Cow peas, dry — Yield in Southern Africa
Southern Africa: Cow peas, dry — Yield was 421.4 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Cow peas, dry — Yield in Southern Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Southern Africa recorded 421.4 kg/ha for cow peas, dry — yield in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.2% on the previous year and down 1.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cow peas, dry — yield in Southern Africa peaked at 1,236 kg/ha in 1974 and was at its lowest, 364.5 kg/ha, in 1986.
That places Southern Africa 22nd out of 23 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Cow peas, dry — Yield in Southern Africa, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 610.9 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 452.6 kg/ha | -25.9% |
| 1963 | 447.6 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1964 | 419 kg/ha | -6.4% |
| 1965 | 500 kg/ha | +19.3% |
| 1966 | 706.7 kg/ha | +41.3% |
| 1967 | 781 kg/ha | +10.5% |
| 1968 | 810.1 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 1969 | 1,010 kg/ha | +24.7% |
| 1970 | 758.4 kg/ha | -24.9% |
| 1971 | 1,040 kg/ha | +37.1% |
| 1972 | 1,117 kg/ha | +7.4% |
| 1973 | 589.9 kg/ha | -47.2% |
| 1974 | 1,236 kg/ha | +109.5% |
| 1975 | 875 kg/ha | -29.2% |
| 1976 | 830.5 kg/ha | -5.1% |
| 1977 | 889.8 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 1978 | 850 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 1979 | 878.3 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1980 | 979.6 kg/ha | +11.5% |
| 1981 | 1,052 kg/ha | +7.4% |
| 1982 | 760.8 kg/ha | -27.7% |
| 1983 | 579.7 kg/ha | -23.8% |
| 1984 | 433.8 kg/ha | -25.2% |
| 1985 | 557 kg/ha | +28.4% |
| 1986 | 364.5 kg/ha | -34.6% |
| 1987 | 366.9 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1988 | 414.2 kg/ha | +12.9% |
| 1989 | 502 kg/ha | +21.2% |
| 1990 | 505.5 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1991 | 451.6 kg/ha | -10.7% |
| 1992 | 452 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1993 | 455.7 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1994 | 463.3 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1995 | 475.6 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1996 | 458.2 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 1997 | 457.9 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1998 | 458.6 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1999 | 453.3 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2000 | 448.6 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2001 | 448 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2002 | 445.6 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2003 | 445.5 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2004 | 444.7 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2005 | 443.8 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2006 | 442.6 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2007 | 442.3 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2008 | 441.6 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2009 | 439.1 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2010 | 440 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2011 | 434.4 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 2012 | 420.7 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 2013 | 419.9 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2014 | 425.8 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2015 | 427.1 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 426.3 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2017 | 425.5 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2018 | 424.2 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2019 | 422.7 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2020 | 422.2 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2021 | 422.8 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2022 | 422.9 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 422.1 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2024 | 421.4 kg/ha | -0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 637.56 kg/ha | 419 kg/ha | 1,010 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 906.46 kg/ha | 589.9 kg/ha | 1,236 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 601.02 kg/ha | 364.5 kg/ha | 1,052 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 463.17 kg/ha | 451.6 kg/ha | 505.5 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 444.18 kg/ha | 439.1 kg/ha | 448.6 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 426.66 kg/ha | 419.9 kg/ha | 440 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 422.28 kg/ha | 421.4 kg/ha | 422.9 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Southern Africa
- 19 Japan 992.5 kg/ha compare
- 20 China (People’s Republic of) 984.4 kg/ha compare
- 20 China, mainland 984.4 kg/ha compare
- 22 Cyprus 957.7 kg/ha compare
- 23 Madagascar 940.1 kg/ha compare
- 24 Myanmar 890.8 kg/ha compare
- 25 Benin 836.6 kg/ha compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is cow peas, dry — yield in Southern Africa?
- Cow peas, dry — yield in Southern Africa was 421.4 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cow peas, dry — yield recorded in Southern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 1,236 kg/ha in 1974.
- What is the lowest cow peas, dry — yield recorded in Southern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 364.5 kg/ha in 1986.
- How does Southern Africa rank for cow peas, dry — yield?
- Southern Africa ranks 22nd out of 23 groups with data for 2024.
- Is cow peas, dry — yield rising or falling in Southern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Southern 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.