Cow peas, dry — Yield in Uganda
Uganda: Cow peas, dry — Yield was 484.4 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Cow peas, dry — Yield in Uganda, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Uganda recorded 484.4 kg/ha for cow peas, dry — yield in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.5% on the previous year and down 3.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cow peas, dry — yield in Uganda peaked at 1,125 kg/ha in 1971 and was at its lowest, 357.7 kg/ha, in 1976.
Uganda ranks 33rd of 47 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Cow peas, dry — Yield in Uganda, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 900 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,000 kg/ha | +11.1% |
| 1963 | 900 kg/ha | -10.0% |
| 1964 | 769.2 kg/ha | -14.5% |
| 1965 | 615.4 kg/ha | -20.0% |
| 1966 | 467.4 kg/ha | -24.0% |
| 1967 | 938.5 kg/ha | +100.8% |
| 1968 | 984.6 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 1969 | 856 kg/ha | -13.1% |
| 1970 | 1,042 kg/ha | +21.7% |
| 1971 | 1,125 kg/ha | +8.0% |
| 1972 | 977.9 kg/ha | -13.1% |
| 1973 | 1,026 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 1974 | 939.7 kg/ha | -8.5% |
| 1975 | 729.5 kg/ha | -22.4% |
| 1976 | 357.7 kg/ha | -51.0% |
| 1977 | 390.3 kg/ha | +9.1% |
| 1978 | 390.3 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 511.6 kg/ha | +31.1% |
| 1980 | 421.1 kg/ha | -17.7% |
| 1981 | 439 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 1982 | 444.4 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1983 | 800 kg/ha | +80.0% |
| 1984 | 795.9 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1985 | 795.5 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1986 | 780 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 1987 | 881 kg/ha | +12.9% |
| 1988 | 826.1 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 1989 | 799.1 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 1990 | 795.9 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1991 | 833.3 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 1992 | 836.7 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1993 | 843.1 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1994 | 849.1 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1995 | 833.3 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 1996 | 839.3 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1997 | 793.1 kg/ha | -5.5% |
| 1998 | 833.3 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 1999 | 1,000 kg/ha | +20.0% |
| 2000 | 937.5 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 2001 | 907.7 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 2002 | 900 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2003 | 1,000 kg/ha | +11.1% |
| 2004 | 985.7 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 2005 | 985.9 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 1,000 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2007 | 986.1 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 2008 | 529.4 kg/ha | -46.3% |
| 2009 | 392.9 kg/ha | -25.8% |
| 2010 | 500 kg/ha | +27.3% |
| 2011 | 500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 398 kg/ha | -20.4% |
| 2013 | 500 kg/ha | +25.6% |
| 2014 | 500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 499.6 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2016 | 491.2 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 2017 | 476.1 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 2018 | 464.6 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 2019 | 483.3 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 2020 | 494.1 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2021 | 480.5 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 2022 | 486 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2023 | 486.9 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 484.4 kg/ha | -0.5% |
Uganda compared with similar countries
- Uganda's 484.4 kg/ha is below the median for low income countries, which is 494.5 kg/ha, 98% of the median. (11 countries reporting)
- Uganda's 484.4 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 484.2 kg/ha, 1.0× the median. (21 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cow peas, dry — Yield in Uganda 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | +100.8% | 467.4 kg/ha | 938.5 kg/ha |
| 1983 | +80.0% | 444.4 kg/ha | 800 kg/ha |
| 1976 | -51.0% | 729.5 kg/ha | 357.7 kg/ha |
| 2008 | -46.3% | 986.1 kg/ha | 529.4 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 825.68 kg/ha | 467.4 kg/ha | 1,000 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 749.02 kg/ha | 357.7 kg/ha | 1,125 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 698.21 kg/ha | 421.1 kg/ha | 881 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 845.71 kg/ha | 793.1 kg/ha | 1,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 862.52 kg/ha | 392.9 kg/ha | 1,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 481.28 kg/ha | 398 kg/ha | 500 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 486.38 kg/ha | 480.5 kg/ha | 494.1 kg/ha | 5 |
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- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 22.05 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2613 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 315.24 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.75 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0006 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6806 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 26.1% (2025)
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- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.4% (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is cow peas, dry — yield in Uganda?
- Cow peas, dry — yield in Uganda was 484.4 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cow peas, dry — yield recorded in Uganda?
- The highest recorded value was 1,125 kg/ha in 1971.
- What is the lowest cow peas, dry — yield recorded in Uganda?
- The lowest recorded value was 357.7 kg/ha in 1976.
- How does Uganda rank for cow peas, dry — yield?
- Uganda ranks 33rd out of 47 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cow peas, dry — yield rising or falling in Uganda?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Uganda 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.