Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Yield in Eastern Africa
Eastern Africa: Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Yield was 325.8 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Yield in Eastern Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield in Eastern Africa is 325.8 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.5% on the previous year and up 8.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield in Eastern Africa peaked at 346.6 kg/ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 192.2 kg/ha, in 1978.
Eastern Africa ranks 27th of 28 groups on this measure, 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 Eastern Africa, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 249.8 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 252.7 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1963 | 267.1 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 1964 | 272.5 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1965 | 249.1 kg/ha | -8.6% |
| 1966 | 258.5 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 1967 | 254.6 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1968 | 239.7 kg/ha | -5.9% |
| 1969 | 265.7 kg/ha | +10.8% |
| 1970 | 254.5 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 1971 | 227.3 kg/ha | -10.7% |
| 1972 | 225 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1973 | 224.2 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1974 | 291.5 kg/ha | +30.0% |
| 1975 | 250.3 kg/ha | -14.1% |
| 1976 | 246.6 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1977 | 247.2 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1978 | 192.2 kg/ha | -22.2% |
| 1979 | 223.5 kg/ha | +16.3% |
| 1980 | 241.2 kg/ha | +7.9% |
| 1981 | 256.3 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 1982 | 246.1 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 1983 | 216.8 kg/ha | -11.9% |
| 1984 | 232.3 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 1985 | 233.4 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1986 | 239.3 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1987 | 234.2 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 1988 | 263.6 kg/ha | +12.6% |
| 1989 | 245.6 kg/ha | -6.8% |
| 1990 | 244.5 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1991 | 243.8 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1992 | 202.8 kg/ha | -16.8% |
| 1993 | 227.4 kg/ha | +12.1% |
| 1994 | 241.9 kg/ha | +6.4% |
| 1995 | 249.5 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1996 | 274.3 kg/ha | +9.9% |
| 1997 | 231.7 kg/ha | -15.5% |
| 1998 | 233.2 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1999 | 238.2 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 2000 | 237.6 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2001 | 221.9 kg/ha | -6.6% |
| 2002 | 204.7 kg/ha | -7.8% |
| 2003 | 236.1 kg/ha | +15.3% |
| 2004 | 265.6 kg/ha | +12.5% |
| 2005 | 246.2 kg/ha | -7.3% |
| 2006 | 260.1 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 2007 | 231.4 kg/ha | -11.0% |
| 2008 | 255.7 kg/ha | +10.5% |
| 2009 | 227.9 kg/ha | -10.9% |
| 2010 | 264.3 kg/ha | +16.0% |
| 2011 | 272.8 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 2012 | 267.1 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 2013 | 288.7 kg/ha | +8.1% |
| 2014 | 300.7 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 2015 | 239.3 kg/ha | -20.4% |
| 2016 | 252.2 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 2017 | 291.2 kg/ha | +15.5% |
| 2018 | 297 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2019 | 314.7 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 2020 | 303.3 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 2021 | 346.6 kg/ha | +14.3% |
| 2022 | 343.1 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2023 | 327.5 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 2024 | 325.8 kg/ha | -0.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 256.63 kg/ha | 239.7 kg/ha | 272.5 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 238.23 kg/ha | 192.2 kg/ha | 291.5 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 240.88 kg/ha | 216.8 kg/ha | 263.6 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 238.73 kg/ha | 202.8 kg/ha | 274.3 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 238.72 kg/ha | 204.7 kg/ha | 265.6 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 278.8 kg/ha | 239.3 kg/ha | 314.7 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 329.26 kg/ha | 303.3 kg/ha | 346.6 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Eastern Africa
- 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
- 29 Cuba 1,440 kg/ha compare
- 30 Nepal 1,399 kg/ha compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield in Eastern Africa?
- Fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield in Eastern Africa was 325.8 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 Eastern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 346.6 kg/ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield recorded in Eastern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 192.2 kg/ha in 1978.
- How does Eastern Africa rank for fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield?
- Eastern Africa ranks 27th out of 28 groups with data for 2024.
- Is fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield rising or falling in Eastern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Eastern 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.