Locust beans (carobs) — Yield in Israel
Israel: Locust beans (carobs) — Yield was 252.7 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Locust beans (carobs) — Yield in Israel, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Israel recorded 252.7 kg/ha for locust beans (carobs) — yield in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.2% on the previous year and down 5.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, locust beans (carobs) — yield in Israel peaked at 1,281 kg/ha in 1972 and was at its lowest, 120 kg/ha, in 2006.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Locust beans (carobs) — Yield in Israel, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 736.8 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 750 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1963 | 750 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 750 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 761.9 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1966 | 740.7 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 1967 | 750 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1968 | 875 kg/ha | +16.7% |
| 1969 | 1,047 kg/ha | +19.6% |
| 1970 | 968.8 kg/ha | -7.5% |
| 1971 | 1,094 kg/ha | +12.9% |
| 1972 | 1,281 kg/ha | +17.1% |
| 1973 | 1,156 kg/ha | -9.8% |
| 1974 | 1,188 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1975 | 1,094 kg/ha | -7.9% |
| 1976 | 1,062 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 1977 | 400 kg/ha | -62.4% |
| 1978 | 800 kg/ha | +100.0% |
| 1979 | 175 kg/ha | -78.1% |
| 1980 | 400 kg/ha | +128.6% |
| 1981 | 450 kg/ha | +12.5% |
| 1982 | 500 kg/ha | +11.1% |
| 1983 | 500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 350 kg/ha | -30.0% |
| 1985 | 250 kg/ha | -28.6% |
| 1986 | 333.3 kg/ha | +33.3% |
| 1987 | 433.3 kg/ha | +30.0% |
| 1988 | 300 kg/ha | -30.8% |
| 1989 | 133.3 kg/ha | -55.6% |
| 1990 | 133.3 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 133.3 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 126.7 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 1993 | 127.9 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1994 | 129 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1995 | 130.2 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1996 | 131.4 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1997 | 132.6 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1998 | 133.3 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1999 | 133.3 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 133.3 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 133.3 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 138.8 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 2003 | 140.4 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2004 | 143.5 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2005 | 133.3 kg/ha | -7.1% |
| 2006 | 120 kg/ha | -10.0% |
| 2007 | 120 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 137.9 kg/ha | +14.9% |
| 2009 | 167.7 kg/ha | +21.6% |
| 2010 | 186.2 kg/ha | +11.0% |
| 2011 | 206.7 kg/ha | +11.0% |
| 2012 | 253.3 kg/ha | +22.5% |
| 2013 | 245.2 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 2014 | 266.7 kg/ha | +8.8% |
| 2015 | 256.4 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 2016 | 256 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2017 | 248 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 2018 | 253.5 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2019 | 260.7 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 2020 | 261 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2021 | 251.3 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 2022 | 252.6 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2023 | 253.2 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 252.7 kg/ha | -0.2% |
Israel compared with similar countries
- Israel's 252.7 kg/ha is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 2,058 kg/ha, 12% of the median. (6 countries reporting)
- Israel's 252.7 kg/ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 2,561 kg/ha, 10% of the median. (8 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Locust beans (carobs) — Yield in Israel 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 | +128.6% | 175 kg/ha | 400 kg/ha |
| 1978 | +100.0% | 400 kg/ha | 800 kg/ha |
| 1979 | -78.1% | 800 kg/ha | 175 kg/ha |
| 1977 | -62.4% | 1,062 kg/ha | 400 kg/ha |
| 1989 | -55.6% | 300 kg/ha | 133.3 kg/ha |
| 1986 | +33.3% | 250 kg/ha | 333.3 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 795.7 kg/ha | 736.8 kg/ha | 1,047 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 921.9 kg/ha | 175 kg/ha | 1,281 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 364.99 kg/ha | 133.3 kg/ha | 500 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 131.1 kg/ha | 126.7 kg/ha | 133.3 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 136.82 kg/ha | 120 kg/ha | 167.7 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 243.27 kg/ha | 186.2 kg/ha | 266.7 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 254.16 kg/ha | 251.3 kg/ha | 261 kg/ha | 5 |
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- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0129 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is locust beans (carobs) — yield in Israel?
- Locust beans (carobs) — yield in Israel was 252.7 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest locust beans (carobs) — yield recorded in Israel?
- The highest recorded value was 1,281 kg/ha in 1972.
- What is the lowest locust beans (carobs) — yield recorded in Israel?
- The lowest recorded value was 120 kg/ha in 2006.
- How does Israel rank for locust beans (carobs) — yield?
- Israel ranks 14th out of 14 countries with data for 2024.
- Is locust beans (carobs) — yield rising or falling in Israel?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Israel 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.