Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Yield in Eastern Africa
Eastern Africa: Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Yield was 389.5 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Yield in Eastern Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, oilcrops, cake equivalent — yield in Eastern Africa stood at 389.5 kg/ha.
The figure is down 8.3% on the previous year and up 7.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oilcrops, cake equivalent — yield in Eastern Africa peaked at 424.9 kg/ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 172.4 kg/ha, in 1965.
That places Eastern Africa 25th 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 Eastern Africa, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 176.4 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 179 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1963 | 185.1 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1964 | 181.6 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 1965 | 172.4 kg/ha | -5.1% |
| 1966 | 186.4 kg/ha | +8.1% |
| 1967 | 195.3 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 1968 | 192.6 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1969 | 209 kg/ha | +8.5% |
| 1970 | 212.1 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1971 | 210.3 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1972 | 212.9 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1973 | 199.5 kg/ha | -6.3% |
| 1974 | 230.9 kg/ha | +15.7% |
| 1975 | 220.6 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 1976 | 234.9 kg/ha | +6.5% |
| 1977 | 233.4 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1978 | 216.1 kg/ha | -7.4% |
| 1979 | 233.9 kg/ha | +8.2% |
| 1980 | 242.4 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 1981 | 246.6 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1982 | 248.4 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1983 | 225.8 kg/ha | -9.1% |
| 1984 | 231.3 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1985 | 245.9 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 1986 | 248.2 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1987 | 248.2 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 267.7 kg/ha | +7.9% |
| 1989 | 256.9 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 1990 | 274.2 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 1991 | 261.5 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 1992 | 231.3 kg/ha | -11.5% |
| 1993 | 243.5 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 1994 | 245.4 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1995 | 242.5 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1996 | 271.9 kg/ha | +12.1% |
| 1997 | 248.6 kg/ha | -8.6% |
| 1998 | 252 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1999 | 265.5 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 2000 | 272.9 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 2001 | 268.9 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2002 | 254.4 kg/ha | -5.4% |
| 2003 | 284.5 kg/ha | +11.8% |
| 2004 | 286.4 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2005 | 279.9 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 2006 | 289.9 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 2007 | 299.4 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 2008 | 286.3 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 2009 | 295.8 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 2010 | 313.5 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 2011 | 350.9 kg/ha | +11.9% |
| 2012 | 333.7 kg/ha | -4.9% |
| 2013 | 364.2 kg/ha | +9.1% |
| 2014 | 360.9 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2015 | 363.7 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2016 | 353.9 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 2017 | 385.8 kg/ha | +9.0% |
| 2018 | 376.8 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 2019 | 377.1 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 394.7 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 2021 | 415.9 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 2022 | 424.1 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2023 | 424.9 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 389.5 kg/ha | -8.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 186.42 kg/ha | 172.4 kg/ha | 209 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 220.46 kg/ha | 199.5 kg/ha | 234.9 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 246.14 kg/ha | 225.8 kg/ha | 267.7 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 253.64 kg/ha | 231.3 kg/ha | 274.2 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 281.84 kg/ha | 254.4 kg/ha | 299.4 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 358.05 kg/ha | 313.5 kg/ha | 385.8 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 409.82 kg/ha | 389.5 kg/ha | 424.9 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Eastern Africa
- 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
- 28 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1,539 kg/ha compare
- 28 Cabo Verde 267.3 kg/ha compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is oilcrops, cake equivalent — yield in Eastern Africa?
- Oilcrops, cake equivalent — yield in Eastern Africa was 389.5 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oilcrops, cake equivalent — yield recorded in Eastern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 424.9 kg/ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest oilcrops, cake equivalent — yield recorded in Eastern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 172.4 kg/ha in 1965.
- How does Eastern Africa rank for oilcrops, cake equivalent — yield?
- Eastern Africa ranks 25th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is oilcrops, cake equivalent — yield rising or falling in Eastern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Eastern 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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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.