Potatoes — Yield in Uganda
Uganda: Potatoes — Yield was 6,857 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Potatoes — Yield in Uganda, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for potatoes — yield in Uganda is 6,857 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 47.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, potatoes — yield in Uganda peaked at 9,747 kg/ha in 1972 and was at its lowest, 4,400 kg/ha, in 2015.
That places Uganda 143rd out of 153 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Potatoes — Yield in Uganda, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 9,091 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 9,167 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1963 | 9,167 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 9,231 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1965 | 9,231 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 8,667 kg/ha | -6.1% |
| 1967 | 8,667 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 8,750 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1969 | 8,750 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 8,824 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1971 | 7,529 kg/ha | -14.7% |
| 1972 | 9,747 kg/ha | +29.5% |
| 1973 | 8,830 kg/ha | -9.4% |
| 1974 | 9,050 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1975 | 6,261 kg/ha | -30.8% |
| 1976 | 7,152 kg/ha | +14.2% |
| 1977 | 7,923 kg/ha | +10.8% |
| 1978 | 7,930 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1979 | 6,238 kg/ha | -21.3% |
| 1980 | 6,917 kg/ha | +10.9% |
| 1981 | 7,000 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1982 | 7,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 6,967 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1984 | 7,765 kg/ha | +11.5% |
| 1985 | 6,720 kg/ha | -13.5% |
| 1986 | 5,158 kg/ha | -23.2% |
| 1987 | 7,115 kg/ha | +38.0% |
| 1988 | 7,037 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1989 | 6,928 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1990 | 7,000 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1991 | 7,188 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1992 | 7,243 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1993 | 8,000 kg/ha | +10.4% |
| 1994 | 8,364 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 1995 | 8,040 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 1996 | 6,000 kg/ha | -25.4% |
| 1997 | 6,429 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 1998 | 6,400 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1999 | 7,016 kg/ha | +9.6% |
| 2000 | 7,029 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2001 | 6,959 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2002 | 7,000 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2003 | 6,962 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2004 | 6,904 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2005 | 6,802 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2006 | 6,978 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 2007 | 6,989 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2008 | 4,742 kg/ha | -32.2% |
| 2009 | 4,629 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 2010 | 4,771 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 2011 | 4,992 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 2012 | 4,944 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2013 | 4,501 kg/ha | -9.0% |
| 2014 | 4,646 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 2015 | 4,400 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 2016 | 5,356 kg/ha | +21.7% |
| 2017 | 7,617 kg/ha | +42.2% |
| 2018 | 8,296 kg/ha | +8.9% |
| 2019 | 8,618 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 2020 | 8,308 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 2021 | 6,857 kg/ha | -17.5% |
| 2022 | 6,857 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 6,857 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 6,857 kg/ha | +0.0% |
Uganda compared with similar countries
- Uganda's 6,857 kg/ha is below the median for low income countries, which is 11,047 kg/ha, 62% of the median. (16 countries reporting)
- Uganda's 6,857 kg/ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 10,316 kg/ha, 66% of the median. (32 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Potatoes — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | +42.2% | 5,356 kg/ha | 7,617 kg/ha |
| 1987 | +38.0% | 5,158 kg/ha | 7,115 kg/ha |
| 2008 | -32.2% | 6,989 kg/ha | 4,742 kg/ha |
| 1975 | -30.8% | 9,050 kg/ha | 6,261 kg/ha |
| 1972 | +29.5% | 7,529 kg/ha | 9,747 kg/ha |
| 1996 | -25.4% | 8,040 kg/ha | 6,000 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 8,969 kg/ha | 8,667 kg/ha | 9,231 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 7,948 kg/ha | 6,238 kg/ha | 9,747 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 6,861 kg/ha | 5,158 kg/ha | 7,765 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 7,168 kg/ha | 6,000 kg/ha | 8,364 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 6,499 kg/ha | 4,629 kg/ha | 7,029 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 5,814 kg/ha | 4,400 kg/ha | 8,618 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 7,148 kg/ha | 6,857 kg/ha | 8,308 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Uganda
- 140 Angola 7,886 kg/ha compare
- 141 Guadeloupe 7,000 kg/ha compare
- 142 New Caledonia 6,905 kg/ha compare
- 144 Madagascar 6,038 kg/ha compare
- 145 Mauritania 5,915 kg/ha compare
- 146 Papua New Guinea 5,792 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 potatoes — yield in Uganda?
- Potatoes — yield in Uganda was 6,857 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest potatoes — yield recorded in Uganda?
- The highest recorded value was 9,747 kg/ha in 1972.
- What is the lowest potatoes — yield recorded in Uganda?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,400 kg/ha in 2015.
- How does Uganda rank for potatoes — yield?
- Uganda ranks 143rd out of 153 countries with data for 2024.
- Is potatoes — yield rising or falling in Uganda?
- Over the last ten years it is up 47.6%. 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 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.