Figs — Yield in Africa
Africa: Figs — Yield was 3,014 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Figs — Yield in Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for figs — yield in Africa is 3,014 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 1.8% on the previous year and down 4.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, figs — yield in Africa peaked at 3,809 kg/ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 1,803 kg/ha, in 1988.
That places Africa 20th out of 22 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.
Figs — Yield in Africa, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,601 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 2,559 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1963 | 2,539 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1964 | 3,178 kg/ha | +25.2% |
| 1965 | 3,315 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 1966 | 2,752 kg/ha | -17.0% |
| 1967 | 2,882 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 1968 | 2,781 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 1969 | 3,502 kg/ha | +25.9% |
| 1970 | 3,009 kg/ha | -14.1% |
| 1971 | 2,882 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 1972 | 2,743 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 1973 | 2,576 kg/ha | -6.1% |
| 1974 | 2,534 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1975 | 2,408 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 1976 | 2,519 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 1977 | 2,579 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1978 | 2,559 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1979 | 2,793 kg/ha | +9.2% |
| 1980 | 2,672 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 1981 | 2,585 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 1982 | 3,593 kg/ha | +39.0% |
| 1983 | 2,846 kg/ha | -20.8% |
| 1984 | 3,020 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 1985 | 1,947 kg/ha | -35.5% |
| 1986 | 2,066 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 1987 | 1,893 kg/ha | -8.4% |
| 1988 | 1,803 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 1989 | 1,952 kg/ha | +8.2% |
| 1990 | 2,114 kg/ha | +8.3% |
| 1991 | 1,869 kg/ha | -11.6% |
| 1992 | 2,779 kg/ha | +48.7% |
| 1993 | 2,784 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1994 | 2,796 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1995 | 3,367 kg/ha | +20.4% |
| 1996 | 2,757 kg/ha | -18.1% |
| 1997 | 2,869 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 1998 | 2,883 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1999 | 2,937 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2000 | 2,816 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 2001 | 2,256 kg/ha | -19.9% |
| 2002 | 2,986 kg/ha | +32.4% |
| 2003 | 2,281 kg/ha | -23.6% |
| 2004 | 2,402 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 2005 | 2,683 kg/ha | +11.7% |
| 2006 | 2,658 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2007 | 2,242 kg/ha | -15.7% |
| 2008 | 3,469 kg/ha | +54.7% |
| 2009 | 3,514 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2010 | 3,051 kg/ha | -13.2% |
| 2011 | 2,974 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 2012 | 2,888 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 2013 | 2,944 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2014 | 3,163 kg/ha | +7.5% |
| 2015 | 3,375 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 2016 | 2,704 kg/ha | -19.9% |
| 2017 | 3,311 kg/ha | +22.5% |
| 2018 | 3,269 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 2019 | 3,441 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 2020 | 3,809 kg/ha | +10.7% |
| 2021 | 3,252 kg/ha | -14.6% |
| 2022 | 2,991 kg/ha | -8.0% |
| 2023 | 3,068 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 2024 | 3,014 kg/ha | -1.8% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Figs — Yield in Africa changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | +54.7% | 2,242 kg/ha | 3,469 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,901 kg/ha | 2,539 kg/ha | 3,502 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,660 kg/ha | 2,408 kg/ha | 3,009 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,438 kg/ha | 1,803 kg/ha | 3,593 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,716 kg/ha | 1,869 kg/ha | 3,367 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,731 kg/ha | 2,242 kg/ha | 3,514 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,112 kg/ha | 2,704 kg/ha | 3,441 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,227 kg/ha | 2,991 kg/ha | 3,809 kg/ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is figs — yield in Africa?
- Figs — yield in Africa was 3,014 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest figs — yield recorded in Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 3,809 kg/ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest figs — yield recorded in Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,803 kg/ha in 1988.
- How does Africa rank for figs — yield?
- Africa ranks 20th out of 22 groups with data for 2024.
- Is figs — yield rising or falling in Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.7%. 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 Figs — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.