Locust beans (carobs) — Yield in Portugal
Portugal: Locust beans (carobs) — Yield was 3,122 kg/ha in 2017. ▲ Rising
Locust beans (carobs) — Yield in Portugal, 1985–2017
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2017, locust beans (carobs) — yield in Portugal stood at 3,122 kg/ha.
The figure is up 4.1% on the previous year and up 43.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, locust beans (carobs) — yield in Portugal peaked at 4,674 kg/ha in 2014 and was at its lowest, 1,301 kg/ha, in 2006.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 33 years of available data.
Locust beans (carobs) — Yield in Portugal, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 2,198 kg/ha | — |
| 1986 | 2,198 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 2,198 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 2,198 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 2,198 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 2,588 kg/ha | +17.7% |
| 1991 | 2,740 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 1992 | 2,749 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1993 | 2,758 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1994 | 2,767 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1995 | 2,776 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1996 | 2,785 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1997 | 2,763 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1998 | 2,768 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1999 | 3,000 kg/ha | +8.4% |
| 2000 | 3,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 3,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 3,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 2,460 kg/ha | -18.0% |
| 2004 | 2,164 kg/ha | -12.0% |
| 2005 | 3,428 kg/ha | +58.4% |
| 2006 | 1,301 kg/ha | -62.0% |
| 2007 | 2,176 kg/ha | +67.2% |
| 2008 | 4,242 kg/ha | +95.0% |
| 2009 | 2,970 kg/ha | -30.0% |
| 2010 | 2,923 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2011 | 3,502 kg/ha | +19.8% |
| 2012 | 2,280 kg/ha | -34.9% |
| 2013 | 3,116 kg/ha | +36.7% |
| 2014 | 4,674 kg/ha | +50.0% |
| 2015 | 2,473 kg/ha | -47.1% |
| 2016 | 3,000 kg/ha | +21.3% |
| 2017 | 3,122 kg/ha | +4.1% |
Portugal compared with similar countries
- Portugal's 3,122 kg/ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 3,122 kg/ha, 1.0× the median. (7 countries reporting)
- Portugal's 3,122 kg/ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 2,561 kg/ha, 1.2× the median. (8 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Locust beans (carobs) — Yield in Portugal 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 | +95.0% | 2,176 kg/ha | 4,242 kg/ha |
| 2007 | +67.2% | 1,301 kg/ha | 2,176 kg/ha |
| 2006 | -62.0% | 3,428 kg/ha | 1,301 kg/ha |
| 2005 | +58.4% | 2,164 kg/ha | 3,428 kg/ha |
| 2014 | +50.0% | 3,116 kg/ha | 4,674 kg/ha |
| 2015 | -47.1% | 4,674 kg/ha | 2,473 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 2,198 kg/ha | 2,198 kg/ha | 2,198 kg/ha | 5 |
| 1990s | 2,769 kg/ha | 2,588 kg/ha | 3,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,774 kg/ha | 1,301 kg/ha | 4,242 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,136 kg/ha | 2,280 kg/ha | 4,674 kg/ha | 8 |
Countries ranked near Portugal
More agriculture & rural data for Portugal
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 7.28 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0196 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 628.85 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.5936 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.385 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.0% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.9% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.4% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is locust beans (carobs) — yield in Portugal?
- Locust beans (carobs) — yield in Portugal was 3,122 kg/ha in 2017, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest locust beans (carobs) — yield recorded in Portugal?
- The highest recorded value was 4,674 kg/ha in 2014.
- What is the lowest locust beans (carobs) — yield recorded in Portugal?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,301 kg/ha in 2006.
- How does Portugal rank for locust beans (carobs) — yield?
- Portugal ranks 7th out of 14 countries with data for 2017.
- Is locust beans (carobs) — yield rising or falling in Portugal?
- Over the last ten years it is up 43.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Portugal 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.