Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Yield in Eastern Africa
Eastern Africa: Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Yield was 251.1 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Yield in Eastern Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, oilcrops, oil equivalent — yield in Eastern Africa stood at 251.1 kg/ha.
The figure is down 4.3% on the previous year and down 0.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oilcrops, oil equivalent — yield in Eastern Africa peaked at 264.9 kg/ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 117.4 kg/ha, in 1965.
Eastern Africa ranks 28th of 29 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Yield in Eastern Africa, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 126.6 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 131.1 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 1963 | 132.8 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1964 | 128.2 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 1965 | 117.4 kg/ha | -8.4% |
| 1966 | 126 kg/ha | +7.3% |
| 1967 | 133.6 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 1968 | 134 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1969 | 139.4 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 1970 | 142 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1971 | 143.9 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1972 | 142.6 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1973 | 136.1 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 1974 | 157.9 kg/ha | +16.0% |
| 1975 | 153.3 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 1976 | 163.9 kg/ha | +6.9% |
| 1977 | 163.9 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 147.9 kg/ha | -9.8% |
| 1979 | 160.7 kg/ha | +8.7% |
| 1980 | 163.6 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1981 | 168.8 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1982 | 168.9 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1983 | 154.2 kg/ha | -8.7% |
| 1984 | 152 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1985 | 161.8 kg/ha | +6.4% |
| 1986 | 164.6 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1987 | 162.4 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1988 | 172.9 kg/ha | +6.5% |
| 1989 | 166.1 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 1990 | 180.3 kg/ha | +8.5% |
| 1991 | 164.8 kg/ha | -8.6% |
| 1992 | 152.5 kg/ha | -7.5% |
| 1993 | 158.2 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 1994 | 158.1 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1995 | 155.4 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1996 | 168.4 kg/ha | +8.4% |
| 1997 | 159.3 kg/ha | -5.4% |
| 1998 | 162.4 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1999 | 168.6 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 2000 | 172.6 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 2001 | 168.5 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 2002 | 163.7 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 2003 | 184.9 kg/ha | +13.0% |
| 2004 | 177.1 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 2005 | 177.7 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2006 | 186.6 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 2007 | 189.9 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2008 | 185 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 2009 | 194.7 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 2010 | 217.1 kg/ha | +11.5% |
| 2011 | 248.3 kg/ha | +14.4% |
| 2012 | 226.5 kg/ha | -8.8% |
| 2013 | 248.8 kg/ha | +9.8% |
| 2014 | 251.5 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2015 | 256.6 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2016 | 245 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 2017 | 257.9 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 2018 | 245.7 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 2019 | 248.2 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2020 | 251.7 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2021 | 264.9 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 2022 | 262.9 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2023 | 262.5 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2024 | 251.1 kg/ha | -4.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 129.9 kg/ha | 117.4 kg/ha | 139.4 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 151.22 kg/ha | 136.1 kg/ha | 163.9 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 163.53 kg/ha | 152 kg/ha | 172.9 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 162.8 kg/ha | 152.5 kg/ha | 180.3 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 180.07 kg/ha | 163.7 kg/ha | 194.7 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 244.56 kg/ha | 217.1 kg/ha | 257.9 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 258.62 kg/ha | 251.1 kg/ha | 264.9 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Eastern Africa
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Frequently asked questions
- What is oilcrops, oil equivalent — yield in Eastern Africa?
- Oilcrops, oil equivalent — yield in Eastern Africa was 251.1 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oilcrops, oil equivalent — yield recorded in Eastern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 264.9 kg/ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest oilcrops, oil equivalent — yield recorded in Eastern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 117.4 kg/ha in 1965.
- How does Eastern Africa rank for oilcrops, oil equivalent — yield?
- Eastern Africa ranks 28th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is oilcrops, oil equivalent — yield rising or falling in Eastern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.2%. 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, 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.