Natural rubber in primary forms — Yield in Africa
Africa: Natural rubber in primary forms — Yield was 1,289 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Natural rubber in primary forms — Yield in Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, natural rubber in primary forms — yield in Africa stood at 1,289 kg/ha.
The figure is down 0.1% on the previous year and up 30.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, natural rubber in primary forms — yield in Africa peaked at 1,291 kg/ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 489 kg/ha, in 1961.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Natural rubber in primary forms — Yield in Africa, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 489 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 515.8 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 1963 | 537.6 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 1964 | 553.2 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1965 | 530.7 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 1966 | 551 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 1967 | 575.7 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 1968 | 610.9 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 1969 | 644.7 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 1970 | 663.4 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1971 | 658.7 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1972 | 663 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1973 | 689.1 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 1974 | 722.2 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 1975 | 691 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 1976 | 739.5 kg/ha | +7.0% |
| 1977 | 747.3 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1978 | 715.7 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 1979 | 685 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 1980 | 659.9 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 1981 | 718.5 kg/ha | +8.9% |
| 1982 | 658.7 kg/ha | -8.3% |
| 1983 | 703.1 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 1984 | 764.5 kg/ha | +8.7% |
| 1985 | 800.7 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 1986 | 824.4 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 1987 | 874.9 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 1988 | 827.9 kg/ha | -5.4% |
| 1989 | 773.4 kg/ha | -6.6% |
| 1990 | 774.4 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1991 | 711.3 kg/ha | -8.1% |
| 1992 | 666.7 kg/ha | -6.3% |
| 1993 | 680.8 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1994 | 564.2 kg/ha | -17.1% |
| 1995 | 601.6 kg/ha | +6.6% |
| 1996 | 708.3 kg/ha | +17.7% |
| 1997 | 720.2 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1998 | 705.3 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 1999 | 746 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 2000 | 720.9 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 2001 | 715.1 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2002 | 706.2 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2003 | 719.9 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2004 | 738.6 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 2005 | 728.1 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 2006 | 724.1 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2007 | 723.8 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2008 | 776.8 kg/ha | +7.3% |
| 2009 | 767.6 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2010 | 815.7 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 2011 | 870.8 kg/ha | +6.8% |
| 2012 | 893.1 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 2013 | 994.4 kg/ha | +11.3% |
| 2014 | 986.8 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2015 | 1,150 kg/ha | +16.5% |
| 2016 | 1,187 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 2017 | 1,094 kg/ha | -7.8% |
| 2018 | 1,099 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2019 | 1,144 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 2020 | 1,193 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 2021 | 1,239 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 2022 | 1,281 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 2023 | 1,291 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2024 | 1,289 kg/ha | -0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 556.51 kg/ha | 489 kg/ha | 644.7 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 697.49 kg/ha | 658.7 kg/ha | 747.3 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 760.6 kg/ha | 658.7 kg/ha | 874.9 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 687.88 kg/ha | 564.2 kg/ha | 774.4 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 732.11 kg/ha | 706.2 kg/ha | 776.8 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,023 kg/ha | 815.7 kg/ha | 1,187 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,259 kg/ha | 1,193 kg/ha | 1,291 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Africa
- 5 Gabon 1,578 kg/ha compare
- 6 Ecuador 1,525 kg/ha compare
- 7 Guatemala 1,344 kg/ha compare
- 8 Thailand 1,332 kg/ha compare
- 8 Melanesia 584.1 kg/ha compare
- 9 Brazil 1,317 kg/ha compare
- 9 Democratic Republic of the Congo 228.4 kg/ha compare
- 10 Guinea 1,277 kg/ha compare
- 10 Caribbean 1,176 kg/ha compare
- 11 Central African Republic 1,265 kg/ha compare
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- Cereals, primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 1.38 % change on previous year (2024)
- Crops — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 1.64 % change on previous year (2024)
- Food — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 1.86 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) 1.72 % change on previous year (2024)
- Livestock — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 2.94 % change on previous year (2024)
- Roots and Tubers, Total — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 2.21 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables and Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant) 1.84 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sugar Crops Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 1.44 % change on previous year (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is natural rubber in primary forms — yield in Africa?
- Natural rubber in primary forms — yield in Africa was 1,289 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest natural rubber in primary forms — yield recorded in Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 1,291 kg/ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest natural rubber in primary forms — yield recorded in Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 489 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Africa rank for natural rubber in primary forms — yield?
- Africa ranks 8th out of 15 groups with data for 2024.
- Is natural rubber in primary forms — yield rising or falling in Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 30.6%. 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 Natural rubber in primary forms — 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.