Potato yields in Cape Verde
Cape Verde: Potato yields was 11.34 tonnes per hectare in 2024. ▲ Rising
Potato yields in Cape Verde, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025); Broadberry et al. (2015); Brassley (2000) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in tonnes per hectare.
Analysis
Cape Verde recorded 11.34 tonnes per hectare for potato yields in 2024.
The figure is down 21.7% on the previous year and up 13.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, potato yields in Cape Verde peaked at 25 tonnes per hectare in 1984 and was at its lowest, 6.04 tonnes per hectare, in 2018.
Cape Verde ranks 129th of 158 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 10.37 tonnes per hectare | 10 tonnes per hectare | 13.33 tonnes per hectare | 9 |
| 1970s | 13.78 tonnes per hectare | 10 tonnes per hectare | 20.83 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 1980s | 15.36 tonnes per hectare | 6.4 tonnes per hectare | 25 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 1990s | 15.66 tonnes per hectare | 11.55 tonnes per hectare | 20.95 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 2000s | 16.04 tonnes per hectare | 15.44 tonnes per hectare | 16.52 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 2010s | 12.22 tonnes per hectare | 6.04 tonnes per hectare | 20 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 2020s | 16.01 tonnes per hectare | 11.34 tonnes per hectare | 23.85 tonnes per hectare | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Cape Verde
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 153.97 million current US$ (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 5.0% (2025)
- Rural population 117,962 (2025)
- Rural population growth -3.3% (2025)
- Rural population 22.4% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.0% (2023)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 5.0% (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 5.0% (2025)
- Land under cereal production 124 hectares (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is potato yields in Cape Verde?
- Potato yields in Cape Verde was 11.34 tonnes per hectare in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025); Broadberry et al. (2015); Brassley (2000) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest potato yields recorded in Cape Verde?
- The highest recorded value was 25 tonnes per hectare in 1984.
- What is the lowest potato yields recorded in Cape Verde?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.04 tonnes per hectare in 2018.
- How does Cape Verde rank for potato yields?
- Cape Verde ranks 129th out of 158 countries with data for 2024.
- Is potato yields rising or falling in Cape Verde?
- Over the last ten years it is up 13.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Cape Verde data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025); Broadberry et al. (2015); Brassley (2000) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Potato yields. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Yields are measured in tonnes per hectare.