Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Yield in Africa
Africa: Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Yield was 360.8 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Yield in Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield in Africa stood at 360.8 kg/ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 4.2% on the previous year and up 2.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield in Africa peaked at 393.5 kg/ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 272 kg/ha, in 1961.
That places Africa 25th out of 28 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Yield in Africa, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 272 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 323.9 kg/ha | +19.1% |
| 1963 | 320.5 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1964 | 320.1 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1965 | 313 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 1966 | 306.7 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1967 | 305.2 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1968 | 306.9 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1969 | 344.8 kg/ha | +12.3% |
| 1970 | 328.4 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 1971 | 317.4 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 1972 | 314.2 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1973 | 299.7 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 1974 | 338.9 kg/ha | +13.1% |
| 1975 | 315.4 kg/ha | -6.9% |
| 1976 | 294.3 kg/ha | -6.7% |
| 1977 | 298 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1978 | 288.7 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 1979 | 323.1 kg/ha | +11.9% |
| 1980 | 338.3 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 1981 | 348.6 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 1982 | 352.6 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1983 | 337.5 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 1984 | 339.9 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1985 | 379.2 kg/ha | +11.6% |
| 1986 | 366.3 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 1987 | 365.3 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1988 | 364.2 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1989 | 363 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1990 | 353.8 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 1991 | 336.3 kg/ha | -4.9% |
| 1992 | 339.3 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1993 | 372.5 kg/ha | +9.8% |
| 1994 | 345.5 kg/ha | -7.2% |
| 1995 | 350.4 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1996 | 371.8 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 1997 | 346.8 kg/ha | -6.7% |
| 1998 | 331.1 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 1999 | 333.7 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2000 | 332.5 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2001 | 344.9 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 2002 | 332.5 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 2003 | 351 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 2004 | 352.8 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2005 | 340.8 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 2006 | 355.1 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 2007 | 335.6 kg/ha | -5.5% |
| 2008 | 338.4 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2009 | 317 kg/ha | -6.3% |
| 2010 | 359.8 kg/ha | +13.5% |
| 2011 | 387.7 kg/ha | +7.8% |
| 2012 | 323.2 kg/ha | -16.6% |
| 2013 | 323.3 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 353.1 kg/ha | +9.2% |
| 2015 | 326.1 kg/ha | -7.6% |
| 2016 | 339.7 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 2017 | 351.5 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 2018 | 362.8 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 2019 | 378.1 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 2020 | 377.4 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2021 | 393.5 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 2022 | 341.1 kg/ha | -13.3% |
| 2023 | 346.3 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2024 | 360.8 kg/ha | +4.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 312.57 kg/ha | 272 kg/ha | 344.8 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 311.81 kg/ha | 288.7 kg/ha | 338.9 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 355.49 kg/ha | 337.5 kg/ha | 379.2 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 348.12 kg/ha | 331.1 kg/ha | 372.5 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 340.06 kg/ha | 317 kg/ha | 355.1 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 350.53 kg/ha | 323.2 kg/ha | 387.7 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 363.82 kg/ha | 341.1 kg/ha | 393.5 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Africa
- 22 Russian Federation 1,570 kg/ha compare
- 23 Romania 1,544 kg/ha compare
- 24 Brazil 1,507 kg/ha compare
- 25 Yugoslav SFR 1,485 kg/ha compare
- 26 Republic of Korea 1,482 kg/ha compare
- 27 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 1,465 kg/ha compare
- 28 Côte d'Ivoire 310.1 kg/ha compare
- 28 Israel 1,463 kg/ha compare
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- Cereals, primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 1.38 % change on previous year (2024)
- Crops — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 1.64 % change on previous year (2024)
- Food — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 1.86 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) 1.72 % change on previous year (2024)
- Livestock — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 2.94 % change on previous year (2024)
- Roots and Tubers, Total — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 2.21 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables and Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant) 1.84 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sugar Crops Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 1.44 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) 1.96 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield in Africa?
- Fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield in Africa was 360.8 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield recorded in Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 393.5 kg/ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield recorded in Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 272 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Africa rank for fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield?
- Africa ranks 25th out of 28 groups with data for 2024.
- Is fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield rising or falling in Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.2%. 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 Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — 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.