Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Yield in Namibia
Namibia: Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Yield was 141.6 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Yield in Namibia, 1986–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Namibia recorded 141.6 kg/ha for oilcrops, cake equivalent — yield in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.7% on the previous year and down 14.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oilcrops, cake equivalent — yield in Namibia peaked at 454.2 kg/ha in 2000 and was at its lowest, 126.5 kg/ha, in 2005.
Namibia ranks 176th of 183 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 39 years of available data.
Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Yield in Namibia, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1986 | 260.8 kg/ha | — |
| 1987 | 260.1 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1988 | 261 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1989 | 302.1 kg/ha | +15.7% |
| 1990 | 348 kg/ha | +15.2% |
| 1991 | 276.8 kg/ha | -20.5% |
| 1992 | 207.4 kg/ha | -25.1% |
| 1993 | 258 kg/ha | +24.4% |
| 1994 | 261.3 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1995 | 230.3 kg/ha | -11.9% |
| 1996 | 352.6 kg/ha | +53.1% |
| 1997 | 355.1 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1998 | 406.2 kg/ha | +14.4% |
| 1999 | 428.3 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 2000 | 454.2 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 2001 | 336.4 kg/ha | -25.9% |
| 2002 | 159.4 kg/ha | -52.6% |
| 2003 | 371.7 kg/ha | +133.2% |
| 2004 | 354.6 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 2005 | 126.5 kg/ha | -64.3% |
| 2006 | 152.8 kg/ha | +20.8% |
| 2007 | 231.6 kg/ha | +51.6% |
| 2008 | 188.7 kg/ha | -18.5% |
| 2009 | 230 kg/ha | +21.9% |
| 2010 | 192.1 kg/ha | -16.5% |
| 2011 | 168.8 kg/ha | -12.1% |
| 2012 | 181.9 kg/ha | +7.8% |
| 2013 | 181.2 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2014 | 165.6 kg/ha | -8.6% |
| 2015 | 163.9 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2016 | 160.2 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 2017 | 154 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 2018 | 151 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 2019 | 149.1 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 2020 | 144.1 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 2021 | 143.8 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2022 | 138.8 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 2023 | 139.2 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2024 | 141.6 kg/ha | +1.7% |
Namibia compared with similar countries
- Namibia's 141.6 kg/ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 485.9 kg/ha, 29% of the median. (39 countries reporting)
- Namibia's 141.6 kg/ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 332.5 kg/ha, 43% of the median. (43 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Yield in Namibia 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | +133.2% | 159.4 kg/ha | 371.7 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 271 kg/ha | 260.1 kg/ha | 302.1 kg/ha | 4 |
| 1990s | 312.4 kg/ha | 207.4 kg/ha | 428.3 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 260.59 kg/ha | 126.5 kg/ha | 454.2 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 166.78 kg/ha | 149.1 kg/ha | 192.1 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 141.5 kg/ha | 138.8 kg/ha | 144.1 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Namibia
- 173 Martinique 158 kg/ha compare
- 174 Haiti 149.3 kg/ha compare
- 175 Cook Islands 143.7 kg/ha compare
- 177 Brunei Darussalam 140.9 kg/ha compare
- 178 Eritrea 140.4 kg/ha compare
- 179 Guyana 112.7 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Namibia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 8 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0699 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 340.78 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.13 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4913 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 7.0% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 7.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.5% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is oilcrops, cake equivalent — yield in Namibia?
- Oilcrops, cake equivalent — yield in Namibia was 141.6 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oilcrops, cake equivalent — yield recorded in Namibia?
- The highest recorded value was 454.2 kg/ha in 2000.
- What is the lowest oilcrops, cake equivalent — yield recorded in Namibia?
- The lowest recorded value was 126.5 kg/ha in 2005.
- How does Namibia rank for oilcrops, cake equivalent — yield?
- Namibia ranks 176th out of 183 countries with data for 2024.
- Is oilcrops, cake equivalent — yield rising or falling in Namibia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 14.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Namibia 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.