Fruit Primary — Yield in Africa
Africa: Fruit Primary — Yield was 8,926 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Fruit Primary — Yield in Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, fruit primary — yield in Africa stood at 8,926 kg/ha.
That represents a change of up 1.0% on the previous year and down 0.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fruit primary — yield in Africa peaked at 9,132 kg/ha in 2015 and was at its lowest, 5,747 kg/ha, in 1961.
That places Africa 24th out of 29 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.
Fruit Primary — Yield in Africa, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 5,747 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 5,818 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1963 | 5,884 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1964 | 5,890 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1965 | 6,122 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 1966 | 5,982 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1967 | 6,126 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1968 | 6,223 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1969 | 6,318 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1970 | 6,296 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1971 | 6,465 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1972 | 6,488 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1973 | 6,675 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1974 | 6,726 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1975 | 6,655 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1976 | 6,359 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 1977 | 6,258 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1978 | 6,409 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1979 | 6,191 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 1980 | 6,274 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1981 | 6,432 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1982 | 6,509 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1983 | 6,318 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 1984 | 6,331 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1985 | 6,164 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 1986 | 6,249 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1987 | 6,516 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 1988 | 6,414 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1989 | 6,583 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1990 | 6,534 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1991 | 6,604 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1992 | 6,580 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1993 | 6,648 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1994 | 6,696 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1995 | 6,794 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1996 | 7,017 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1997 | 7,007 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1998 | 6,942 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1999 | 7,033 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2000 | 6,952 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2001 | 6,863 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 2002 | 7,235 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 2003 | 7,315 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2004 | 7,535 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 2005 | 7,722 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 2006 | 7,821 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2007 | 8,014 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 2008 | 8,270 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 2009 | 8,528 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 2010 | 8,333 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 2011 | 8,356 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2012 | 8,529 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 2013 | 8,715 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2014 | 8,958 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 2015 | 9,132 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2016 | 8,892 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 2017 | 8,895 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 9,034 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2019 | 8,887 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2020 | 8,644 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 2021 | 8,905 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 2022 | 8,992 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2023 | 8,838 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 2024 | 8,926 kg/ha | +1.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6,012 kg/ha | 5,747 kg/ha | 6,318 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 6,452 kg/ha | 6,191 kg/ha | 6,726 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 6,379 kg/ha | 6,164 kg/ha | 6,583 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 6,786 kg/ha | 6,534 kg/ha | 7,033 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 7,625 kg/ha | 6,863 kg/ha | 8,528 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 8,773 kg/ha | 8,333 kg/ha | 9,132 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 8,861 kg/ha | 8,644 kg/ha | 8,992 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Africa
- 21 Egypt 20,930 kg/ha compare
- 22 Jordan 20,845 kg/ha compare
- 23 Bahamas 20,264 kg/ha compare
- 24 Greece 19,213 kg/ha compare
- 25 Turkmenistan 19,124 kg/ha compare
- 26 Kazakhstan 18,987 kg/ha compare
- 27 Switzerland 18,392 kg/ha compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is fruit primary — yield in Africa?
- Fruit primary — yield in Africa was 8,926 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest fruit primary — yield recorded in Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 9,132 kg/ha in 2015.
- What is the lowest fruit primary — yield recorded in Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 5,747 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Africa rank for fruit primary — yield?
- Africa ranks 24th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is fruit primary — yield rising or falling in Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.4%. 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 Fruit Primary — 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.