Fruit Primary — Yield in Eastern Africa
Eastern Africa: Fruit Primary — Yield was 6,912 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Fruit Primary — Yield in Eastern Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Eastern Africa recorded 6,912 kg/ha for fruit primary — yield in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.7% on the previous year and down 3.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fruit primary — yield in Eastern Africa peaked at 7,460 kg/ha in 2016 and was at its lowest, 5,430 kg/ha, in 1980.
That places Eastern Africa 28th 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 Eastern Africa, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 5,719 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 5,899 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1963 | 5,796 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1964 | 5,937 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1965 | 6,133 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1966 | 6,172 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1967 | 6,525 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 1968 | 6,341 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 1969 | 6,672 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 1970 | 6,743 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1971 | 7,047 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 1972 | 7,061 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1973 | 7,350 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 1974 | 7,294 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1975 | 7,164 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1976 | 6,257 kg/ha | -12.7% |
| 1977 | 6,304 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1978 | 6,282 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1979 | 5,434 kg/ha | -13.5% |
| 1980 | 5,430 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1981 | 5,738 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 1982 | 5,876 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1983 | 5,771 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1984 | 5,530 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 1985 | 5,745 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 1986 | 5,800 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1987 | 5,928 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1988 | 5,730 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 1989 | 5,827 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1990 | 5,748 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1991 | 5,811 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1992 | 5,756 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1993 | 5,811 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1994 | 5,796 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1995 | 5,974 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1996 | 5,977 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1997 | 5,862 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 1998 | 5,753 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 1999 | 5,976 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 2000 | 5,800 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 2001 | 5,675 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 2002 | 6,243 kg/ha | +10.0% |
| 2003 | 5,963 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 2004 | 6,314 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 2005 | 6,163 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 2006 | 6,302 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 2007 | 6,440 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2008 | 6,418 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2009 | 6,745 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 2010 | 6,843 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2011 | 6,537 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 2012 | 6,506 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2013 | 6,935 kg/ha | +6.6% |
| 2014 | 7,181 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 2015 | 7,279 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2016 | 7,460 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 2017 | 7,059 kg/ha | -5.4% |
| 2018 | 7,346 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 2019 | 6,969 kg/ha | -5.1% |
| 2020 | 6,679 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 2021 | 6,945 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 2022 | 6,988 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2023 | 6,861 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 2024 | 6,912 kg/ha | +0.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6,133 kg/ha | 5,719 kg/ha | 6,672 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 6,694 kg/ha | 5,434 kg/ha | 7,350 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 5,738 kg/ha | 5,430 kg/ha | 5,928 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 5,846 kg/ha | 5,748 kg/ha | 5,977 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 6,206 kg/ha | 5,675 kg/ha | 6,745 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 7,012 kg/ha | 6,506 kg/ha | 7,460 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 6,877 kg/ha | 6,679 kg/ha | 6,988 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Eastern Africa
- 25 Turkmenistan 19,124 kg/ha compare
- 26 Kazakhstan 18,987 kg/ha compare
- 27 Switzerland 18,392 kg/ha compare
- 28 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 18,324 kg/ha compare
- 29 Côte d'Ivoire 3,168 kg/ha compare
- 29 Ethiopia PDR 18,209 kg/ha compare
- 30 China, Taiwan Province of 17,741 kg/ha compare
- 31 Panama 17,397 kg/ha compare
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- Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) 4.83 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 0.3371 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables and Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant) 2.65 % change on previous year (2024)
- Roots and Tubers, Total — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) -3.56 % change on previous year (2024)
- Livestock — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand US$) 5.91 % change on previous year (2024)
- Crops — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand US$) 0.3517 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) 1.52 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cereals, primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 0.5636 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cattle — Stocks, annual growth rate 2.11 % change on previous year (2024)
- Food — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand US$) 1.36 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is fruit primary — yield in Eastern Africa?
- Fruit primary — yield in Eastern Africa was 6,912 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest fruit primary — yield recorded in Eastern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 7,460 kg/ha in 2016.
- What is the lowest fruit primary — yield recorded in Eastern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 5,430 kg/ha in 1980.
- How does Eastern Africa rank for fruit primary — yield?
- Eastern Africa ranks 28th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is fruit primary — yield rising or falling in Eastern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.8%. 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 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.