Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Yield in Eswatini
Eswatini: Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Yield was 103.3 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Yield in Eswatini, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Eswatini recorded 103.3 kg/ha for oilcrops, oil equivalent — yield in 2024.
That represents a change of down 2.0% on the previous year and down 4.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oilcrops, oil equivalent — yield in Eswatini peaked at 215.8 kg/ha in 2006 and was at its lowest, 62.9 kg/ha, in 1983.
Eswatini ranks 183rd of 186 countries 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 Eswatini, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 136 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 105.5 kg/ha | -22.4% |
| 1963 | 92.8 kg/ha | -12.0% |
| 1964 | 83.4 kg/ha | -10.1% |
| 1965 | 83 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1966 | 79.7 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 1967 | 95.8 kg/ha | +20.2% |
| 1968 | 80.2 kg/ha | -16.3% |
| 1969 | 79.7 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1970 | 82.3 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1971 | 118.2 kg/ha | +43.6% |
| 1972 | 124.1 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 1973 | 120.5 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 1974 | 161.5 kg/ha | +34.0% |
| 1975 | 109.2 kg/ha | -32.4% |
| 1976 | 121.5 kg/ha | +11.3% |
| 1977 | 123.5 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1978 | 119.3 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 1979 | 97.3 kg/ha | -18.4% |
| 1980 | 106.6 kg/ha | +9.6% |
| 1981 | 125.6 kg/ha | +17.8% |
| 1982 | 107.8 kg/ha | -14.2% |
| 1983 | 62.9 kg/ha | -41.7% |
| 1984 | 117.4 kg/ha | +86.6% |
| 1985 | 125 kg/ha | +6.5% |
| 1986 | 132 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 1987 | 142.4 kg/ha | +7.9% |
| 1988 | 128.1 kg/ha | -10.0% |
| 1989 | 122.2 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 1990 | 179.8 kg/ha | +47.1% |
| 1991 | 168 kg/ha | -6.6% |
| 1992 | 83.2 kg/ha | -50.5% |
| 1993 | 139.5 kg/ha | +67.7% |
| 1994 | 146.8 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 1995 | 174.9 kg/ha | +19.1% |
| 1996 | 201.9 kg/ha | +15.4% |
| 1997 | 131.6 kg/ha | -34.8% |
| 1998 | 126.3 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 1999 | 105.8 kg/ha | -16.2% |
| 2000 | 69.8 kg/ha | -34.0% |
| 2001 | 142.2 kg/ha | +103.7% |
| 2002 | 115 kg/ha | -19.1% |
| 2003 | 157.4 kg/ha | +36.9% |
| 2004 | 212.4 kg/ha | +34.9% |
| 2005 | 162.2 kg/ha | -23.6% |
| 2006 | 215.8 kg/ha | +33.0% |
| 2007 | 166.3 kg/ha | -22.9% |
| 2008 | 153.7 kg/ha | -7.6% |
| 2009 | 153.9 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2010 | 134.3 kg/ha | -12.7% |
| 2011 | 128.7 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 2012 | 128.4 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2013 | 119.2 kg/ha | -7.2% |
| 2014 | 108 kg/ha | -9.4% |
| 2015 | 100 kg/ha | -7.4% |
| 2016 | 112.6 kg/ha | +12.6% |
| 2017 | 110.8 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2018 | 113.4 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 2019 | 109.5 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 2020 | 105.8 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 2021 | 111.9 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 2022 | 109.4 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 2023 | 105.4 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 2024 | 103.3 kg/ha | -2.0% |
Eswatini compared with similar countries
- Eswatini's 103.3 kg/ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 371.5 kg/ha, 28% of the median. (39 countries reporting)
- Eswatini's 103.3 kg/ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 286.8 kg/ha, 36% of the median. (43 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Yield in Eswatini 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | +103.7% | 69.8 kg/ha | 142.2 kg/ha |
| 1984 | +86.6% | 62.9 kg/ha | 117.4 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 92.9 kg/ha | 79.7 kg/ha | 136 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 117.74 kg/ha | 82.3 kg/ha | 161.5 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 117 kg/ha | 62.9 kg/ha | 142.4 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 145.78 kg/ha | 83.2 kg/ha | 201.9 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 154.87 kg/ha | 69.8 kg/ha | 215.8 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 116.49 kg/ha | 100 kg/ha | 134.3 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 107.16 kg/ha | 103.3 kg/ha | 111.9 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Eswatini
- 180 Namibia 113.2 kg/ha compare
- 181 Rwanda 106.3 kg/ha compare
- 182 Turkmenistan 104.3 kg/ha compare
- 184 Puerto Rico 95.8 kg/ha compare
- 185 Eritrea 82.6 kg/ha compare
- 186 Antigua and Barbuda 18.2 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Eswatini
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 5.08 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0641 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 263.26 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.4281 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.7328 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 6.4% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 6.4% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 6.2% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.9% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is oilcrops, oil equivalent — yield in Eswatini?
- Oilcrops, oil equivalent — yield in Eswatini was 103.3 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oilcrops, oil equivalent — yield recorded in Eswatini?
- The highest recorded value was 215.8 kg/ha in 2006.
- What is the lowest oilcrops, oil equivalent — yield recorded in Eswatini?
- The lowest recorded value was 62.9 kg/ha in 1983.
- How does Eswatini rank for oilcrops, oil equivalent — yield?
- Eswatini ranks 183rd out of 186 countries with data for 2024.
- Is oilcrops, oil equivalent — yield rising or falling in Eswatini?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Eswatini 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.