Cow peas, dry — Yield in Eastern Africa
Eastern Africa: Cow peas, dry — Yield was 462.7 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Cow peas, dry — Yield in Eastern Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for cow peas, dry — yield in Eastern Africa is 462.7 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 17.9% on the previous year and down 9.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cow peas, dry — yield in Eastern Africa peaked at 696.3 kg/ha in 1971 and was at its lowest, 390.7 kg/ha, in 2005.
Eastern Africa ranks 21st of 23 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Cow peas, dry — Yield in Eastern Africa, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 571.5 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 586.3 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1963 | 548.8 kg/ha | -6.4% |
| 1964 | 581.4 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 1965 | 538.5 kg/ha | -7.4% |
| 1966 | 458.5 kg/ha | -14.9% |
| 1967 | 666.3 kg/ha | +45.3% |
| 1968 | 649.2 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 1969 | 584.6 kg/ha | -10.0% |
| 1970 | 644.6 kg/ha | +10.3% |
| 1971 | 696.3 kg/ha | +8.0% |
| 1972 | 690.3 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1973 | 673.1 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 1974 | 665.3 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1975 | 583.8 kg/ha | -12.3% |
| 1976 | 392.8 kg/ha | -32.7% |
| 1977 | 415.9 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 1978 | 425.4 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1979 | 459.5 kg/ha | +8.0% |
| 1980 | 457.6 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1981 | 475.3 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 1982 | 490.7 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1983 | 574.1 kg/ha | +17.0% |
| 1984 | 587.6 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1985 | 594.7 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1986 | 611.5 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1987 | 638.8 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 1988 | 646.6 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1989 | 594.8 kg/ha | -8.0% |
| 1990 | 613.2 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1991 | 617.9 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1992 | 589.4 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 1993 | 656 kg/ha | +11.3% |
| 1994 | 652.5 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1995 | 581.7 kg/ha | -10.9% |
| 1996 | 694.5 kg/ha | +19.4% |
| 1997 | 618.2 kg/ha | -11.0% |
| 1998 | 592.7 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 1999 | 674.4 kg/ha | +13.8% |
| 2000 | 662.2 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 2001 | 645.3 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 2002 | 455.9 kg/ha | -29.4% |
| 2003 | 537.2 kg/ha | +17.8% |
| 2004 | 448.8 kg/ha | -16.5% |
| 2005 | 390.7 kg/ha | -12.9% |
| 2006 | 484.7 kg/ha | +24.1% |
| 2007 | 509.5 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 2008 | 497.4 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 2009 | 593.7 kg/ha | +19.4% |
| 2010 | 468.4 kg/ha | -21.1% |
| 2011 | 472.6 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2012 | 569.5 kg/ha | +20.5% |
| 2013 | 465.5 kg/ha | -18.3% |
| 2014 | 511.2 kg/ha | +9.8% |
| 2015 | 545.2 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 2016 | 522.3 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 2017 | 555.9 kg/ha | +6.4% |
| 2018 | 553.2 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2019 | 599.7 kg/ha | +8.4% |
| 2020 | 655.3 kg/ha | +9.3% |
| 2021 | 625.8 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 2022 | 517.9 kg/ha | -17.2% |
| 2023 | 563.3 kg/ha | +8.8% |
| 2024 | 462.7 kg/ha | -17.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 576.12 kg/ha | 458.5 kg/ha | 666.3 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 564.7 kg/ha | 392.8 kg/ha | 696.3 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 567.17 kg/ha | 457.6 kg/ha | 646.6 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 629.05 kg/ha | 581.7 kg/ha | 694.5 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 522.54 kg/ha | 390.7 kg/ha | 662.2 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 526.35 kg/ha | 465.5 kg/ha | 599.7 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 565 kg/ha | 462.7 kg/ha | 655.3 kg/ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is cow peas, dry — yield in Eastern Africa?
- Cow peas, dry — yield in Eastern Africa was 462.7 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cow peas, dry — yield recorded in Eastern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 696.3 kg/ha in 1971.
- What is the lowest cow peas, dry — yield recorded in Eastern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 390.7 kg/ha in 2005.
- How does Eastern Africa rank for cow peas, dry — yield?
- Eastern Africa ranks 21st out of 23 groups with data for 2024.
- Is cow peas, dry — yield rising or falling in Eastern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 9.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Eastern 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.