Pulses, Total — Yield in Eastern Africa
Eastern Africa: Pulses, Total — Yield was 961.7 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Pulses, Total — Yield in Eastern Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for pulses, total — yield in Eastern Africa is 961.7 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 3.0% on the previous year and up 0.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pulses, total — yield in Eastern Africa peaked at 1,018 kg/ha in 2017 and was at its lowest, 566.7 kg/ha, in 1994.
That places Eastern Africa 18th out of 29 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.
Pulses, Total — Yield in Eastern Africa, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 623.6 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 634.9 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1963 | 629.9 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1964 | 636.9 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1965 | 645.5 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1966 | 652 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1967 | 666.1 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1968 | 652.3 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 1969 | 658.6 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1970 | 668.1 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1971 | 653 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1972 | 678.4 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 1973 | 630.7 kg/ha | -7.0% |
| 1974 | 593.2 kg/ha | -5.9% |
| 1975 | 646.3 kg/ha | +9.0% |
| 1976 | 643.5 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1977 | 665.9 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 1978 | 638.3 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 1979 | 682.1 kg/ha | +6.9% |
| 1980 | 713.2 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 1981 | 690.5 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 1982 | 689.8 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1983 | 761 kg/ha | +10.3% |
| 1984 | 664 kg/ha | -12.7% |
| 1985 | 624 kg/ha | -6.0% |
| 1986 | 656.3 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 1987 | 658.7 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1988 | 620.8 kg/ha | -5.8% |
| 1989 | 624.9 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1990 | 674.2 kg/ha | +7.9% |
| 1991 | 695.8 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1992 | 629.6 kg/ha | -9.5% |
| 1993 | 623.7 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1994 | 566.7 kg/ha | -9.1% |
| 1995 | 625.2 kg/ha | +10.3% |
| 1996 | 616.4 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1997 | 600.6 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 1998 | 609.4 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1999 | 646 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 2000 | 657.8 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2001 | 669.7 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2002 | 680.8 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2003 | 633 kg/ha | -7.0% |
| 2004 | 601.9 kg/ha | -4.9% |
| 2005 | 601.6 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2006 | 678.2 kg/ha | +12.7% |
| 2007 | 731.6 kg/ha | +7.9% |
| 2008 | 787.6 kg/ha | +7.7% |
| 2009 | 835.5 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 2010 | 829.7 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2011 | 846.6 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2012 | 846.8 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 876.3 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 2014 | 953.4 kg/ha | +8.8% |
| 2015 | 1,010 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 2016 | 960.5 kg/ha | -4.9% |
| 2017 | 1,018 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 2018 | 985.2 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 2019 | 925 kg/ha | -6.1% |
| 2020 | 958.4 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 2021 | 908 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 2022 | 917.1 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2023 | 933.7 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2024 | 961.7 kg/ha | +3.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 644.42 kg/ha | 623.6 kg/ha | 666.1 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 649.95 kg/ha | 593.2 kg/ha | 682.1 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 670.32 kg/ha | 620.8 kg/ha | 761 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 628.76 kg/ha | 566.7 kg/ha | 695.8 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 687.77 kg/ha | 601.6 kg/ha | 835.5 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 925.14 kg/ha | 829.7 kg/ha | 1,018 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 935.78 kg/ha | 908 kg/ha | 961.7 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Eastern Africa
- 15 Saudi Arabia 3,350 kg/ha compare
- 16 Germany 3,331 kg/ha compare
- 17 Democratic Republic of the Congo 504 kg/ha compare
- 17 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 3,231 kg/ha compare
- 18 Luxembourg 3,026 kg/ha compare
- 19 Sweden 2,966 kg/ha compare
- 20 Serbia and Montenegro 2,945 kg/ha compare
- 21 Malta 2,824 kg/ha compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is pulses, total — yield in Eastern Africa?
- Pulses, total — yield in Eastern Africa was 961.7 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pulses, total — yield recorded in Eastern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 1,018 kg/ha in 2017.
- What is the lowest pulses, total — yield recorded in Eastern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 566.7 kg/ha in 1994.
- How does Eastern Africa rank for pulses, total — yield?
- Eastern Africa ranks 18th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is pulses, total — yield rising or falling in Eastern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Eastern Africa data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Pulses, Total — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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.