Potatoes — Yield in Namibia
Namibia: Potatoes — Yield was 12,063 kg/ha in 2024. ▬ Flat
Potatoes — Yield in Namibia, 2000–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, potatoes — yield in Namibia stood at 12,063 kg/ha.
The figure is up 0.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, potatoes — yield in Namibia peaked at 13,197 kg/ha in 2008 and was at its lowest, 6,980 kg/ha, in 2006.
That places Namibia 126th out of 153 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
Potatoes — Yield in Namibia, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 12,500 kg/ha | — |
| 2001 | 12,903 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 2002 | 13,044 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2003 | 12,903 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2004 | 11,058 kg/ha | -14.3% |
| 2005 | 11,306 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2006 | 6,980 kg/ha | -38.3% |
| 2007 | 12,786 kg/ha | +83.2% |
| 2008 | 13,197 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 2009 | 13,050 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2010 | 12,139 kg/ha | -7.0% |
| 2011 | 12,004 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2012 | 12,131 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2013 | 12,131 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 12,050 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2015 | 12,063 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 12,079 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 12,064 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2018 | 12,068 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 12,070 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 12,056 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2021 | 12,065 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2022 | 12,063 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2023 | 12,061 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2024 | 12,063 kg/ha | +0.0% |
Namibia compared with similar countries
- Namibia's 12,063 kg/ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 16,651 kg/ha, 72% of the median. (33 countries reporting)
- Namibia's 12,063 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 10,316 kg/ha, 1.2× the median. (32 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Potatoes — Yield in Namibia 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | +83.2% | 6,980 kg/ha | 12,786 kg/ha |
| 2006 | -38.3% | 11,306 kg/ha | 6,980 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 11,973 kg/ha | 6,980 kg/ha | 13,197 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 12,080 kg/ha | 12,004 kg/ha | 12,139 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 12,062 kg/ha | 12,056 kg/ha | 12,065 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Namibia
More agriculture & rural data for Namibia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 8 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0699 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 340.78 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.13 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4913 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 7.0% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 7.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.5% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is potatoes — yield in Namibia?
- Potatoes — yield in Namibia was 12,063 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest potatoes — yield recorded in Namibia?
- The highest recorded value was 13,197 kg/ha in 2008.
- What is the lowest potatoes — yield recorded in Namibia?
- The lowest recorded value was 6,980 kg/ha in 2006.
- How does Namibia rank for potatoes — yield?
- Namibia ranks 126th out of 153 countries with data for 2024.
- Is potatoes — yield rising or falling in Namibia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Namibia data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Potatoes — 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.