Cow peas, dry — Yield in Eswatini
Eswatini: Cow peas, dry — Yield was 343.6 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Cow peas, dry — Yield in Eswatini, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Eswatini recorded 343.6 kg/ha for cow peas, dry — yield in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.7% on the previous year and down 4.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cow peas, dry — yield in Eswatini peaked at 600 kg/ha in 1971 and was at its lowest, 338.1 kg/ha, in 2013.
Eswatini ranks 41st of 47 countries 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 Eswatini, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 500 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 550 kg/ha | +10.0% |
| 1968 | 473.7 kg/ha | -13.9% |
| 1969 | 526.3 kg/ha | +11.1% |
| 1970 | 526.3 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 600 kg/ha | +14.0% |
| 1972 | 600 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 555.6 kg/ha | -7.4% |
| 1974 | 555.6 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 555.6 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 555.6 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 529.4 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 1978 | 550 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 1979 | 466.7 kg/ha | -15.1% |
| 1980 | 513.6 kg/ha | +10.0% |
| 1981 | 511.1 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1982 | 511.1 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 511.1 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 511.1 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 516.7 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1986 | 516.7 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 516.7 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 516.7 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 516.7 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 420.6 kg/ha | -18.6% |
| 1991 | 422.4 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1992 | 423.8 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1993 | 425.1 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1994 | 426.5 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1995 | 427.9 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1996 | 435 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1997 | 451.1 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 1998 | 473.7 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 1999 | 444.4 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 2000 | 411.8 kg/ha | -7.3% |
| 2001 | 422.7 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 2002 | 411.4 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 2003 | 418.1 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2004 | 419 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2005 | 419.4 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2006 | 411.8 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 2007 | 417.1 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2008 | 416.7 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2009 | 404.6 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 2010 | 416.7 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 2011 | 386.7 kg/ha | -7.2% |
| 2012 | 341.5 kg/ha | -11.7% |
| 2013 | 338.1 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2014 | 358.6 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 2015 | 363.1 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2016 | 362.6 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2017 | 362.3 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2018 | 357.7 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 2019 | 353.5 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2020 | 351.3 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2021 | 351 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2022 | 348.6 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2023 | 346.1 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2024 | 343.6 kg/ha | -0.7% |
Eswatini compared with similar countries
- Eswatini's 343.6 kg/ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 719.2 kg/ha, 48% of the median. (14 countries reporting)
- Eswatini's 343.6 kg/ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 484.2 kg/ha, 71% of the median. (21 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 505.56 kg/ha | 473.7 kg/ha | 550 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 549.48 kg/ha | 466.7 kg/ha | 600 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 514.15 kg/ha | 511.1 kg/ha | 516.7 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 435.05 kg/ha | 420.6 kg/ha | 473.7 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 415.26 kg/ha | 404.6 kg/ha | 422.7 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 364.08 kg/ha | 338.1 kg/ha | 416.7 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 348.12 kg/ha | 343.6 kg/ha | 351.3 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Eswatini
- 38 Australia 367.1 kg/ha compare
- 38 Australia and New Zealand 367.1 kg/ha compare
- 40 Mauritania 353.4 kg/ha compare
- 42 Kenya 333.4 kg/ha compare
- 43 Zambia 302.2 kg/ha compare
- 44 Mozambique 236.8 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Eswatini
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 5.08 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0641 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 263.26 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.4281 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.7328 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 6.4% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 6.4% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 6.2% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.9% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cow peas, dry — yield in Eswatini?
- Cow peas, dry — yield in Eswatini was 343.6 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cow peas, dry — yield recorded in Eswatini?
- The highest recorded value was 600 kg/ha in 1971.
- What is the lowest cow peas, dry — yield recorded in Eswatini?
- The lowest recorded value was 338.1 kg/ha in 2013.
- How does Eswatini rank for cow peas, dry — yield?
- Eswatini ranks 41st out of 47 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cow peas, dry — yield rising or falling in Eswatini?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Eswatini 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.