Nutmeg, mace, cardamoms, raw — Yield in Africa
Africa: Nutmeg, mace, cardamoms, raw — Yield was 482.7 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Nutmeg, mace, cardamoms, raw — Yield in Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Africa recorded 482.7 kg/ha for nutmeg, mace, cardamoms, raw — yield in 2024.
The figure is up 0.4% on the previous year and up 2.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, nutmeg, mace, cardamoms, raw — yield in Africa peaked at 484.4 kg/ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 159.4 kg/ha, in 1985.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Nutmeg, mace, cardamoms, raw — Yield in Africa, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 200 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 200 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 200 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 200 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 200 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 200 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 200 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 228 kg/ha | +14.0% |
| 1969 | 257 kg/ha | +12.7% |
| 1970 | 215 kg/ha | -16.3% |
| 1971 | 201 kg/ha | -6.5% |
| 1972 | 161 kg/ha | -19.9% |
| 1973 | 336.4 kg/ha | +108.9% |
| 1974 | 328 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 1975 | 404 kg/ha | +23.2% |
| 1976 | 244 kg/ha | -39.6% |
| 1977 | 200 kg/ha | -18.0% |
| 1978 | 200.8 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1979 | 281.8 kg/ha | +40.3% |
| 1980 | 211.1 kg/ha | -25.1% |
| 1981 | 297.6 kg/ha | +41.0% |
| 1982 | 332.2 kg/ha | +11.6% |
| 1983 | 211.1 kg/ha | -36.5% |
| 1984 | 194.3 kg/ha | -8.0% |
| 1985 | 159.4 kg/ha | -18.0% |
| 1986 | 167.2 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 1987 | 299 kg/ha | +78.8% |
| 1988 | 218.6 kg/ha | -26.9% |
| 1989 | 252.4 kg/ha | +15.5% |
| 1990 | 337.5 kg/ha | +33.7% |
| 1991 | 396.6 kg/ha | +17.5% |
| 1992 | 387.8 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 1993 | 441.5 kg/ha | +13.8% |
| 1994 | 437.4 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1995 | 437.8 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1996 | 438.5 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1997 | 440.2 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1998 | 439 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1999 | 438.9 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2000 | 439.9 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2001 | 434.3 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 2002 | 439.2 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2003 | 438.9 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2004 | 439.3 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2005 | 441.9 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2006 | 443.6 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2007 | 448.6 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2008 | 450.5 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2009 | 459.6 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2010 | 467.5 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2011 | 471.6 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2012 | 474.4 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2013 | 479.2 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2014 | 471.9 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2015 | 472.5 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 474.6 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2017 | 473.7 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2018 | 478.2 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2019 | 479.9 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2020 | 468.7 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 2021 | 484.4 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 2022 | 481.2 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2023 | 480.7 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2024 | 482.7 kg/ha | +0.4% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Nutmeg, mace, cardamoms, raw — Yield in Africa 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 | +108.9% | 161 kg/ha | 336.4 kg/ha |
| 1987 | +78.8% | 167.2 kg/ha | 299 kg/ha |
| 1981 | +41.0% | 211.1 kg/ha | 297.6 kg/ha |
| 1979 | +40.3% | 200.8 kg/ha | 281.8 kg/ha |
| 1976 | -39.6% | 404 kg/ha | 244 kg/ha |
| 1983 | -36.5% | 332.2 kg/ha | 211.1 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 209.44 kg/ha | 200 kg/ha | 257 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 257.2 kg/ha | 161 kg/ha | 404 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 234.29 kg/ha | 159.4 kg/ha | 332.2 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 419.52 kg/ha | 337.5 kg/ha | 441.5 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 443.58 kg/ha | 434.3 kg/ha | 459.6 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 474.35 kg/ha | 467.5 kg/ha | 479.9 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 479.54 kg/ha | 468.7 kg/ha | 484.4 kg/ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is nutmeg, mace, cardamoms, raw — yield in Africa?
- Nutmeg, mace, cardamoms, raw — yield in Africa was 482.7 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest nutmeg, mace, cardamoms, raw — yield recorded in Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 484.4 kg/ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest nutmeg, mace, cardamoms, raw — yield recorded in Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 159.4 kg/ha in 1985.
- How does Africa rank for nutmeg, mace, cardamoms, raw — yield?
- Africa ranks 10th out of 13 groups with data for 2024.
- Is nutmeg, mace, cardamoms, raw — yield rising or falling in Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.3%. 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 Nutmeg, mace, cardamoms, raw — 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.