Millet — Yield in Uganda
Uganda: Millet — Yield was 1,358 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Millet — Yield in Uganda, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, millet — yield in Uganda stood at 1,358 kg/ha.
The figure is up 2.7% on the previous year and up 0.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, millet — yield in Uganda peaked at 1,675 kg/ha in 2007 and was at its lowest, 809.2 kg/ha, in 1961.
Uganda ranks 30th of 86 countries 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 Uganda, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 809.2 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 811.3 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1963 | 814.4 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1964 | 812.9 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1965 | 900.1 kg/ha | +10.7% |
| 1966 | 907.3 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1967 | 937.1 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1968 | 998.4 kg/ha | +6.5% |
| 1969 | 1,146 kg/ha | +14.8% |
| 1970 | 1,345 kg/ha | +17.4% |
| 1971 | 907.8 kg/ha | -32.5% |
| 1972 | 1,195 kg/ha | +31.7% |
| 1973 | 1,011 kg/ha | -15.4% |
| 1974 | 1,159 kg/ha | +14.6% |
| 1975 | 1,408 kg/ha | +21.5% |
| 1976 | 1,156 kg/ha | -17.9% |
| 1977 | 1,096 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 1978 | 1,100 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1979 | 1,537 kg/ha | +39.7% |
| 1980 | 1,645 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 1981 | 1,600 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 1982 | 1,215 kg/ha | -24.0% |
| 1983 | 1,598 kg/ha | +31.5% |
| 1984 | 1,000 kg/ha | -37.4% |
| 1985 | 1,600 kg/ha | +60.0% |
| 1986 | 1,250 kg/ha | -21.9% |
| 1987 | 1,599 kg/ha | +27.9% |
| 1988 | 1,558 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 1989 | 1,599 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1990 | 1,501 kg/ha | -6.1% |
| 1991 | 1,500 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1992 | 1,601 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 1993 | 1,510 kg/ha | -5.7% |
| 1994 | 1,481 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 1995 | 1,600 kg/ha | +8.1% |
| 1996 | 1,100 kg/ha | -31.2% |
| 1997 | 1,271 kg/ha | +15.5% |
| 1998 | 1,601 kg/ha | +26.0% |
| 1999 | 1,612 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2000 | 1,391 kg/ha | -13.7% |
| 2001 | 1,501 kg/ha | +8.0% |
| 2002 | 1,490 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2003 | 1,600 kg/ha | +7.4% |
| 2004 | 1,600 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2005 | 1,600 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 1,601 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2007 | 1,675 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 2008 | 1,375 kg/ha | -17.9% |
| 2009 | 1,302 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 2010 | 1,605 kg/ha | +23.2% |
| 2011 | 1,493 kg/ha | -7.0% |
| 2012 | 1,397 kg/ha | -6.4% |
| 2013 | 1,300 kg/ha | -6.9% |
| 2014 | 1,351 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 2015 | 1,350 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2016 | 1,401 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 2017 | 1,426 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2018 | 1,430 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 1,403 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 2020 | 1,393 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2021 | 1,383 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2022 | 1,373 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2023 | 1,322 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 2024 | 1,358 kg/ha | +2.7% |
Uganda compared with similar countries
- Uganda's 1,358 kg/ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 848.5 kg/ha, 1.6× the median. (19 countries reporting)
- Uganda's 1,358 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 815.8 kg/ha, 1.7× the median. (33 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Millet — Yield in Uganda 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | +60.0% | 1,000 kg/ha | 1,600 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 904.1 kg/ha | 809.2 kg/ha | 1,146 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,192 kg/ha | 907.8 kg/ha | 1,537 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,466 kg/ha | 1,000 kg/ha | 1,645 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,478 kg/ha | 1,100 kg/ha | 1,612 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,513 kg/ha | 1,302 kg/ha | 1,675 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,416 kg/ha | 1,300 kg/ha | 1,605 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,366 kg/ha | 1,322 kg/ha | 1,393 kg/ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Uganda
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 22.05 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2613 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 315.24 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.75 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0006 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6806 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 26.1% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 26.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.4% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.2% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is millet — yield in Uganda?
- Millet — yield in Uganda was 1,358 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest millet — yield recorded in Uganda?
- The highest recorded value was 1,675 kg/ha in 2007.
- What is the lowest millet — yield recorded in Uganda?
- The lowest recorded value was 809.2 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Uganda rank for millet — yield?
- Uganda ranks 30th out of 86 countries with data for 2024.
- Is millet — yield rising or falling in Uganda?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Uganda 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.