Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Yield in Afghanistan
Afghanistan: Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Yield was 215.3 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Yield in Afghanistan, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Afghanistan recorded 215.3 kg/ha for oilcrops, oil equivalent — yield in 2024.
The figure is up 4.4% on the previous year and down 39.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oilcrops, oil equivalent — yield in Afghanistan peaked at 386.4 kg/ha in 2012 and was at its lowest, 133.7 kg/ha, in 1964.
That places Afghanistan 158th out of 186 countries 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, Oil Equivalent — Yield in Afghanistan, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 148 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 156.2 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 1963 | 149.4 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 1964 | 133.7 kg/ha | -10.5% |
| 1965 | 168.1 kg/ha | +25.7% |
| 1966 | 207.2 kg/ha | +23.3% |
| 1967 | 205.7 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1968 | 210.6 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1969 | 222.8 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 1970 | 208.8 kg/ha | -6.3% |
| 1971 | 168 kg/ha | -19.5% |
| 1972 | 192.5 kg/ha | +14.6% |
| 1973 | 204.7 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 1974 | 171.9 kg/ha | -16.0% |
| 1975 | 190 kg/ha | +10.5% |
| 1976 | 175.8 kg/ha | -7.5% |
| 1977 | 156.5 kg/ha | -11.0% |
| 1978 | 162.9 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 1979 | 178.6 kg/ha | +9.6% |
| 1980 | 199 kg/ha | +11.4% |
| 1981 | 167.5 kg/ha | -15.8% |
| 1982 | 166.5 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1983 | 169.4 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1984 | 180 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 1985 | 166.7 kg/ha | -7.4% |
| 1986 | 179.1 kg/ha | +7.4% |
| 1987 | 196.7 kg/ha | +9.8% |
| 1988 | 194.3 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1989 | 175.7 kg/ha | -9.6% |
| 1990 | 209.6 kg/ha | +19.3% |
| 1991 | 194.4 kg/ha | -7.3% |
| 1992 | 212.3 kg/ha | +9.2% |
| 1993 | 199.6 kg/ha | -6.0% |
| 1994 | 209 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 1995 | 197.9 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 1996 | 197 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1997 | 200.4 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1998 | 207.9 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 1999 | 213.6 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 2000 | 223.1 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 2001 | 221.7 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2002 | 220.2 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2003 | 253.2 kg/ha | +15.0% |
| 2004 | 271.6 kg/ha | +7.3% |
| 2005 | 270.8 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2006 | 240.9 kg/ha | -11.0% |
| 2007 | 222.5 kg/ha | -7.6% |
| 2008 | 221.5 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2009 | 245.1 kg/ha | +10.7% |
| 2010 | 228.3 kg/ha | -6.9% |
| 2011 | 359.3 kg/ha | +57.4% |
| 2012 | 386.4 kg/ha | +7.5% |
| 2013 | 374.9 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 2014 | 358.1 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 2015 | 339.5 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 2016 | 314.9 kg/ha | -7.2% |
| 2017 | 343.1 kg/ha | +9.0% |
| 2018 | 370.3 kg/ha | +7.9% |
| 2019 | 266.3 kg/ha | -28.1% |
| 2020 | 253.7 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 2021 | 245.1 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 2022 | 272.1 kg/ha | +11.0% |
| 2023 | 206.3 kg/ha | -24.2% |
| 2024 | 215.3 kg/ha | +4.4% |
Afghanistan compared with similar countries
- Afghanistan's 215.3 kg/ha is below the median for low income countries, which is 230.95 kg/ha, 93% of the median. (22 countries reporting)
- Afghanistan's 215.3 kg/ha is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 435.8 kg/ha, 49% of the median. (17 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 177.97 kg/ha | 133.7 kg/ha | 222.8 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 180.97 kg/ha | 156.5 kg/ha | 208.8 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 179.49 kg/ha | 166.5 kg/ha | 199 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 204.17 kg/ha | 194.4 kg/ha | 213.6 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 239.06 kg/ha | 220.2 kg/ha | 271.6 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 334.11 kg/ha | 228.3 kg/ha | 386.4 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 238.5 kg/ha | 206.3 kg/ha | 272.1 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Afghanistan
- 155 Madagascar 229.5 kg/ha compare
- 156 Brunei Darussalam 228.1 kg/ha compare
- 157 Mali 220.5 kg/ha compare
- 159 Burkina Faso 213.2 kg/ha compare
- 160 Niger 212.2 kg/ha compare
- 161 Malta 209.4 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Afghanistan
- Cropland extent over the long-term, annual growth rate 0.1522 % change on previous year (2025)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0.0005 hectares per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per capita 0.1847 hectares per person (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, annual growth rate 0.2358 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0.0022 hectares per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per capita 0.8814 hectares per person (2025)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is oilcrops, oil equivalent — yield in Afghanistan?
- Oilcrops, oil equivalent — yield in Afghanistan was 215.3 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oilcrops, oil equivalent — yield recorded in Afghanistan?
- The highest recorded value was 386.4 kg/ha in 2012.
- What is the lowest oilcrops, oil equivalent — yield recorded in Afghanistan?
- The lowest recorded value was 133.7 kg/ha in 1964.
- How does Afghanistan rank for oilcrops, oil equivalent — yield?
- Afghanistan ranks 158th out of 186 countries with data for 2024.
- Is oilcrops, oil equivalent — yield rising or falling in Afghanistan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 39.9%. 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, Oil 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.