Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Yield in Eswatini
Eswatini: Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Yield was 437.2 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Yield in Eswatini, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for groundnuts, excluding shelled — yield in Eswatini is 437.2 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.7% on the previous year and down 3.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, groundnuts, excluding shelled — yield in Eswatini peaked at 1,644 kg/ha in 1989 and was at its lowest, 266.5 kg/ha, in 1983.
Eswatini ranks 107th of 112 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Yield in Eswatini, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 560 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 560 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 560 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 566 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1965 | 566 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 566 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 618.2 kg/ha | +9.2% |
| 1968 | 581.8 kg/ha | -5.9% |
| 1969 | 560 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 1970 | 560 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 540 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 1972 | 586 kg/ha | +8.5% |
| 1973 | 595 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1974 | 536.9 kg/ha | -9.8% |
| 1975 | 431 kg/ha | -19.7% |
| 1976 | 477.1 kg/ha | +10.7% |
| 1977 | 563.3 kg/ha | +18.1% |
| 1978 | 565.1 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1979 | 563.2 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1980 | 463.9 kg/ha | -17.6% |
| 1981 | 426.4 kg/ha | -8.1% |
| 1982 | 288.9 kg/ha | -32.2% |
| 1983 | 266.5 kg/ha | -7.8% |
| 1984 | 569.6 kg/ha | +113.7% |
| 1985 | 1,098 kg/ha | +92.8% |
| 1986 | 1,315 kg/ha | +19.8% |
| 1987 | 1,286 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 1988 | 1,111 kg/ha | -13.6% |
| 1989 | 1,644 kg/ha | +48.1% |
| 1990 | 1,641 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1991 | 1,304 kg/ha | -20.5% |
| 1992 | 1,350 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 1993 | 1,331 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1994 | 1,333 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1995 | 1,346 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1996 | 1,333 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1997 | 1,333 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 1,177 kg/ha | -11.7% |
| 1999 | 1,079 kg/ha | -8.3% |
| 2000 | 735.9 kg/ha | -31.8% |
| 2001 | 745.5 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2002 | 762.3 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 2003 | 745.5 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 2004 | 767.9 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 2005 | 734.3 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 2006 | 745.5 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2007 | 668.3 kg/ha | -10.4% |
| 2008 | 613.4 kg/ha | -8.2% |
| 2009 | 608.6 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2010 | 578.2 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 2011 | 547.8 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 2012 | 517.4 kg/ha | -5.5% |
| 2013 | 487 kg/ha | -5.9% |
| 2014 | 453.9 kg/ha | -6.8% |
| 2015 | 428.4 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 2016 | 459.4 kg/ha | +7.2% |
| 2017 | 448.9 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 2018 | 454.8 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2019 | 447.4 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2020 | 443.6 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2021 | 450.6 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2022 | 444.5 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 2023 | 440.3 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2024 | 437.2 kg/ha | -0.7% |
Eswatini compared with similar countries
- Eswatini's 437.2 kg/ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 1,148 kg/ha, 38% of the median. (34 countries reporting)
- Eswatini's 437.2 kg/ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 835.95 kg/ha, 52% of the median. (40 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Yield in Eswatini 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | +113.7% | 266.5 kg/ha | 569.6 kg/ha |
| 1985 | +92.8% | 569.6 kg/ha | 1,098 kg/ha |
| 1989 | +48.1% | 1,111 kg/ha | 1,644 kg/ha |
| 1982 | -32.2% | 426.4 kg/ha | 288.9 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 570.89 kg/ha | 560 kg/ha | 618.2 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 541.76 kg/ha | 431 kg/ha | 595 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 846.91 kg/ha | 266.5 kg/ha | 1,644 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,323 kg/ha | 1,079 kg/ha | 1,641 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 712.72 kg/ha | 608.6 kg/ha | 767.9 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 482.32 kg/ha | 428.4 kg/ha | 578.2 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 443.24 kg/ha | 437.2 kg/ha | 450.6 kg/ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Eswatini
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 5.08 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0641 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 263.26 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.4281 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.7328 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 6.4% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 6.4% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 6.2% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.9% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is groundnuts, excluding shelled — yield in Eswatini?
- Groundnuts, excluding shelled — yield in Eswatini was 437.2 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest groundnuts, excluding shelled — yield recorded in Eswatini?
- The highest recorded value was 1,644 kg/ha in 1989.
- What is the lowest groundnuts, excluding shelled — yield recorded in Eswatini?
- The lowest recorded value was 266.5 kg/ha in 1983.
- How does Eswatini rank for groundnuts, excluding shelled — yield?
- Eswatini ranks 107th out of 112 countries with data for 2024.
- Is groundnuts, excluding shelled — yield rising or falling in Eswatini?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Eswatini 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.