Linseed — Yield in Eastern Africa
Eastern Africa: Linseed — Yield was 1,007 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Linseed — Yield in Eastern Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Eastern Africa recorded 1,007 kg/ha for linseed — yield in 2024.
That represents a change of up 2.5% on the previous year and up 0.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, linseed — yield in Eastern Africa peaked at 1,149 kg/ha in 2018 and was at its lowest, 350.1 kg/ha, in 1974.
Eastern Africa ranks 13th of 23 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Linseed — Yield in Eastern Africa, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 502.2 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 503.5 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1963 | 501.1 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1964 | 500.6 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1965 | 501.1 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1966 | 501.1 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 501.1 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 505.8 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1969 | 512.1 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1970 | 518.5 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1971 | 527.1 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1972 | 536.1 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1973 | 371.6 kg/ha | -30.7% |
| 1974 | 350.1 kg/ha | -5.8% |
| 1975 | 351.3 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1976 | 375.7 kg/ha | +6.9% |
| 1977 | 422.6 kg/ha | +12.5% |
| 1978 | 481.3 kg/ha | +13.9% |
| 1979 | 498.8 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 1980 | 483.3 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 1981 | 429.6 kg/ha | -11.1% |
| 1982 | 484.5 kg/ha | +12.8% |
| 1983 | 382.1 kg/ha | -21.1% |
| 1984 | 409.6 kg/ha | +7.2% |
| 1985 | 359.2 kg/ha | -12.3% |
| 1986 | 474.9 kg/ha | +32.2% |
| 1987 | 420.1 kg/ha | -11.5% |
| 1988 | 430.6 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1989 | 386.8 kg/ha | -10.2% |
| 1990 | 494.2 kg/ha | +27.8% |
| 1991 | 467.4 kg/ha | -5.4% |
| 1992 | 473 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1993 | 452.9 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 1994 | 496.7 kg/ha | +9.7% |
| 1995 | 502.2 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1996 | 680.6 kg/ha | +35.5% |
| 1997 | 489.8 kg/ha | -28.0% |
| 1998 | 455 kg/ha | -7.1% |
| 1999 | 389.8 kg/ha | -14.3% |
| 2000 | 435.4 kg/ha | +11.7% |
| 2001 | 495.6 kg/ha | +13.8% |
| 2002 | 516.4 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 2003 | 542.4 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 2004 | 542.5 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 606.5 kg/ha | +11.8% |
| 2006 | 586.5 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 2007 | 622.6 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 2008 | 1,115 kg/ha | +79.0% |
| 2009 | 1,062 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 2010 | 882.2 kg/ha | -16.9% |
| 2011 | 964.1 kg/ha | +9.3% |
| 2012 | 951.3 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 2013 | 916.7 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 2014 | 1,005 kg/ha | +9.6% |
| 2015 | 1,136 kg/ha | +13.0% |
| 2016 | 1,087 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 2017 | 1,109 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2018 | 1,149 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 2019 | 1,144 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2020 | 1,014 kg/ha | -11.3% |
| 2021 | 1,015 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2022 | 911.6 kg/ha | -10.2% |
| 2023 | 983.3 kg/ha | +7.9% |
| 2024 | 1,007 kg/ha | +2.5% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Linseed — Yield in Eastern Africa 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | +79.0% | 622.6 kg/ha | 1,115 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 503.18 kg/ha | 500.6 kg/ha | 512.1 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 443.31 kg/ha | 350.1 kg/ha | 536.1 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 426.07 kg/ha | 359.2 kg/ha | 484.5 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 490.16 kg/ha | 389.8 kg/ha | 680.6 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 652.41 kg/ha | 435.4 kg/ha | 1,115 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,034 kg/ha | 882.2 kg/ha | 1,149 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 986.38 kg/ha | 911.6 kg/ha | 1,015 kg/ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is linseed — yield in Eastern Africa?
- Linseed — yield in Eastern Africa was 1,007 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest linseed — yield recorded in Eastern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 1,149 kg/ha in 2018.
- What is the lowest linseed — yield recorded in Eastern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 350.1 kg/ha in 1974.
- How does Eastern Africa rank for linseed — yield?
- Eastern Africa ranks 13th out of 23 groups with data for 2024.
- Is linseed — yield rising or falling in Eastern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.2%. 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 Linseed — 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.