Millet — Yield in Eastern Africa
Eastern Africa: Millet — Yield was 1,410 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Millet — Yield in Eastern Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Eastern Africa recorded 1,410 kg/ha for millet — yield in 2024.
That represents a change of up 9.2% on the previous year and up 21.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, millet — yield in Eastern Africa peaked at 1,462 kg/ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 687.4 kg/ha, in 1961.
Eastern Africa ranks 10th of 26 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Millet — Yield in Eastern Africa, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 687.4 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 714.7 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 1963 | 717.9 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1964 | 700.9 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 1965 | 758 kg/ha | +8.1% |
| 1966 | 738.1 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 1967 | 735 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1968 | 771.1 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 1969 | 821.7 kg/ha | +6.6% |
| 1970 | 892.6 kg/ha | +8.6% |
| 1971 | 730.3 kg/ha | -18.2% |
| 1972 | 779.6 kg/ha | +6.8% |
| 1973 | 787.4 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1974 | 825.9 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 1975 | 950.3 kg/ha | +15.1% |
| 1976 | 952 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1977 | 844.2 kg/ha | -11.3% |
| 1978 | 865.2 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1979 | 917.4 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 1980 | 893.4 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 1981 | 847.7 kg/ha | -5.1% |
| 1982 | 1,016 kg/ha | +19.9% |
| 1983 | 1,097 kg/ha | +8.0% |
| 1984 | 860.3 kg/ha | -21.6% |
| 1985 | 1,124 kg/ha | +30.7% |
| 1986 | 845.2 kg/ha | -24.8% |
| 1987 | 892.6 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 1988 | 990.2 kg/ha | +10.9% |
| 1989 | 981.2 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1990 | 1,025 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 1991 | 955.2 kg/ha | -6.8% |
| 1992 | 932 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 1993 | 823.5 kg/ha | -11.6% |
| 1994 | 866.1 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 1995 | 842.6 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 1996 | 767.1 kg/ha | -9.0% |
| 1997 | 835.5 kg/ha | +8.9% |
| 1998 | 902.2 kg/ha | +8.0% |
| 1999 | 923.2 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 2000 | 863.3 kg/ha | -6.5% |
| 2001 | 946.5 kg/ha | +9.6% |
| 2002 | 878.3 kg/ha | -7.2% |
| 2003 | 876.5 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2004 | 901.7 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2005 | 963.4 kg/ha | +6.8% |
| 2006 | 970.7 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2007 | 984.5 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2008 | 850.5 kg/ha | -13.6% |
| 2009 | 874.6 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 2010 | 988.9 kg/ha | +13.1% |
| 2011 | 1,020 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 2012 | 1,017 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2013 | 1,034 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2014 | 1,164 kg/ha | +12.5% |
| 2015 | 1,262 kg/ha | +8.4% |
| 2016 | 1,206 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 2017 | 1,240 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 2018 | 1,338 kg/ha | +7.9% |
| 2019 | 1,446 kg/ha | +8.1% |
| 2020 | 1,462 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2021 | 1,399 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 2022 | 1,290 kg/ha | -7.8% |
| 2023 | 1,291 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2024 | 1,410 kg/ha | +9.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 738.31 kg/ha | 687.4 kg/ha | 821.7 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 854.49 kg/ha | 730.3 kg/ha | 952 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 954.75 kg/ha | 845.2 kg/ha | 1,124 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 887.26 kg/ha | 767.1 kg/ha | 1,025 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 911 kg/ha | 850.5 kg/ha | 984.5 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,171 kg/ha | 988.9 kg/ha | 1,446 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,370 kg/ha | 1,290 kg/ha | 1,462 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Eastern Africa
- 7 Tajikistan 2,896 kg/ha compare
- 7 United Republic of Tanzania 1,083 kg/ha compare
- 8 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 1,064 kg/ha compare
- 8 Uzbekistan 2,839 kg/ha compare
- 9 Ethiopia 2,472 kg/ha compare
- 9 Republic of Moldova 1,050 kg/ha compare
- 10 Switzerland 2,340 kg/ha compare
- 11 Democratic Republic of the Congo 669.9 kg/ha compare
- 11 Serbia and Montenegro 2,308 kg/ha compare
- 12 Spain 2,305 kg/ha compare
- 13 Greece 2,236 kg/ha compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is millet — yield in Eastern Africa?
- Millet — yield in Eastern Africa was 1,410 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest millet — yield recorded in Eastern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 1,462 kg/ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest millet — yield recorded in Eastern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 687.4 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Eastern Africa rank for millet — yield?
- Eastern Africa ranks 10th out of 26 groups with data for 2024.
- Is millet — yield rising or falling in Eastern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 21.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Eastern 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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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.