Oranges — Yield in Africa
Africa: Oranges — Yield was 20,842 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Oranges — Yield in Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, oranges — yield in Africa stood at 20,842 kg/ha.
That represents a change of up 2.7% on the previous year and up 1.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oranges — yield in Africa peaked at 21,375 kg/ha in 2019 and was at its lowest, 12,130 kg/ha, in 1985.
That places Africa 8th out of 27 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Oranges — Yield in Africa, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 12,214 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 13,361 kg/ha | +9.4% |
| 1963 | 13,158 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1964 | 13,658 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 1965 | 12,623 kg/ha | -7.6% |
| 1966 | 13,630 kg/ha | +8.0% |
| 1967 | 14,147 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 1968 | 13,865 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1969 | 13,787 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1970 | 13,641 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1971 | 13,329 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1972 | 13,962 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 1973 | 14,555 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 1974 | 14,150 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 1975 | 13,377 kg/ha | -5.5% |
| 1976 | 13,095 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 1977 | 12,476 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 1978 | 14,601 kg/ha | +17.0% |
| 1979 | 15,215 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 1980 | 14,289 kg/ha | -6.1% |
| 1981 | 14,290 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 15,336 kg/ha | +7.3% |
| 1983 | 15,940 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 1984 | 15,697 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1985 | 12,130 kg/ha | -22.7% |
| 1986 | 12,169 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1987 | 12,264 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1988 | 12,483 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1989 | 13,356 kg/ha | +7.0% |
| 1990 | 13,212 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1991 | 14,288 kg/ha | +8.1% |
| 1992 | 13,468 kg/ha | -5.7% |
| 1993 | 12,282 kg/ha | -8.8% |
| 1994 | 13,502 kg/ha | +9.9% |
| 1995 | 12,799 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 1996 | 13,977 kg/ha | +9.2% |
| 1997 | 13,286 kg/ha | -4.9% |
| 1998 | 13,744 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1999 | 13,876 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2000 | 13,665 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2001 | 13,736 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2002 | 14,826 kg/ha | +7.9% |
| 2003 | 15,463 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 2004 | 14,850 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 2005 | 16,820 kg/ha | +13.3% |
| 2006 | 17,440 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 2007 | 16,837 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 2008 | 17,222 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 2009 | 18,057 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 2010 | 18,076 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 18,613 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 2012 | 18,998 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 2013 | 19,039 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2014 | 20,446 kg/ha | +7.4% |
| 2015 | 20,187 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 2016 | 19,168 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 2017 | 19,836 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 2018 | 20,685 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 2019 | 21,375 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 2020 | 19,597 kg/ha | -8.3% |
| 2021 | 20,039 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 2022 | 20,375 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2023 | 20,296 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2024 | 20,842 kg/ha | +2.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 13,383 kg/ha | 12,214 kg/ha | 14,147 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 13,840 kg/ha | 12,476 kg/ha | 15,215 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 13,795 kg/ha | 12,130 kg/ha | 15,940 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 13,443 kg/ha | 12,282 kg/ha | 14,288 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 15,891 kg/ha | 13,665 kg/ha | 18,057 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 19,642 kg/ha | 18,076 kg/ha | 21,375 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 20,230 kg/ha | 19,597 kg/ha | 20,842 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Africa
- 5 South Africa 45,800 kg/ha compare
- 5 Syrian Arab Republic 18,015 kg/ha compare
- 6 Zimbabwe 44,000 kg/ha compare
- 6 Melanesia 17,368 kg/ha compare
- 7 Democratic Republic of the Congo 15,458 kg/ha compare
- 7 Tunisia 40,165 kg/ha compare
- 8 Paraguay 40,105 kg/ha compare
- 8 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 14,026 kg/ha compare
- 9 Ghana 39,831 kg/ha compare
- 9 United Republic of Tanzania 13,907 kg/ha compare
- 10 Indonesia 38,133 kg/ha compare
- 11 Greece 31,201 kg/ha compare
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- Food — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 1.86 % change on previous year (2024)
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- Livestock — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 2.94 % change on previous year (2024)
- Roots and Tubers, Total — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 2.21 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables and Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant) 1.84 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sugar Crops Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 1.44 % change on previous year (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is oranges — yield in Africa?
- Oranges — yield in Africa was 20,842 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oranges — yield recorded in Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 21,375 kg/ha in 2019.
- What is the lowest oranges — yield recorded in Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 12,130 kg/ha in 1985.
- How does Africa rank for oranges — yield?
- Africa ranks 8th out of 27 groups with data for 2024.
- Is oranges — yield rising or falling in Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.9%. 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 Oranges — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.