Fruit Primary — Yield in Uganda
Uganda: Fruit Primary — Yield was 4,401 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Fruit Primary — Yield in Uganda, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for fruit primary — yield in Uganda is 4,401 kg/ha, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is down 0.5% on the previous year and down 6.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fruit primary — yield in Uganda peaked at 7,891 kg/ha in 1974 and was at its lowest, 4,401 kg/ha, in 2024.
Uganda ranks 172nd of 191 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Fruit Primary — Yield in Uganda, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 5,846 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 5,856 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1963 | 5,951 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1964 | 5,896 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1965 | 6,401 kg/ha | +8.6% |
| 1966 | 7,142 kg/ha | +11.6% |
| 1967 | 6,870 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 1968 | 6,209 kg/ha | -9.6% |
| 1969 | 7,093 kg/ha | +14.2% |
| 1970 | 7,582 kg/ha | +6.9% |
| 1971 | 7,716 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1972 | 7,603 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1973 | 7,834 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 1974 | 7,891 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1975 | 7,867 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1976 | 6,615 kg/ha | -15.9% |
| 1977 | 6,623 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1978 | 6,630 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1979 | 4,638 kg/ha | -30.0% |
| 1980 | 4,763 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1981 | 4,895 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1982 | 5,379 kg/ha | +9.9% |
| 1983 | 5,264 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 1984 | 5,077 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 1985 | 5,256 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 1986 | 5,332 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1987 | 5,451 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1988 | 5,514 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1989 | 5,559 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1990 | 5,584 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1991 | 5,655 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1992 | 5,356 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 1993 | 5,531 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1994 | 5,671 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1995 | 5,964 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 1996 | 6,003 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1997 | 6,052 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1998 | 6,003 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1999 | 5,705 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 2000 | 5,905 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 2001 | 6,004 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2002 | 6,004 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 5,844 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 2004 | 5,805 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2005 | 5,406 kg/ha | -6.9% |
| 2006 | 5,405 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2007 | 5,507 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2008 | 4,621 kg/ha | -16.1% |
| 2009 | 4,817 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 2010 | 4,816 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2011 | 4,816 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 4,617 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 2013 | 4,519 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 2014 | 4,721 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 2015 | 4,963 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 2016 | 4,501 kg/ha | -9.3% |
| 2017 | 4,545 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2018 | 4,523 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2019 | 4,501 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2020 | 4,462 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2021 | 4,463 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 4,445 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2023 | 4,423 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2024 | 4,401 kg/ha | -0.5% |
Uganda compared with similar countries
- Uganda's 4,401 kg/ha is below the median for low income countries, which is 6,341 kg/ha, 69% of the median. (22 countries reporting)
- Uganda's 4,401 kg/ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 6,972 kg/ha, 63% of the median. (44 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Fruit Primary — Yield in Uganda 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | -30.0% | 6,630 kg/ha | 4,638 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6,363 kg/ha | 5,846 kg/ha | 7,142 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 7,100 kg/ha | 4,638 kg/ha | 7,891 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 5,249 kg/ha | 4,763 kg/ha | 5,559 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 5,752 kg/ha | 5,356 kg/ha | 6,052 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 5,532 kg/ha | 4,621 kg/ha | 6,004 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 4,652 kg/ha | 4,501 kg/ha | 4,963 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,439 kg/ha | 4,401 kg/ha | 4,463 kg/ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Uganda
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 22.05 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2613 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 315.24 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.75 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0006 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6806 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 26.1% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 26.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.4% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.2% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is fruit primary — yield in Uganda?
- Fruit primary — yield in Uganda was 4,401 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest fruit primary — yield recorded in Uganda?
- The highest recorded value was 7,891 kg/ha in 1974.
- What is the lowest fruit primary — yield recorded in Uganda?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,401 kg/ha in 2024.
- How does Uganda rank for fruit primary — yield?
- Uganda ranks 172nd out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is fruit primary — yield rising or falling in Uganda?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Uganda 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.