Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Yield in Middle Africa
Middle Africa: Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Yield was 415.6 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Yield in Middle Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Middle Africa recorded 415.6 kg/ha for fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield in 2024.
The figure is down 1.8% on the previous year and up 40.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield in Middle Africa peaked at 444.9 kg/ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 178 kg/ha, in 1977.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Yield in Middle Africa, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 192.3 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 211.2 kg/ha | +9.8% |
| 1963 | 223.1 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 1964 | 232.2 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 1965 | 227.3 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 1966 | 245.5 kg/ha | +8.0% |
| 1967 | 226.7 kg/ha | -7.7% |
| 1968 | 272.2 kg/ha | +20.1% |
| 1969 | 269.3 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1970 | 237.5 kg/ha | -11.8% |
| 1971 | 223.8 kg/ha | -5.8% |
| 1972 | 249.3 kg/ha | +11.4% |
| 1973 | 234.2 kg/ha | -6.1% |
| 1974 | 267.6 kg/ha | +14.3% |
| 1975 | 212.2 kg/ha | -20.7% |
| 1976 | 193.6 kg/ha | -8.8% |
| 1977 | 178 kg/ha | -8.1% |
| 1978 | 202 kg/ha | +13.5% |
| 1979 | 212.4 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 1980 | 206.4 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 1981 | 214.5 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 1982 | 244.1 kg/ha | +13.8% |
| 1983 | 266.9 kg/ha | +9.3% |
| 1984 | 232.8 kg/ha | -12.8% |
| 1985 | 244.4 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 1986 | 251.6 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1987 | 276.7 kg/ha | +10.0% |
| 1988 | 284.5 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1989 | 291.1 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1990 | 293.6 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1991 | 254.7 kg/ha | -13.2% |
| 1992 | 273.2 kg/ha | +7.3% |
| 1993 | 279.1 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1994 | 291.7 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 1995 | 295.1 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1996 | 310.1 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 1997 | 277.4 kg/ha | -10.5% |
| 1998 | 260.8 kg/ha | -6.0% |
| 1999 | 253.7 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 2000 | 268.2 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 2001 | 271.3 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2002 | 277.5 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 2003 | 289.1 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 2004 | 317.9 kg/ha | +10.0% |
| 2005 | 327.5 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 2006 | 346 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 2007 | 339.4 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 2008 | 287.3 kg/ha | -15.4% |
| 2009 | 298.9 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 2010 | 292.8 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 2011 | 272.9 kg/ha | -6.8% |
| 2012 | 272 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2013 | 269.5 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2014 | 295.5 kg/ha | +9.6% |
| 2015 | 316.4 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 2016 | 349.4 kg/ha | +10.4% |
| 2017 | 400.2 kg/ha | +14.5% |
| 2018 | 311.3 kg/ha | -22.2% |
| 2019 | 427 kg/ha | +37.2% |
| 2020 | 444.9 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 2021 | 319.9 kg/ha | -28.1% |
| 2022 | 365.4 kg/ha | +14.2% |
| 2023 | 423.2 kg/ha | +15.8% |
| 2024 | 415.6 kg/ha | -1.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 233.31 kg/ha | 192.3 kg/ha | 272.2 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 221.06 kg/ha | 178 kg/ha | 267.6 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 251.3 kg/ha | 206.4 kg/ha | 291.1 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 278.94 kg/ha | 253.7 kg/ha | 310.1 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 302.31 kg/ha | 268.2 kg/ha | 346 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 320.7 kg/ha | 269.5 kg/ha | 427 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 393.8 kg/ha | 319.9 kg/ha | 444.9 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Middle Africa
- 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
- 13 Bangladesh 2,848 kg/ha compare
- 14 Czechia 2,790 kg/ha compare
- 14 United Republic of Tanzania 318.1 kg/ha compare
- 15 Democratic Republic of the Congo 225.4 kg/ha compare
- 15 South Sudan 2,338 kg/ha compare
- 16 China, mainland 2,337 kg/ha compare
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- Meat of goat, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered -3.75 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight, annual growth 11.11 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Production, annual growth rate 3.54 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered -6.26 % change on previous year (2024)
- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Area harvested 5.49 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other vegetables, fresh n.e.c. — Gross Production Value (constant) -0.2155 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other fruits, n.e.c. — Yield, annual growth rate 0.167 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other fruits, n.e.c. — Area harvested, annual growth rate 0.1088 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of goat, fresh or chilled — Production, annual growth rate 3.84 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield in Middle Africa?
- Fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield in Middle Africa was 415.6 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 Middle Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 444.9 kg/ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield recorded in Middle Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 178 kg/ha in 1977.
- How does Middle Africa rank for fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield?
- Middle Africa ranks 13th out of 15 groups with data for 2024.
- Is fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield rising or falling in Middle Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 40.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Middle 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.