Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Yield in Africa
Africa: Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Yield was 338.9 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Oilcrops, Oil 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, oil equivalent — yield in Africa is 338.9 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 6.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oilcrops, oil equivalent — yield in Africa peaked at 342.1 kg/ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 240.8 kg/ha, in 1973.
That places Africa 27th out of 33 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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 280.69 kg/ha | 266.2 kg/ha | 299.7 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 266.84 kg/ha | 240.8 kg/ha | 289.9 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 286.59 kg/ha | 268.9 kg/ha | 298.5 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 297.49 kg/ha | 279.6 kg/ha | 312.8 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 311.69 kg/ha | 298.9 kg/ha | 324 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 326.25 kg/ha | 314 kg/ha | 338.9 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 333.64 kg/ha | 322.4 kg/ha | 342.1 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Africa
More agriculture & rural data for Africa
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight 50 kg/An (2024)
- Tomatoes — Area harvested 1.67 million ha (2024)
- Bananas — Production 31.26 million t (2024)
- Bananas — Area harvested 2.29 million ha (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 706,446 t (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested 613,627 ha (2024)
- Swine / pigs — Stocks 55.77 million An (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Producing 47.50 million An (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production 2.37 million t (2024)
- Tomatoes — Production 26.38 million t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is oilcrops, oil equivalent — yield in Africa?
- Oilcrops, oil equivalent — yield in Africa was 338.9 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oilcrops, oil equivalent — yield recorded in Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 342.1 kg/ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest oilcrops, oil equivalent — yield recorded in Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 240.8 kg/ha in 1973.
- How does Africa rank for oilcrops, oil equivalent — yield?
- Africa ranks 27th out of 33 groups with data for 2024.
- Is oilcrops, oil equivalent — yield rising or falling in Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.1%. 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, 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.