Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Yield in Uganda
Uganda: Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Yield was 454.5 kg/ha in 2024. ▬ Flat
Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Yield in Uganda, 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 Uganda is 454.5 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 32.1% on the previous year and down 35.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, groundnuts, excluding shelled — yield in Uganda peaked at 1,018 kg/ha in 2003 and was at its lowest, 386.4 kg/ha, in 2021.
That places Uganda 106th out of 112 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Yield in Uganda, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 500 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 533.3 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 1963 | 524 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1964 | 512 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1965 | 500 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1966 | 535.7 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 1967 | 588.4 kg/ha | +9.8% |
| 1968 | 701.2 kg/ha | +19.2% |
| 1969 | 857.1 kg/ha | +22.2% |
| 1970 | 976 kg/ha | +13.9% |
| 1971 | 860.2 kg/ha | -11.9% |
| 1972 | 803.8 kg/ha | -6.6% |
| 1973 | 955.9 kg/ha | +18.9% |
| 1974 | 746.5 kg/ha | -21.9% |
| 1975 | 800 kg/ha | +7.2% |
| 1976 | 829.2 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 1977 | 824.5 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1978 | 800 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 1979 | 655.7 kg/ha | -18.0% |
| 1980 | 736.8 kg/ha | +12.4% |
| 1981 | 818.2 kg/ha | +11.0% |
| 1982 | 750 kg/ha | -8.3% |
| 1983 | 798.4 kg/ha | +6.5% |
| 1984 | 689.2 kg/ha | -13.7% |
| 1985 | 678.8 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1986 | 666.7 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1987 | 824.3 kg/ha | +23.6% |
| 1988 | 748.6 kg/ha | -9.2% |
| 1989 | 770 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1990 | 849.5 kg/ha | +10.3% |
| 1991 | 800 kg/ha | -5.8% |
| 1992 | 798.9 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1993 | 818.2 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1994 | 751.3 kg/ha | -8.2% |
| 1995 | 750 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1996 | 641 kg/ha | -14.5% |
| 1997 | 680.2 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 1998 | 700 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1999 | 699 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2000 | 698.5 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2001 | 701.9 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2002 | 701.4 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2003 | 1,018 kg/ha | +45.2% |
| 2004 | 1,000 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 2005 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 820.1 kg/ha | -18.0% |
| 2009 | 699.1 kg/ha | -14.8% |
| 2010 | 699.9 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 799.5 kg/ha | +14.2% |
| 2012 | 700.7 kg/ha | -12.4% |
| 2013 | 699.8 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2014 | 700 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 691.3 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2016 | 649.7 kg/ha | -6.0% |
| 2017 | 699.5 kg/ha | +7.7% |
| 2018 | 675.7 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 2019 | 415.6 kg/ha | -38.5% |
| 2020 | 554.5 kg/ha | +33.4% |
| 2021 | 386.4 kg/ha | -30.3% |
| 2022 | 500.4 kg/ha | +29.5% |
| 2023 | 669.7 kg/ha | +33.8% |
| 2024 | 454.5 kg/ha | -32.1% |
Uganda compared with similar countries
- Uganda's 454.5 kg/ha is below the median for low income countries, which is 820.1 kg/ha, 55% of the median. (21 countries reporting)
- Uganda's 454.5 kg/ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 835.95 kg/ha, 54% of the median. (40 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 583.52 kg/ha | 500 kg/ha | 857.1 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 825.18 kg/ha | 655.7 kg/ha | 976 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 748.1 kg/ha | 666.7 kg/ha | 824.3 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 748.81 kg/ha | 641 kg/ha | 849.5 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 863.95 kg/ha | 698.5 kg/ha | 1,018 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 673.17 kg/ha | 415.6 kg/ha | 799.5 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 513.1 kg/ha | 386.4 kg/ha | 669.7 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 groundnuts, excluding shelled — yield in Uganda?
- Groundnuts, excluding shelled — yield in Uganda was 454.5 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest groundnuts, excluding shelled — yield recorded in Uganda?
- The highest recorded value was 1,018 kg/ha in 2003.
- What is the lowest groundnuts, excluding shelled — yield recorded in Uganda?
- The lowest recorded value was 386.4 kg/ha in 2021.
- How does Uganda rank for groundnuts, excluding shelled — yield?
- Uganda ranks 106th out of 112 countries with data for 2024.
- Is groundnuts, excluding shelled — yield rising or falling in Uganda?
- Over the last ten years it is down 35.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Uganda 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.