Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Yield in South Sudan
South Sudan: Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Yield was 739.1 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Yield in South Sudan, 2012–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for groundnuts, excluding shelled — yield in South Sudan is 739.1 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 4.1% on the previous year and up 28.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, groundnuts, excluding shelled — yield in South Sudan peaked at 763.2 kg/ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 531 kg/ha, in 2013.
South Sudan ranks 91st of 112 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 13 years of available data.
Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Yield in South Sudan, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 552.6 kg/ha | — |
| 2013 | 531 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 2014 | 574.5 kg/ha | +8.2% |
| 2015 | 600 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 2016 | 600 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 562 kg/ha | -6.3% |
| 2018 | 586.5 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 2019 | 694.3 kg/ha | +18.4% |
| 2020 | 763.2 kg/ha | +9.9% |
| 2021 | 714.6 kg/ha | -6.4% |
| 2022 | 688.7 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 2023 | 709.7 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 2024 | 739.1 kg/ha | +4.1% |
South Sudan compared with similar countries
- South Sudan's 739.1 kg/ha is below the median for low income countries, which is 820.1 kg/ha, 90% of the median. (21 countries reporting)
- South Sudan's 739.1 kg/ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 835.95 kg/ha, 88% of the median. (40 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 587.61 kg/ha | 531 kg/ha | 694.3 kg/ha | 8 |
| 2020s | 723.06 kg/ha | 688.7 kg/ha | 763.2 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near South Sudan
- 88 Mauritania 784.6 kg/ha compare
- 89 Togo 754.1 kg/ha compare
- 90 Eritrea 745.7 kg/ha compare
- 92 Yemen 716.8 kg/ha compare
- 93 Sudan (former) 697.7 kg/ha
- 94 Kazakhstan 697 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for South Sudan
- Rural population, per capita 0.7832 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 17.13 % change on previous year (2015)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1036 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2015)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 111.85 current US$ per person (2015)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0008 units per US$ of GDP (2015)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.66 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population 9.55 million (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 10.4% (2015)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 1.24 billion current US$ (2015)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 10.4% (2015)
Frequently asked questions
- What is groundnuts, excluding shelled — yield in South Sudan?
- Groundnuts, excluding shelled — yield in South Sudan was 739.1 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest groundnuts, excluding shelled — yield recorded in South Sudan?
- The highest recorded value was 763.2 kg/ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest groundnuts, excluding shelled — yield recorded in South Sudan?
- The lowest recorded value was 531 kg/ha in 2013.
- How does South Sudan rank for groundnuts, excluding shelled — yield?
- South Sudan ranks 91st out of 112 countries with data for 2024.
- Is groundnuts, excluding shelled — yield rising or falling in South Sudan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 28.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this South Sudan 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.