Cow peas, dry — Yield in Middle Africa
Middle Africa: Cow peas, dry — Yield was 446.3 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Cow peas, dry — Yield in Middle Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, cow peas, dry — yield in Middle Africa stood at 446.3 kg/ha.
That represents a change of down 3.3% on the previous year and down 24.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cow peas, dry — yield in Middle Africa peaked at 801.7 kg/ha in 2012 and was at its lowest, 422.8 kg/ha, in 2016.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Cow peas, dry — Yield in Middle Africa, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 568.6 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 584.9 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1963 | 589.3 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1964 | 603.4 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1965 | 603.4 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 610.2 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1967 | 610.2 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 616.7 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1969 | 606.7 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1970 | 646.6 kg/ha | +6.6% |
| 1971 | 649 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1972 | 620.6 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 1973 | 641.1 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1974 | 658.8 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1975 | 654.6 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1976 | 653 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1977 | 669 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1978 | 653.4 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1979 | 600.3 kg/ha | -8.1% |
| 1980 | 600.3 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 600.5 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 600.2 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1983 | 600.2 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 600 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1985 | 599.3 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1986 | 639.6 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 1987 | 640.2 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1988 | 635.6 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1989 | 639.9 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1990 | 625 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1991 | 554.4 kg/ha | -11.3% |
| 1992 | 545.8 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1993 | 561.2 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1994 | 609.9 kg/ha | +8.7% |
| 1995 | 669 kg/ha | +9.7% |
| 1996 | 656.9 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1997 | 674.4 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1998 | 678.8 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1999 | 691.4 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2000 | 685.9 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2001 | 699.7 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2002 | 694.4 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2003 | 676.7 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 2004 | 644.9 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 2005 | 687.1 kg/ha | +6.5% |
| 2006 | 706.4 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 2007 | 763.2 kg/ha | +8.0% |
| 2008 | 784.1 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 2009 | 548.2 kg/ha | -30.1% |
| 2010 | 539.4 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2011 | 683 kg/ha | +26.6% |
| 2012 | 801.7 kg/ha | +17.4% |
| 2013 | 605.9 kg/ha | -24.4% |
| 2014 | 588.3 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 2015 | 569.2 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 2016 | 422.8 kg/ha | -25.7% |
| 2017 | 475.6 kg/ha | +12.5% |
| 2018 | 555.5 kg/ha | +16.8% |
| 2019 | 520.9 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 2020 | 480.4 kg/ha | -7.8% |
| 2021 | 477.5 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2022 | 482.6 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2023 | 461.6 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 2024 | 446.3 kg/ha | -3.3% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cow peas, dry — Yield in Middle 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | -30.1% | 784.1 kg/ha | 548.2 kg/ha |
| 2011 | +26.6% | 539.4 kg/ha | 683 kg/ha |
| 2016 | -25.7% | 569.2 kg/ha | 422.8 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 599.27 kg/ha | 568.6 kg/ha | 616.7 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 644.64 kg/ha | 600.3 kg/ha | 669 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 615.58 kg/ha | 599.3 kg/ha | 640.2 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 626.68 kg/ha | 545.8 kg/ha | 691.4 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 689.06 kg/ha | 548.2 kg/ha | 784.1 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 576.23 kg/ha | 422.8 kg/ha | 801.7 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 469.68 kg/ha | 446.3 kg/ha | 482.6 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Middle Africa
- 3 Palestine 4,216 kg/ha compare
- 3 United Republic of Tanzania 1,015 kg/ha compare
- 4 Serbia and Montenegro 4,208 kg/ha compare
- 5 Egypt 3,781 kg/ha compare
- 6 North Macedonia 3,668 kg/ha compare
- 7 Democratic Republic of the Congo 433.7 kg/ha compare
- 7 Serbia 3,380 kg/ha compare
- 8 Trinidad and Tobago 3,173 kg/ha compare
- 9 Yemen 2,736 kg/ha compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is cow peas, dry — yield in Middle Africa?
- Cow peas, dry — yield in Middle Africa was 446.3 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cow peas, dry — yield recorded in Middle Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 801.7 kg/ha in 2012.
- What is the lowest cow peas, dry — yield recorded in Middle Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 422.8 kg/ha in 2016.
- How does Middle Africa rank for cow peas, dry — yield?
- Middle Africa ranks 6th out of 7 groups with data for 2024.
- Is cow peas, dry — yield rising or falling in Middle Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 24.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Middle 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.