Locust beans (carobs) — Yield in Western Asia
Western Asia: Locust beans (carobs) — Yield was 6,942 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Locust beans (carobs) — Yield in Western Asia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, locust beans (carobs) — yield in Western Asia stood at 6,942 kg/ha.
The figure is down 5.8% on the previous year and down 0.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, locust beans (carobs) — yield in Western Asia peaked at 8,196 kg/ha in 2010 and was at its lowest, 923.6 kg/ha, in 1974.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Locust beans (carobs) — Yield in Western Asia, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,696 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 2,082 kg/ha | +22.7% |
| 1963 | 2,538 kg/ha | +21.9% |
| 1964 | 1,597 kg/ha | -37.1% |
| 1965 | 1,674 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 1966 | 2,198 kg/ha | +31.3% |
| 1967 | 1,988 kg/ha | -9.5% |
| 1968 | 2,195 kg/ha | +10.4% |
| 1969 | 1,614 kg/ha | -26.4% |
| 1970 | 1,816 kg/ha | +12.5% |
| 1971 | 1,353 kg/ha | -25.5% |
| 1972 | 1,709 kg/ha | +26.3% |
| 1973 | 1,026 kg/ha | -39.9% |
| 1974 | 923.6 kg/ha | -10.0% |
| 1975 | 1,473 kg/ha | +59.5% |
| 1976 | 1,923 kg/ha | +30.6% |
| 1977 | 1,647 kg/ha | -14.4% |
| 1978 | 2,652 kg/ha | +61.0% |
| 1979 | 2,365 kg/ha | -10.8% |
| 1980 | 2,156 kg/ha | -8.9% |
| 1981 | 2,921 kg/ha | +35.5% |
| 1982 | 1,982 kg/ha | -32.2% |
| 1983 | 2,025 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1984 | 1,748 kg/ha | -13.6% |
| 1985 | 1,977 kg/ha | +13.1% |
| 1986 | 4,169 kg/ha | +110.9% |
| 1987 | 2,306 kg/ha | -44.7% |
| 1988 | 3,377 kg/ha | +46.5% |
| 1989 | 2,377 kg/ha | -29.6% |
| 1990 | 2,841 kg/ha | +19.5% |
| 1991 | 2,460 kg/ha | -13.4% |
| 1992 | 2,378 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 1993 | 5,881 kg/ha | +147.4% |
| 1994 | 4,164 kg/ha | -29.2% |
| 1995 | 4,582 kg/ha | +10.0% |
| 1996 | 5,526 kg/ha | +20.6% |
| 1997 | 4,671 kg/ha | -15.5% |
| 1998 | 5,349 kg/ha | +14.5% |
| 1999 | 5,609 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 2000 | 5,477 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 2001 | 4,523 kg/ha | -17.4% |
| 2002 | 5,492 kg/ha | +21.4% |
| 2003 | 6,395 kg/ha | +16.5% |
| 2004 | 5,707 kg/ha | -10.8% |
| 2005 | 5,378 kg/ha | -5.8% |
| 2006 | 5,117 kg/ha | -4.9% |
| 2007 | 5,696 kg/ha | +11.3% |
| 2008 | 7,316 kg/ha | +28.4% |
| 2009 | 4,978 kg/ha | -32.0% |
| 2010 | 8,196 kg/ha | +64.6% |
| 2011 | 7,239 kg/ha | -11.7% |
| 2012 | 6,469 kg/ha | -10.6% |
| 2013 | 6,670 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 2014 | 6,981 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 2015 | 6,741 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 2016 | 7,078 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 2017 | 7,528 kg/ha | +6.4% |
| 2018 | 7,577 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2019 | 7,684 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2020 | 8,026 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 2021 | 8,136 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2022 | 7,983 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 2023 | 7,370 kg/ha | -7.7% |
| 2024 | 6,942 kg/ha | -5.8% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Locust beans (carobs) — Yield in Western Asia 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | +147.4% | 2,378 kg/ha | 5,881 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,954 kg/ha | 1,597 kg/ha | 2,538 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,689 kg/ha | 923.6 kg/ha | 2,652 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,504 kg/ha | 1,748 kg/ha | 4,169 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 4,346 kg/ha | 2,378 kg/ha | 5,881 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 5,608 kg/ha | 4,523 kg/ha | 7,316 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 7,216 kg/ha | 6,469 kg/ha | 8,196 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 7,691 kg/ha | 6,942 kg/ha | 8,136 kg/ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is locust beans (carobs) — yield in Western Asia?
- Locust beans (carobs) — yield in Western Asia was 6,942 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest locust beans (carobs) — yield recorded in Western Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 8,196 kg/ha in 2010.
- What is the lowest locust beans (carobs) — yield recorded in Western Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 923.6 kg/ha in 1974.
- How does Western Asia rank for locust beans (carobs) — yield?
- Western Asia ranks 1st out of 11 groups with data for 2024.
- Is locust beans (carobs) — yield rising or falling in Western Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Western Asia 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.