Plantains and cooking bananas — Yield in Uganda
Uganda: Plantains and cooking bananas — Yield was 4,393 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Plantains and cooking bananas — Yield in Uganda, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, plantains and cooking bananas — yield in Uganda stood at 4,393 kg/ha. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of down 0.5% on the previous year and down 6.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, plantains and cooking bananas — yield in Uganda peaked at 8,424 kg/ha in 1970 and was at its lowest, 4,393 kg/ha, in 2024.
Uganda ranks 44th of 50 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Plantains and cooking bananas — Yield in Uganda, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 6,006 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 6,009 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 6,099 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1964 | 6,032 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1965 | 6,681 kg/ha | +10.8% |
| 1966 | 7,464 kg/ha | +11.7% |
| 1967 | 7,153 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 1968 | 6,499 kg/ha | -9.1% |
| 1969 | 7,453 kg/ha | +14.7% |
| 1970 | 8,424 kg/ha | +13.0% |
| 1971 | 8,350 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1972 | 8,330 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1973 | 8,338 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1974 | 8,350 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1975 | 8,299 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1976 | 6,895 kg/ha | -16.9% |
| 1977 | 6,882 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1978 | 6,872 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1979 | 4,721 kg/ha | -31.3% |
| 1980 | 4,858 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1981 | 5,000 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1982 | 5,501 kg/ha | +10.0% |
| 1983 | 5,366 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 1984 | 5,170 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 1985 | 5,347 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1986 | 5,425 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1987 | 5,538 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1988 | 5,601 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1989 | 5,650 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1990 | 5,650 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1991 | 5,650 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 5,350 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 1993 | 5,526 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1994 | 5,667 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1995 | 5,960 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 1996 | 6,000 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1997 | 6,049 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1998 | 6,000 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1999 | 5,700 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 2000 | 5,900 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 2001 | 6,000 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2002 | 6,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 5,840 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 2004 | 5,800 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2005 | 5,400 kg/ha | -6.9% |
| 2006 | 5,399 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2007 | 5,501 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2008 | 4,602 kg/ha | -16.4% |
| 2009 | 4,800 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 2010 | 4,800 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2011 | 4,800 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 4,600 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 2013 | 4,500 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 2014 | 4,704 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 2015 | 4,948 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 2016 | 4,476 kg/ha | -9.5% |
| 2017 | 4,526 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2018 | 4,510 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2019 | 4,491 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2020 | 4,454 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2021 | 4,454 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 4,436 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2023 | 4,415 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2024 | 4,393 kg/ha | -0.5% |
Uganda compared with similar countries
- Uganda's 4,393 kg/ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 3,787 kg/ha, 1.2× the median. (6 countries reporting)
- Uganda's 4,393 kg/ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 6,948 kg/ha, 63% of the median. (15 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Plantains and cooking bananas — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | -31.3% | 6,872 kg/ha | 4,721 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6,600 kg/ha | 6,006 kg/ha | 7,464 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 7,546 kg/ha | 4,721 kg/ha | 8,424 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 5,346 kg/ha | 4,858 kg/ha | 5,650 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 5,755 kg/ha | 5,350 kg/ha | 6,049 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 5,524 kg/ha | 4,602 kg/ha | 6,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 4,635 kg/ha | 4,476 kg/ha | 4,948 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,430 kg/ha | 4,393 kg/ha | 4,454 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Uganda
- 41 Sierra Leone 5,551 kg/ha compare
- 42 Guinea 5,239 kg/ha compare
- 43 Equatorial Guinea 5,127 kg/ha compare
- 45 Trinidad and Tobago 3,504 kg/ha compare
- 46 Guinea-Bissau 3,181 kg/ha compare
- 47 Liberia 2,214 kg/ha compare
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 plantains and cooking bananas — yield in Uganda?
- Plantains and cooking bananas — yield in Uganda was 4,393 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest plantains and cooking bananas — yield recorded in Uganda?
- The highest recorded value was 8,424 kg/ha in 1970.
- What is the lowest plantains and cooking bananas — yield recorded in Uganda?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,393 kg/ha in 2024.
- How does Uganda rank for plantains and cooking bananas — yield?
- Uganda ranks 44th out of 50 countries with data for 2024.
- Is plantains and cooking bananas — yield rising or falling in Uganda?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Uganda data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Plantains and cooking bananas — 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.