Eggplants (aubergines) — Yield in Africa
Africa: Eggplants (aubergines) — Yield was 18,634 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Eggplants (aubergines) — Yield in Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for eggplants (aubergines) — yield in Africa is 18,634 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 1.0% on the previous year and down 1.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, eggplants (aubergines) — yield in Africa peaked at 21,451 kg/ha in 2009 and was at its lowest, 12,603 kg/ha, in 1972.
That places Africa 18th out of 26 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Eggplants (aubergines) — Yield in Africa, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 16,937 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 17,633 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 1963 | 18,146 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1964 | 18,678 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1965 | 18,997 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1966 | 19,803 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 1967 | 19,049 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 1968 | 18,542 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 1969 | 18,504 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1970 | 16,915 kg/ha | -8.6% |
| 1971 | 16,953 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1972 | 12,603 kg/ha | -25.7% |
| 1973 | 13,452 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 1974 | 13,557 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1975 | 14,910 kg/ha | +10.0% |
| 1976 | 14,476 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 1977 | 15,187 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 1978 | 15,875 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 1979 | 16,366 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1980 | 13,918 kg/ha | -15.0% |
| 1981 | 14,701 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 1982 | 14,775 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1983 | 15,252 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1984 | 14,923 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 1985 | 16,552 kg/ha | +10.9% |
| 1986 | 19,082 kg/ha | +15.3% |
| 1987 | 19,921 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 1988 | 18,968 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 1989 | 18,946 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1990 | 19,118 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1991 | 19,135 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1992 | 18,101 kg/ha | -5.4% |
| 1993 | 18,013 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1994 | 17,887 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1995 | 18,510 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 1996 | 19,394 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 1997 | 18,696 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 1998 | 18,213 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 1999 | 17,848 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 2000 | 18,839 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 2001 | 19,801 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 2002 | 18,794 kg/ha | -5.1% |
| 2003 | 19,920 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 2004 | 19,703 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2005 | 19,395 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2006 | 19,650 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2007 | 18,906 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 2008 | 18,176 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 2009 | 21,451 kg/ha | +18.0% |
| 2010 | 20,126 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 2011 | 19,417 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 2012 | 19,638 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2013 | 19,488 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2014 | 18,896 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 2015 | 17,526 kg/ha | -7.3% |
| 2016 | 16,706 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 2017 | 17,860 kg/ha | +6.9% |
| 2018 | 17,300 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 2019 | 17,492 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2020 | 17,381 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2021 | 18,929 kg/ha | +8.9% |
| 2022 | 19,638 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 2023 | 18,829 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 2024 | 18,634 kg/ha | -1.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 18,477 kg/ha | 16,937 kg/ha | 19,803 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 15,030 kg/ha | 12,603 kg/ha | 16,953 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 16,704 kg/ha | 13,918 kg/ha | 19,921 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 18,491 kg/ha | 17,848 kg/ha | 19,394 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 19,463 kg/ha | 18,176 kg/ha | 21,451 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 18,445 kg/ha | 16,706 kg/ha | 20,126 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 18,682 kg/ha | 17,381 kg/ha | 19,638 kg/ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is eggplants (aubergines) — yield in Africa?
- Eggplants (aubergines) — yield in Africa was 18,634 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest eggplants (aubergines) — yield recorded in Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 21,451 kg/ha in 2009.
- What is the lowest eggplants (aubergines) — yield recorded in Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 12,603 kg/ha in 1972.
- How does Africa rank for eggplants (aubergines) — yield?
- Africa ranks 18th out of 26 groups with data for 2024.
- Is eggplants (aubergines) — yield rising or falling in Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Africa data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Eggplants (aubergines) — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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.