Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Yield in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
Least Developed Countries (LDCs): Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Yield was 748.3 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Yield in Least Developed Countries (LDCs), 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 Least Developed Countries (LDCs) is 748.3 kg/ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 5.8% on the previous year and up 22.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) peaked at 748.3 kg/ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 384 kg/ha, in 1971.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Yield in Least Developed Countries (LDCs), year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 504.2 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 503.5 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1963 | 476.8 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 1964 | 434.4 kg/ha | -8.9% |
| 1965 | 480.2 kg/ha | +10.5% |
| 1966 | 477.3 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1967 | 472.6 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1968 | 437.4 kg/ha | -7.4% |
| 1969 | 501.5 kg/ha | +14.7% |
| 1970 | 475.7 kg/ha | -5.1% |
| 1971 | 384 kg/ha | -19.3% |
| 1972 | 454 kg/ha | +18.2% |
| 1973 | 433.7 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 1974 | 433 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1975 | 446 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 1976 | 426.9 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 1977 | 465.5 kg/ha | +9.0% |
| 1978 | 470 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1979 | 503.7 kg/ha | +7.2% |
| 1980 | 488.1 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 1981 | 503.4 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1982 | 513.5 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1983 | 523.8 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1984 | 502.3 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 1985 | 597.8 kg/ha | +19.0% |
| 1986 | 628 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 1987 | 595.9 kg/ha | -5.1% |
| 1988 | 525.6 kg/ha | -11.8% |
| 1989 | 520.4 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1990 | 539.4 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 1991 | 537.4 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1992 | 558 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 1993 | 539.7 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 1994 | 572.9 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 1995 | 510.4 kg/ha | -10.9% |
| 1996 | 512.7 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1997 | 507.4 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1998 | 467.6 kg/ha | -7.8% |
| 1999 | 455.3 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 2000 | 492.7 kg/ha | +8.2% |
| 2001 | 484.2 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 2002 | 474.6 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 2003 | 484.3 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2004 | 457.9 kg/ha | -5.5% |
| 2005 | 480.3 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 2006 | 527.3 kg/ha | +9.8% |
| 2007 | 486.2 kg/ha | -7.8% |
| 2008 | 514.1 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 2009 | 551.1 kg/ha | +7.2% |
| 2010 | 571.2 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 2011 | 667.4 kg/ha | +16.8% |
| 2012 | 571 kg/ha | -14.4% |
| 2013 | 589.2 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 2014 | 611.1 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 2015 | 596.9 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 2016 | 596.5 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2017 | 615.5 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 2018 | 628.9 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2019 | 627.4 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2020 | 714.6 kg/ha | +13.9% |
| 2021 | 675.6 kg/ha | -5.5% |
| 2022 | 644.7 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 2023 | 707.4 kg/ha | +9.7% |
| 2024 | 748.3 kg/ha | +5.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 476.43 kg/ha | 434.4 kg/ha | 504.2 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 449.25 kg/ha | 384 kg/ha | 503.7 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 539.88 kg/ha | 488.1 kg/ha | 628 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 520.08 kg/ha | 455.3 kg/ha | 572.9 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 495.27 kg/ha | 457.9 kg/ha | 551.1 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 607.51 kg/ha | 571 kg/ha | 667.4 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 698.12 kg/ha | 644.7 kg/ha | 748.3 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
- 6 Samoa 5,075 kg/ha compare
- 7 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 840 kg/ha compare
- 7 Sierra Leone 4,661 kg/ha compare
- 8 Austria 4,637 kg/ha compare
- 9 Italy 4,617 kg/ha compare
- 10 Belgium 4,346 kg/ha compare
- 10 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 700.6 kg/ha compare
- 11 Bhutan 3,994 kg/ha compare
- 11 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 612 kg/ha compare
- 12 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 600.1 kg/ha compare
- 12 Sri Lanka 3,438 kg/ha compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- Fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) was 748.3 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 Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- The highest recorded value was 748.3 kg/ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield recorded in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- The lowest recorded value was 384 kg/ha in 1971.
- How does Least Developed Countries (LDCs) rank for fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield?
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) ranks 9th out of 15 groups with data for 2024.
- Is fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield rising or falling in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 22.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 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.