Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Yield in Afghanistan
Afghanistan: Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Yield was 444.5 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Yield in Afghanistan, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Afghanistan recorded 444.5 kg/ha for oilcrops, cake equivalent — yield in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 3.2% on the previous year and down 22.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oilcrops, cake equivalent — yield in Afghanistan peaked at 641.6 kg/ha in 2018 and was at its lowest, 252 kg/ha, in 1964.
Afghanistan ranks 119th of 183 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.
Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Yield in Afghanistan, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 259.4 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 294.7 kg/ha | +13.6% |
| 1963 | 302.6 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1964 | 252 kg/ha | -16.7% |
| 1965 | 313.2 kg/ha | +24.3% |
| 1966 | 367.8 kg/ha | +17.4% |
| 1967 | 373.5 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1968 | 381.9 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1969 | 417.2 kg/ha | +9.2% |
| 1970 | 385.4 kg/ha | -7.6% |
| 1971 | 312.4 kg/ha | -18.9% |
| 1972 | 340.1 kg/ha | +8.9% |
| 1973 | 399.2 kg/ha | +17.4% |
| 1974 | 351.8 kg/ha | -11.9% |
| 1975 | 397.5 kg/ha | +13.0% |
| 1976 | 366.9 kg/ha | -7.7% |
| 1977 | 322.9 kg/ha | -12.0% |
| 1978 | 335.5 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 1979 | 340.9 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1980 | 344.7 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1981 | 285.2 kg/ha | -17.3% |
| 1982 | 269.2 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 1983 | 278.9 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 1984 | 313.9 kg/ha | +12.5% |
| 1985 | 278 kg/ha | -11.4% |
| 1986 | 304 kg/ha | +9.4% |
| 1987 | 311.9 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1988 | 314.2 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1989 | 276.1 kg/ha | -12.1% |
| 1990 | 321 kg/ha | +16.3% |
| 1991 | 343 kg/ha | +6.9% |
| 1992 | 367.9 kg/ha | +7.3% |
| 1993 | 353.4 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 1994 | 366.8 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 1995 | 356.7 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 1996 | 356.4 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1997 | 361.2 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1998 | 370 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1999 | 380.3 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 2000 | 383.3 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2001 | 382.9 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2002 | 381.8 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2003 | 384.4 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2004 | 395.1 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 2005 | 396.8 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2006 | 363.3 kg/ha | -8.4% |
| 2007 | 349.5 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 2008 | 337.1 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 2009 | 377.8 kg/ha | +12.1% |
| 2010 | 339.1 kg/ha | -10.2% |
| 2011 | 549.1 kg/ha | +61.9% |
| 2012 | 603.5 kg/ha | +9.9% |
| 2013 | 601.6 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2014 | 574.5 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 2015 | 560.8 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 2016 | 532.4 kg/ha | -5.1% |
| 2017 | 550.2 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 2018 | 641.6 kg/ha | +16.6% |
| 2019 | 473.5 kg/ha | -26.2% |
| 2020 | 437.7 kg/ha | -7.6% |
| 2021 | 470.9 kg/ha | +7.6% |
| 2022 | 475.9 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2023 | 459.3 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 2024 | 444.5 kg/ha | -3.2% |
Afghanistan compared with similar countries
- Afghanistan's 444.5 kg/ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 320.65 kg/ha, 1.4× the median. (22 countries reporting)
- Afghanistan's 444.5 kg/ha is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 845.6 kg/ha, 53% of the median. (15 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Yield in Afghanistan 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | +61.9% | 339.1 kg/ha | 549.1 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 329.14 kg/ha | 252 kg/ha | 417.2 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 355.26 kg/ha | 312.4 kg/ha | 399.2 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 297.61 kg/ha | 269.2 kg/ha | 344.7 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 357.67 kg/ha | 321 kg/ha | 380.3 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 375.2 kg/ha | 337.1 kg/ha | 396.8 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 542.63 kg/ha | 339.1 kg/ha | 641.6 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 457.66 kg/ha | 437.7 kg/ha | 475.9 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Afghanistan
- 116 Papua New Guinea 459.9 kg/ha compare
- 117 Yemen 459.3 kg/ha compare
- 118 Saint Lucia 446 kg/ha compare
- 120 Zimbabwe 442.6 kg/ha compare
- 121 Myanmar 427.3 kg/ha compare
- 122 Guinea-Bissau 426.4 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Afghanistan
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 2.31 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.3429 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 142.96 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 2.47 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0018 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Rural population, per capita 0.7406 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 34.3% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 34.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 21.0% (2019)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.8% (2019)
Frequently asked questions
- What is oilcrops, cake equivalent — yield in Afghanistan?
- Oilcrops, cake equivalent — yield in Afghanistan was 444.5 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oilcrops, cake equivalent — yield recorded in Afghanistan?
- The highest recorded value was 641.6 kg/ha in 2018.
- What is the lowest oilcrops, cake equivalent — yield recorded in Afghanistan?
- The lowest recorded value was 252 kg/ha in 1964.
- How does Afghanistan rank for oilcrops, cake equivalent — yield?
- Afghanistan ranks 119th out of 183 countries with data for 2024.
- Is oilcrops, cake equivalent — yield rising or falling in Afghanistan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 22.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Afghanistan data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — 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.