Locust beans (carobs) — Yield in Africa
Africa: Locust beans (carobs) — Yield was 2,275 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Locust beans (carobs) — Yield in Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, locust beans (carobs) — yield in Africa stood at 2,275 kg/ha.
That represents a change of up 0.1% on the previous year and down 0.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, locust beans (carobs) — yield in Africa peaked at 34,235 kg/ha in 1982 and was at its lowest, 1,699 kg/ha, in 1989.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Locust beans (carobs) — Yield in Africa, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 3,541 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 3,889 kg/ha | +9.8% |
| 1963 | 4,222 kg/ha | +8.6% |
| 1964 | 4,056 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 1965 | 4,036 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1966 | 5,376 kg/ha | +33.2% |
| 1967 | 4,012 kg/ha | -25.4% |
| 1968 | 4,128 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1969 | 4,929 kg/ha | +19.4% |
| 1970 | 5,386 kg/ha | +9.3% |
| 1971 | 4,546 kg/ha | -15.6% |
| 1972 | 5,396 kg/ha | +18.7% |
| 1973 | 6,072 kg/ha | +12.5% |
| 1974 | 4,948 kg/ha | -18.5% |
| 1975 | 5,248 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 1976 | 6,800 kg/ha | +29.6% |
| 1977 | 7,514 kg/ha | +10.5% |
| 1978 | 8,523 kg/ha | +13.4% |
| 1979 | 9,209 kg/ha | +8.0% |
| 1980 | 27,456 kg/ha | +198.2% |
| 1981 | 32,992 kg/ha | +20.2% |
| 1982 | 34,235 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 1983 | 30,688 kg/ha | -10.4% |
| 1984 | 27,374 kg/ha | -10.8% |
| 1985 | 2,033 kg/ha | -92.6% |
| 1986 | 2,301 kg/ha | +13.2% |
| 1987 | 2,040 kg/ha | -11.4% |
| 1988 | 2,317 kg/ha | +13.6% |
| 1989 | 1,699 kg/ha | -26.7% |
| 1990 | 2,299 kg/ha | +35.3% |
| 1991 | 1,925 kg/ha | -16.3% |
| 1992 | 2,103 kg/ha | +9.3% |
| 1993 | 2,092 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1994 | 2,019 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 1995 | 2,092 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 1996 | 2,184 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 1997 | 2,059 kg/ha | -5.7% |
| 1998 | 2,166 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 1999 | 2,202 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2000 | 2,190 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2001 | 2,243 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 2002 | 2,249 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2003 | 2,198 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 2004 | 2,221 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2005 | 2,147 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 2006 | 2,219 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 2007 | 2,266 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 2008 | 2,205 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 2009 | 2,222 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2010 | 2,157 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 2011 | 2,203 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 2012 | 2,229 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2013 | 2,234 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2014 | 2,284 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2015 | 2,365 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 2016 | 2,244 kg/ha | -5.1% |
| 2017 | 2,309 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2018 | 2,218 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 2019 | 2,286 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 2020 | 2,264 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2021 | 2,262 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2022 | 2,271 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2023 | 2,272 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 2,275 kg/ha | +0.1% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Locust beans (carobs) — Yield in 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | +198.2% | 9,209 kg/ha | 27,456 kg/ha |
| 1985 | -92.6% | 27,374 kg/ha | 2,033 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4,243 kg/ha | 3,541 kg/ha | 5,376 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 6,364 kg/ha | 4,546 kg/ha | 9,209 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 16,313 kg/ha | 1,699 kg/ha | 34,235 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,114 kg/ha | 1,925 kg/ha | 2,299 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,216 kg/ha | 2,147 kg/ha | 2,266 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,253 kg/ha | 2,157 kg/ha | 2,365 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,269 kg/ha | 2,262 kg/ha | 2,275 kg/ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is locust beans (carobs) — yield in Africa?
- Locust beans (carobs) — yield in Africa was 2,275 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest locust beans (carobs) — yield recorded in Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 34,235 kg/ha in 1982.
- What is the lowest locust beans (carobs) — yield recorded in Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,699 kg/ha in 1989.
- How does Africa rank for locust beans (carobs) — yield?
- Africa ranks 7th out of 11 groups with data for 2024.
- Is locust beans (carobs) — yield rising or falling in Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Africa data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Locust beans (carobs) — 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.