Fruit Primary — Yield in Namibia
Namibia: Fruit Primary — Yield was 5,070 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Fruit Primary — Yield in Namibia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Namibia recorded 5,070 kg/ha for fruit primary — yield in 2024.
The figure is down 0.3% on the previous year and down 11.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fruit primary — yield in Namibia peaked at 6,875 kg/ha in 1994 and was at its lowest, 5,000 kg/ha, in 1961.
That places Namibia 164th out of 191 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Fruit Primary — Yield in Namibia, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 5,000 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 5,500 kg/ha | +10.0% |
| 1963 | 5,500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 5,454 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1965 | 5,454 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 5,454 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 5,454 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 5,454 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 5,454 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 5,909 kg/ha | +8.3% |
| 1971 | 5,909 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 5,833 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1973 | 5,833 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 6,250 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 1975 | 6,250 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 6,154 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1977 | 6,154 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 6,154 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 6,154 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 6,154 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 6,429 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 1982 | 6,429 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 6,429 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 6,667 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 1985 | 6,667 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 6,667 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 6,667 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 6,667 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 6,667 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 6,551 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1991 | 6,318 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 1992 | 6,154 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 1993 | 6,429 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 1994 | 6,875 kg/ha | +6.9% |
| 1995 | 5,649 kg/ha | -17.8% |
| 1996 | 5,821 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 1997 | 5,982 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1998 | 5,827 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 1999 | 6,030 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 2000 | 6,142 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2001 | 5,783 kg/ha | -5.8% |
| 2002 | 5,632 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 2003 | 5,657 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2004 | 5,888 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 2005 | 6,165 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 2006 | 5,700 kg/ha | -7.5% |
| 2007 | 5,657 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2008 | 5,458 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 2009 | 5,321 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 2010 | 5,299 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2011 | 5,349 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2012 | 5,312 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2013 | 5,322 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2014 | 5,740 kg/ha | +7.9% |
| 2015 | 5,476 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 2016 | 5,392 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2017 | 5,315 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 2018 | 5,406 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2019 | 5,178 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 2020 | 5,168 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2021 | 5,074 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 2022 | 5,077 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2023 | 5,087 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 5,070 kg/ha | -0.3% |
Namibia compared with similar countries
- Namibia's 5,070 kg/ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 10,605 kg/ha, 48% of the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Namibia's 5,070 kg/ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 6,972 kg/ha, 73% of the median. (44 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5,414 kg/ha | 5,000 kg/ha | 5,500 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 6,060 kg/ha | 5,833 kg/ha | 6,250 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 6,544 kg/ha | 6,154 kg/ha | 6,667 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 6,163 kg/ha | 5,649 kg/ha | 6,875 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 5,740 kg/ha | 5,321 kg/ha | 6,165 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 5,379 kg/ha | 5,178 kg/ha | 5,740 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 5,095 kg/ha | 5,070 kg/ha | 5,168 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Namibia
- 161 Cambodia 5,135 kg/ha compare
- 162 Gambia 5,101 kg/ha compare
- 163 Czechoslovakia 5,101 kg/ha compare
- 165 Madagascar 5,013 kg/ha compare
- 166 Equatorial Guinea 4,972 kg/ha compare
- 167 Nauru 4,884 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Namibia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 8 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0699 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 340.78 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.13 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4913 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 7.0% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 7.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.5% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is fruit primary — yield in Namibia?
- Fruit primary — yield in Namibia was 5,070 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest fruit primary — yield recorded in Namibia?
- The highest recorded value was 6,875 kg/ha in 1994.
- What is the lowest fruit primary — yield recorded in Namibia?
- The lowest recorded value was 5,000 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Namibia rank for fruit primary — yield?
- Namibia ranks 164th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is fruit primary — yield rising or falling in Namibia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 11.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Namibia 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.