Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Yield in Africa
Africa: Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Yield was 393.6 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Yield in Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for oilcrops, cake equivalent — yield in Africa is 393.6 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 4.6% on the previous year and up 11.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oilcrops, cake equivalent — yield in Africa peaked at 412.4 kg/ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 219.9 kg/ha, in 1973.
That places Africa 24th out of 29 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.
Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Yield in Africa, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 229.6 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 253.4 kg/ha | +10.4% |
| 1963 | 246.9 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 1964 | 238.7 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 1965 | 239.2 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1966 | 230.4 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 1967 | 240.6 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 1968 | 233.4 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 1969 | 254.1 kg/ha | +8.9% |
| 1970 | 238.5 kg/ha | -6.1% |
| 1971 | 244.5 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1972 | 236 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 1973 | 219.9 kg/ha | -6.8% |
| 1974 | 275.8 kg/ha | +25.4% |
| 1975 | 244.6 kg/ha | -11.3% |
| 1976 | 253.3 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 1977 | 248.4 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 1978 | 257.1 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 1979 | 254 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1980 | 254.9 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1981 | 271.8 kg/ha | +6.6% |
| 1982 | 269.9 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1983 | 246.7 kg/ha | -8.6% |
| 1984 | 243.8 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1985 | 270.6 kg/ha | +11.0% |
| 1986 | 280.8 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 1987 | 280.8 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 291.2 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 1989 | 287.2 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1990 | 296.2 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1991 | 286.7 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 1992 | 253.7 kg/ha | -11.5% |
| 1993 | 265.4 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 1994 | 263 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1995 | 268.4 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1996 | 292 kg/ha | +8.8% |
| 1997 | 283.1 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 1998 | 289.3 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1999 | 309.8 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 2000 | 296.6 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 2001 | 310.4 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 2002 | 312.4 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2003 | 313.4 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2004 | 316.4 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2005 | 319.5 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2006 | 334.3 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 2007 | 313.2 kg/ha | -6.3% |
| 2008 | 323.6 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 2009 | 327.8 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2010 | 352.5 kg/ha | +7.5% |
| 2011 | 358.2 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2012 | 355.5 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2013 | 338.5 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 2014 | 354.1 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 2015 | 359.8 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2016 | 350.4 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 2017 | 368.6 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 2018 | 375.3 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2019 | 366.5 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 2020 | 375.7 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 2021 | 378.5 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2022 | 405.3 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 2023 | 412.4 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2024 | 393.6 kg/ha | -4.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 240.7 kg/ha | 229.6 kg/ha | 254.1 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 247.21 kg/ha | 219.9 kg/ha | 275.8 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 269.77 kg/ha | 243.8 kg/ha | 291.2 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 280.76 kg/ha | 253.7 kg/ha | 309.8 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 316.76 kg/ha | 296.6 kg/ha | 334.3 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 357.94 kg/ha | 338.5 kg/ha | 375.3 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 393.1 kg/ha | 375.7 kg/ha | 412.4 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Africa
- 21 Austria 1,668 kg/ha compare
- 21 Caribbean 496.7 kg/ha compare
- 22 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 1,652 kg/ha compare
- 23 Cyprus 1,648 kg/ha compare
- 24 Switzerland 1,647 kg/ha compare
- 25 El Salvador 1,614 kg/ha compare
- 26 Czechia 1,584 kg/ha compare
- 27 Côte d'Ivoire 327 kg/ha compare
- 27 Slovakia 1,567 kg/ha compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is oilcrops, cake equivalent — yield in Africa?
- Oilcrops, cake equivalent — yield in Africa was 393.6 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oilcrops, cake equivalent — yield recorded in Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 412.4 kg/ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest oilcrops, cake equivalent — yield recorded in Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 219.9 kg/ha in 1973.
- How does Africa rank for oilcrops, cake equivalent — yield?
- Africa ranks 24th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is oilcrops, cake equivalent — yield rising or falling in Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 11.2%. 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 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.