Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Yield in Eastern Africa
Eastern Africa: Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Yield was 689 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Yield in Eastern Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, groundnuts, excluding shelled — yield in Eastern Africa stood at 689 kg/ha.
That represents a change of down 7.5% on the previous year and down 17.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, groundnuts, excluding shelled — yield in Eastern Africa peaked at 939.4 kg/ha in 2013 and was at its lowest, 497.9 kg/ha, in 1992.
Eastern Africa ranks 25th of 27 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Yield in Eastern Africa, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 534.7 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 588 kg/ha | +10.0% |
| 1963 | 585 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1964 | 559.2 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 1965 | 540.5 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 1966 | 597.7 kg/ha | +10.6% |
| 1967 | 637.5 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 1968 | 623.5 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 1969 | 664 kg/ha | +6.5% |
| 1970 | 675.5 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1971 | 735.9 kg/ha | +8.9% |
| 1972 | 724.8 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1973 | 661.7 kg/ha | -8.7% |
| 1974 | 668.9 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1975 | 634.9 kg/ha | -5.1% |
| 1976 | 684 kg/ha | +7.7% |
| 1977 | 646 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 1978 | 593.5 kg/ha | -8.1% |
| 1979 | 594.6 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1980 | 577.5 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 1981 | 589.1 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1982 | 577.8 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 1983 | 518.4 kg/ha | -10.3% |
| 1984 | 517.1 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1985 | 602.1 kg/ha | +16.4% |
| 1986 | 608.2 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1987 | 570.6 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 1988 | 605.1 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 1989 | 546.7 kg/ha | -9.7% |
| 1990 | 579.5 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 1991 | 579.5 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 497.9 kg/ha | -14.1% |
| 1993 | 628.2 kg/ha | +26.2% |
| 1994 | 544.8 kg/ha | -13.3% |
| 1995 | 507.9 kg/ha | -6.8% |
| 1996 | 562.7 kg/ha | +10.8% |
| 1997 | 607.8 kg/ha | +8.0% |
| 1998 | 554.1 kg/ha | -8.8% |
| 1999 | 628.8 kg/ha | +13.5% |
| 2000 | 607.9 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 2001 | 675.1 kg/ha | +11.1% |
| 2002 | 616 kg/ha | -8.8% |
| 2003 | 771.2 kg/ha | +25.2% |
| 2004 | 705.5 kg/ha | -8.5% |
| 2005 | 567.9 kg/ha | -19.5% |
| 2006 | 685.4 kg/ha | +20.7% |
| 2007 | 670.4 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 2008 | 616.4 kg/ha | -8.1% |
| 2009 | 666.8 kg/ha | +8.2% |
| 2010 | 720.6 kg/ha | +8.1% |
| 2011 | 815.2 kg/ha | +13.1% |
| 2012 | 787.6 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 2013 | 939.4 kg/ha | +19.3% |
| 2014 | 839.1 kg/ha | -10.7% |
| 2015 | 857.8 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2016 | 624 kg/ha | -27.3% |
| 2017 | 681.5 kg/ha | +9.2% |
| 2018 | 648.8 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 2019 | 630.6 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 2020 | 719.7 kg/ha | +14.1% |
| 2021 | 747.6 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 2022 | 781.2 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 2023 | 744.9 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 2024 | 689 kg/ha | -7.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 592.23 kg/ha | 534.7 kg/ha | 664 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 661.98 kg/ha | 593.5 kg/ha | 735.9 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 571.26 kg/ha | 517.1 kg/ha | 608.2 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 569.12 kg/ha | 497.9 kg/ha | 628.8 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 658.26 kg/ha | 567.9 kg/ha | 771.2 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 754.46 kg/ha | 624 kg/ha | 939.4 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 736.48 kg/ha | 689 kg/ha | 781.2 kg/ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is groundnuts, excluding shelled — yield in Eastern Africa?
- Groundnuts, excluding shelled — yield in Eastern Africa was 689 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest groundnuts, excluding shelled — yield recorded in Eastern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 939.4 kg/ha in 2013.
- What is the lowest groundnuts, excluding shelled — yield recorded in Eastern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 497.9 kg/ha in 1992.
- How does Eastern Africa rank for groundnuts, excluding shelled — yield?
- Eastern Africa ranks 25th out of 27 groups with data for 2024.
- Is groundnuts, excluding shelled — yield rising or falling in Eastern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 17.9%. 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 Groundnuts, excluding shelled — 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.