Oats — Yield in Africa
Africa: Oats — Yield was 1,333 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Oats — Yield in Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Africa recorded 1,333 kg/ha for oats — yield in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.4% on the previous year and up 19.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oats — yield in Africa peaked at 1,568 kg/ha in 2018 and was at its lowest, 599.1 kg/ha, in 1977.
That places Africa 22nd out of 24 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.
Oats — Yield in Africa, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 797.7 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 920.7 kg/ha | +15.4% |
| 1963 | 879 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 1964 | 951.3 kg/ha | +8.2% |
| 1965 | 902.1 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 1966 | 767.3 kg/ha | -14.9% |
| 1967 | 1,139 kg/ha | +48.5% |
| 1968 | 994.8 kg/ha | -12.7% |
| 1969 | 805 kg/ha | -19.1% |
| 1970 | 930.4 kg/ha | +15.6% |
| 1971 | 846.5 kg/ha | -9.0% |
| 1972 | 828.6 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 1973 | 835.4 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1974 | 936.2 kg/ha | +12.1% |
| 1975 | 970.2 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 1976 | 910.9 kg/ha | -6.1% |
| 1977 | 599.1 kg/ha | -34.2% |
| 1978 | 766.5 kg/ha | +27.9% |
| 1979 | 800.7 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 1980 | 829 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 1981 | 785.5 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 1982 | 862.1 kg/ha | +9.8% |
| 1983 | 850.6 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1984 | 765.6 kg/ha | -10.0% |
| 1985 | 726.5 kg/ha | -5.1% |
| 1986 | 874 kg/ha | +20.3% |
| 1987 | 768.3 kg/ha | -12.1% |
| 1988 | 709.3 kg/ha | -7.7% |
| 1989 | 843 kg/ha | +18.8% |
| 1990 | 871.5 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1991 | 1,111 kg/ha | +27.5% |
| 1992 | 815.1 kg/ha | -26.6% |
| 1993 | 788.7 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 1994 | 1,041 kg/ha | +32.0% |
| 1995 | 835.6 kg/ha | -19.7% |
| 1996 | 1,144 kg/ha | +36.9% |
| 1997 | 864 kg/ha | -24.5% |
| 1998 | 854.2 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1999 | 812.4 kg/ha | -4.9% |
| 2000 | 830.4 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2001 | 1,029 kg/ha | +23.9% |
| 2002 | 1,100 kg/ha | +6.9% |
| 2003 | 1,097 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2004 | 1,187 kg/ha | +8.2% |
| 2005 | 1,158 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 2006 | 1,121 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 2007 | 1,084 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 2008 | 954.5 kg/ha | -11.9% |
| 2009 | 1,219 kg/ha | +27.7% |
| 2010 | 1,294 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 2011 | 1,484 kg/ha | +14.7% |
| 2012 | 1,335 kg/ha | -10.1% |
| 2013 | 1,439 kg/ha | +7.8% |
| 2014 | 1,117 kg/ha | -22.4% |
| 2015 | 1,241 kg/ha | +11.1% |
| 2016 | 1,181 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 2017 | 1,087 kg/ha | -8.0% |
| 2018 | 1,568 kg/ha | +44.3% |
| 2019 | 1,257 kg/ha | -19.8% |
| 2020 | 1,388 kg/ha | +10.4% |
| 2021 | 1,174 kg/ha | -15.4% |
| 2022 | 1,105 kg/ha | -6.0% |
| 2023 | 1,314 kg/ha | +18.9% |
| 2024 | 1,333 kg/ha | +1.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 906.37 kg/ha | 767.3 kg/ha | 1,139 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 842.45 kg/ha | 599.1 kg/ha | 970.2 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 801.39 kg/ha | 709.3 kg/ha | 874 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 913.75 kg/ha | 788.7 kg/ha | 1,144 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,078 kg/ha | 830.4 kg/ha | 1,219 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,300 kg/ha | 1,087 kg/ha | 1,568 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,263 kg/ha | 1,105 kg/ha | 1,388 kg/ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is oats — yield in Africa?
- Oats — yield in Africa was 1,333 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oats — yield recorded in Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 1,568 kg/ha in 2018.
- What is the lowest oats — yield recorded in Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 599.1 kg/ha in 1977.
- How does Africa rank for oats — yield?
- Africa ranks 22nd out of 24 groups with data for 2024.
- Is oats — yield rising or falling in Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 19.4%. 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 Oats — 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.