Millet — Yield in Africa
Africa: Millet — Yield was 694 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Millet — Yield in Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Africa recorded 694 kg/ha for millet — yield in 2024.
That represents a change of up 5.8% on the previous year and up 7.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, millet — yield in Africa peaked at 893.9 kg/ha in 2008 and was at its lowest, 504.6 kg/ha, in 2011.
That places Africa 25th out of 31 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 580.94 kg/ha | 514.9 kg/ha | 622.7 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 612.98 kg/ha | 552.2 kg/ha | 689.4 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 690.02 kg/ha | 601.2 kg/ha | 777.8 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 650.25 kg/ha | 591.3 kg/ha | 683.6 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 763.19 kg/ha | 649.1 kg/ha | 893.9 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 668.13 kg/ha | 504.6 kg/ha | 758.1 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 689.6 kg/ha | 632.1 kg/ha | 751.5 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Africa
- 22 Bulgaria 1,802 kg/ha compare
- 23 Kyrgyzstan 1,778 kg/ha compare
- 24 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 1,736 kg/ha compare
- 25 Portugal 1,724 kg/ha compare
- 26 Ukraine 1,694 kg/ha compare
- 27 Belarus 1,666 kg/ha compare
- 28 China, Taiwan Province of 1,598 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Africa
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight 50 kg/An (2024)
- Tomatoes — Area harvested 1.67 million ha (2024)
- Bananas — Production 31.26 million t (2024)
- Bananas — Area harvested 2.29 million ha (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 706,446 t (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested 613,627 ha (2024)
- Swine / pigs — Stocks 55.77 million An (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Producing 47.50 million An (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production 2.37 million t (2024)
- Tomatoes — Production 26.38 million t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is millet — yield in Africa?
- Millet — yield in Africa was 694 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest millet — yield recorded in Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 893.9 kg/ha in 2008.
- What is the lowest millet — yield recorded in Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 504.6 kg/ha in 2011.
- How does Africa rank for millet — yield?
- Africa ranks 25th out of 31 groups with data for 2024.
- Is millet — yield rising or falling in Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Africa 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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About this data
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.