Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Yield in Uganda
Uganda: Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Yield was 235.3 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Yield in Uganda, 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 Uganda is 235.3 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 27.2% on the previous year and down 12.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oilcrops, oil equivalent — yield in Uganda peaked at 323.1 kg/ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 62.1 kg/ha, in 1964.
That places Uganda 151st 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 Uganda, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 62.4 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 62.3 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1963 | 67.1 kg/ha | +7.7% |
| 1964 | 62.1 kg/ha | -7.5% |
| 1965 | 63.4 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1966 | 70.5 kg/ha | +11.2% |
| 1967 | 68.7 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 1968 | 74 kg/ha | +7.7% |
| 1969 | 85.9 kg/ha | +16.1% |
| 1970 | 93.3 kg/ha | +8.6% |
| 1971 | 81.2 kg/ha | -13.0% |
| 1972 | 73.5 kg/ha | -9.5% |
| 1973 | 74.5 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1974 | 107.2 kg/ha | +43.9% |
| 1975 | 96.3 kg/ha | -10.2% |
| 1976 | 101.5 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 1977 | 109 kg/ha | +7.4% |
| 1978 | 82 kg/ha | -24.8% |
| 1979 | 65 kg/ha | -20.7% |
| 1980 | 78.1 kg/ha | +20.2% |
| 1981 | 149.3 kg/ha | +91.2% |
| 1982 | 141 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 1983 | 147.9 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 1984 | 132.4 kg/ha | -10.5% |
| 1985 | 143.3 kg/ha | +8.2% |
| 1986 | 136.4 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 1987 | 163 kg/ha | +19.5% |
| 1988 | 177 kg/ha | +8.6% |
| 1989 | 184.7 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 1990 | 229.3 kg/ha | +24.1% |
| 1991 | 183.4 kg/ha | -20.0% |
| 1992 | 173.9 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 1993 | 194.8 kg/ha | +12.0% |
| 1994 | 186.8 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 1995 | 184.9 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1996 | 177.7 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 1997 | 175.5 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1998 | 172.6 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1999 | 169.8 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2000 | 178.1 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 2001 | 186.2 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 2002 | 202.7 kg/ha | +8.9% |
| 2003 | 227.4 kg/ha | +12.2% |
| 2004 | 234.9 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 2005 | 265.9 kg/ha | +13.2% |
| 2006 | 274.1 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 2007 | 265 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 2008 | 258.2 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 2009 | 266.1 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 2010 | 279.7 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 2011 | 276.1 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 2012 | 251.7 kg/ha | -8.8% |
| 2013 | 257.6 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 2014 | 267.9 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 2015 | 263.5 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2016 | 251.4 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 2017 | 260.7 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 2018 | 251.9 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 2019 | 266.3 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 2020 | 276.3 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 2021 | 272.9 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2022 | 270.4 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2023 | 323.1 kg/ha | +19.5% |
| 2024 | 235.3 kg/ha | -27.2% |
Uganda compared with similar countries
- Uganda's 235.3 kg/ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 230.95 kg/ha, 1.0× the median. (22 countries reporting)
- Uganda's 235.3 kg/ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 286.8 kg/ha, 82% of the median. (43 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Yield in Uganda 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | +91.2% | 78.1 kg/ha | 149.3 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 68.49 kg/ha | 62.1 kg/ha | 85.9 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 88.35 kg/ha | 65 kg/ha | 109 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 145.31 kg/ha | 78.1 kg/ha | 184.7 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 184.87 kg/ha | 169.8 kg/ha | 229.3 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 235.86 kg/ha | 178.1 kg/ha | 274.1 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 262.68 kg/ha | 251.4 kg/ha | 279.7 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 275.6 kg/ha | 235.3 kg/ha | 323.1 kg/ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Uganda
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 22.05 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2613 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 315.24 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.75 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0006 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6806 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 26.1% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 26.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.4% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.2% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is oilcrops, oil equivalent — yield in Uganda?
- Oilcrops, oil equivalent — yield in Uganda was 235.3 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oilcrops, oil equivalent — yield recorded in Uganda?
- The highest recorded value was 323.1 kg/ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest oilcrops, oil equivalent — yield recorded in Uganda?
- The lowest recorded value was 62.1 kg/ha in 1964.
- How does Uganda rank for oilcrops, oil equivalent — yield?
- Uganda ranks 151st out of 186 countries with data for 2024.
- Is oilcrops, oil equivalent — yield rising or falling in Uganda?
- Over the last ten years it is down 12.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Uganda 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.