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1969 | 2,769 kg/ha | -9.6% |
| 1970 | 3,088 kg/ha | +11.5% |
| 1971 | 3,014 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 1972 | 2,900 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 1973 | 2,977 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1974 | 2,981 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1975 | 2,882 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 1976 | 2,851 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1977 | 2,766 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 1978 | 2,897 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 1979 | 2,970 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1980 | 2,935 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1981 | 3,144 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 1982 | 3,019 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 1983 | 3,045 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1984 | 2,985 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1985 | 3,014 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1986 | 3,022 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1987 | 2,900 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 1988 | 2,834 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1989 | 2,796 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1990 | 3,127 kg/ha | +11.8% |
| 1991 | 2,664 kg/ha | -14.8% |
| 1992 | 2,599 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 1993 | 2,684 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1994 | 2,641 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1995 | 2,702 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1996 | 2,736 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1997 | 2,703 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1998 | 2,735 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1999 | 2,729 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2000 | 2,656 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 2001 | 2,622 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 2002 | 2,494 kg/ha | -4.9% |
| 2003 | 2,481 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2004 | 2,449 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 2005 | 2,433 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2006 | 2,087 kg/ha | -14.2% |
| 2007 | 2,070 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2008 | 2,014 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 2009 | 1,922 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 2010 | 2,001 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 2011 | 2,028 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2012 | 1,970 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 2013 | 4,271 kg/ha | +116.8% |
| 2014 | 4,120 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 2015 | 3,860 kg/ha | -6.3% |
| 2016 | 4,306 kg/ha | +11.6% |
| 2017 | 3,894 kg/ha | -9.6% |
| 2018 | 3,608 kg/ha | -7.4% |
| 2019 | 3,666 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2020 | 3,673 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 3,758 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 2022 | 3,806 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2023 | 4,057 kg/ha | +6.6% |
| 2024 | 4,149 kg/ha | +2.3% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Coconuts, in shell — Yield in 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | +116.8% | 1,970 kg/ha | 4,271 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,989 kg/ha | 2,769 kg/ha | 3,194 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,933 kg/ha | 2,766 kg/ha | 3,088 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,969 kg/ha | 2,796 kg/ha | 3,144 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,732 kg/ha | 2,599 kg/ha | 3,127 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,323 kg/ha | 1,922 kg/ha | 2,656 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,372 kg/ha | 1,970 kg/ha | 4,306 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,889 kg/ha | 3,673 kg/ha | 4,149 kg/ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is coconuts, in shell — yield in Africa?
- Coconuts, in shell — yield in Africa was 4,149 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest coconuts, in shell — yield recorded in Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 4,306 kg/ha in 2016.
- What is the lowest coconuts, in shell — yield recorded in Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,922 kg/ha in 2009.
- How does Africa rank for coconuts, in shell — yield?
- Africa ranks 15th out of 21 groups with data for 2024.
- Is coconuts, in shell — yield rising or falling in Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Africa data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Coconuts, in shell — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.