Cow peas, dry — Yield in Africa
Africa: Cow peas, dry — Yield was 630.3 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cow peas, dry — Yield in Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Africa recorded 630.3 kg/ha for cow peas, dry — yield in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 4.5% on the previous year and up 41.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cow peas, dry — yield in Africa peaked at 733.4 kg/ha in 2012 and was at its lowest, 178.8 kg/ha, in 1967.
Africa ranks 17th of 23 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.
Cow peas, dry — Yield in Africa, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 327.9 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 330 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1963 | 254.8 kg/ha | -22.8% |
| 1964 | 266.4 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 1965 | 257.1 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 1966 | 211.2 kg/ha | -17.9% |
| 1967 | 178.8 kg/ha | -15.3% |
| 1968 | 217.1 kg/ha | +21.4% |
| 1969 | 233.8 kg/ha | +7.7% |
| 1970 | 232.9 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1971 | 215.7 kg/ha | -7.4% |
| 1972 | 210.9 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 1973 | 192.8 kg/ha | -8.6% |
| 1974 | 344.9 kg/ha | +78.9% |
| 1975 | 307.6 kg/ha | -10.8% |
| 1976 | 285 kg/ha | -7.3% |
| 1977 | 304.1 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 1978 | 348.8 kg/ha | +14.7% |
| 1979 | 399.8 kg/ha | +14.6% |
| 1980 | 329.8 kg/ha | -17.5% |
| 1981 | 370.9 kg/ha | +12.5% |
| 1982 | 328.3 kg/ha | -11.5% |
| 1983 | 334.4 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1984 | 297.3 kg/ha | -11.1% |
| 1985 | 295.3 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1986 | 350.3 kg/ha | +18.6% |
| 1987 | 311.1 kg/ha | -11.2% |
| 1988 | 366.5 kg/ha | +17.8% |
| 1989 | 411.3 kg/ha | +12.2% |
| 1990 | 370.7 kg/ha | -9.9% |
| 1991 | 387.9 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 1992 | 302.5 kg/ha | -22.0% |
| 1993 | 297.6 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1994 | 358.5 kg/ha | +20.5% |
| 1995 | 310 kg/ha | -13.5% |
| 1996 | 332.9 kg/ha | +7.4% |
| 1997 | 325.5 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 1998 | 358.2 kg/ha | +10.0% |
| 1999 | 386.8 kg/ha | +8.0% |
| 2000 | 359.6 kg/ha | -7.0% |
| 2001 | 407.4 kg/ha | +13.3% |
| 2002 | 407.4 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 408.8 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2004 | 442.5 kg/ha | +8.2% |
| 2005 | 449.1 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2006 | 448 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2007 | 443.6 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2008 | 476 kg/ha | +7.3% |
| 2009 | 490.9 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 2010 | 575.8 kg/ha | +17.3% |
| 2011 | 454 kg/ha | -21.2% |
| 2012 | 733.4 kg/ha | +61.5% |
| 2013 | 678.7 kg/ha | -7.5% |
| 2014 | 446.6 kg/ha | -34.2% |
| 2015 | 486.9 kg/ha | +9.0% |
| 2016 | 561.5 kg/ha | +15.3% |
| 2017 | 543.1 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 2018 | 590.1 kg/ha | +8.7% |
| 2019 | 595.7 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2020 | 625.9 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 2021 | 563.9 kg/ha | -9.9% |
| 2022 | 631.4 kg/ha | +12.0% |
| 2023 | 603.4 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 2024 | 630.3 kg/ha | +4.5% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cow peas, dry — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | +78.9% | 192.8 kg/ha | 344.9 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 253.01 kg/ha | 178.8 kg/ha | 330 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 284.25 kg/ha | 192.8 kg/ha | 399.8 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 339.52 kg/ha | 295.3 kg/ha | 411.3 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 343.06 kg/ha | 297.6 kg/ha | 387.9 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 433.33 kg/ha | 359.6 kg/ha | 490.9 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 566.58 kg/ha | 446.6 kg/ha | 733.4 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 610.98 kg/ha | 563.9 kg/ha | 631.4 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Africa
- 14 Philippines 1,270 kg/ha compare
- 14 Caribbean 741.9 kg/ha compare
- 15 Jamaica 1,104 kg/ha compare
- 16 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1,086 kg/ha compare
- 17 Sri Lanka 1,031 kg/ha compare
- 18 Hungary 1,000 kg/ha compare
- 19 Japan 992.5 kg/ha compare
- 20 China 984.4 kg/ha compare
- 20 China, mainland 984.4 kg/ha compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is cow peas, dry — yield in Africa?
- Cow peas, dry — yield in Africa was 630.3 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cow peas, dry — yield recorded in Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 733.4 kg/ha in 2012.
- What is the lowest cow peas, dry — yield recorded in Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 178.8 kg/ha in 1967.
- How does Africa rank for cow peas, dry — yield?
- Africa ranks 17th out of 23 groups with data for 2024.
- Is cow peas, dry — yield rising or falling in Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 41.1%. 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 Cow peas, dry — 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.