Millet — Yield in Afghanistan
Afghanistan: Millet — Yield was 1,460 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Millet — Yield in Afghanistan, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for millet — yield in Afghanistan is 1,460 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 1.7% on the previous year and down 41.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, millet — yield in Afghanistan peaked at 3,000 kg/ha in 2010 and was at its lowest, 800 kg/ha, in 1975.
Afghanistan ranks 26th of 86 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Millet — Yield in Afghanistan, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 808.5 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 816.3 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1963 | 823.5 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1964 | 830.2 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1965 | 836.4 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1966 | 842.1 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1967 | 847.5 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1968 | 881.4 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 1969 | 857.1 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 1970 | 848.5 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1971 | 828.6 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1972 | 833.3 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1973 | 810.8 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 1974 | 815.8 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1975 | 800 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 1976 | 952.4 kg/ha | +19.0% |
| 1977 | 814 kg/ha | -14.5% |
| 1978 | 857.1 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 1979 | 860.8 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1980 | 860.8 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 864.9 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1982 | 857.1 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1983 | 857.1 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 875 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1985 | 871 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1986 | 862.1 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1987 | 862.1 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 862.1 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 862.1 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 866.7 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1991 | 830.1 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 1992 | 800 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 1993 | 810 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1994 | 814.8 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1995 | 822 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1996 | 821.7 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1997 | 822.8 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1998 | 823.8 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1999 | 827 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2000 | 814.8 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2001 | 814.8 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 800 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 2003 | 862.9 kg/ha | +7.9% |
| 2004 | 894.7 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 2005 | 814.8 kg/ha | -8.9% |
| 2006 | 1,000 kg/ha | +22.7% |
| 2007 | 1,667 kg/ha | +66.7% |
| 2008 | 1,833 kg/ha | +10.0% |
| 2009 | 1,900 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 2010 | 3,000 kg/ha | +57.9% |
| 2011 | 3,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 3,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 2,600 kg/ha | -13.3% |
| 2014 | 2,485 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 2015 | 2,320 kg/ha | -6.6% |
| 2016 | 2,227 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 2017 | 1,628 kg/ha | -26.9% |
| 2018 | 1,815 kg/ha | +11.5% |
| 2019 | 1,937 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 2020 | 1,319 kg/ha | -31.9% |
| 2021 | 1,583 kg/ha | +20.1% |
| 2022 | 1,577 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2023 | 1,486 kg/ha | -5.8% |
| 2024 | 1,460 kg/ha | -1.7% |
Afghanistan compared with similar countries
- Afghanistan's 1,460 kg/ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 848.5 kg/ha, 1.7× the median. (19 countries reporting)
- Afghanistan's 1,460 kg/ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 1,305 kg/ha, 1.1× the median. (8 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Millet — Yield in Afghanistan 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | +66.7% | 1,000 kg/ha | 1,667 kg/ha |
| 2010 | +57.9% | 1,900 kg/ha | 3,000 kg/ha |
| 2020 | -31.9% | 1,937 kg/ha | 1,319 kg/ha |
| 2017 | -26.9% | 2,227 kg/ha | 1,628 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 838.11 kg/ha | 808.5 kg/ha | 881.4 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 842.13 kg/ha | 800 kg/ha | 952.4 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 863.43 kg/ha | 857.1 kg/ha | 875 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 823.89 kg/ha | 800 kg/ha | 866.7 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,140 kg/ha | 800 kg/ha | 1,900 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,401 kg/ha | 1,628 kg/ha | 3,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,485 kg/ha | 1,319 kg/ha | 1,583 kg/ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Afghanistan
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 2.31 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.3429 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 142.96 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 2.47 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0018 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Rural population, per capita 0.7406 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 34.3% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 34.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 21.0% (2019)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.8% (2019)
Frequently asked questions
- What is millet — yield in Afghanistan?
- Millet — yield in Afghanistan was 1,460 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest millet — yield recorded in Afghanistan?
- The highest recorded value was 3,000 kg/ha in 2010.
- What is the lowest millet — yield recorded in Afghanistan?
- The lowest recorded value was 800 kg/ha in 1975.
- How does Afghanistan rank for millet — yield?
- Afghanistan ranks 26th out of 86 countries with data for 2024.
- Is millet — yield rising or falling in Afghanistan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 41.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Afghanistan data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Millet — 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.