Pulses, Total — Yield in Namibia
Namibia: Pulses, Total — Yield was 1,080 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Pulses, Total — Yield in Namibia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Namibia recorded 1,080 kg/ha for pulses, total — yield in 2024.
The figure is down 3.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pulses, total — yield in Namibia peaked at 1,169 kg/ha in 2007 and was at its lowest, 888.9 kg/ha, in 1961.
That places Namibia 98th out of 169 countries 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 Namibia, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 888.9 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 888.9 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 888.9 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 933.3 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 1965 | 933.3 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 914.9 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1967 | 914.9 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 936.2 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1969 | 936.2 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 937.5 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1971 | 958.3 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1972 | 960 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1973 | 1,000 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 1974 | 945.5 kg/ha | -5.5% |
| 1975 | 981.8 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 1976 | 933.3 kg/ha | -4.9% |
| 1977 | 919.4 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1978 | 935.5 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1979 | 923.1 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1980 | 953.8 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1981 | 953.8 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 969.2 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1983 | 984.6 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1984 | 1,000 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1985 | 969.2 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 1986 | 1,000 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1987 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 1,031 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1989 | 1,087 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 1990 | 1,096 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1991 | 1,107 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1992 | 1,056 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 1993 | 1,096 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 1994 | 1,107 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1995 | 1,111 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1996 | 1,111 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 1,143 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1998 | 1,121 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 1999 | 1,118 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2000 | 1,102 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2001 | 1,115 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2002 | 1,118 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2003 | 1,112 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2004 | 1,144 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2005 | 1,132 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2006 | 1,142 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2007 | 1,169 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 2008 | 1,162 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2009 | 1,141 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 2010 | 1,154 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2011 | 1,129 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 2012 | 1,085 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 2013 | 1,090 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2014 | 1,114 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2015 | 1,117 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 1,108 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2017 | 1,112 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 1,112 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 1,059 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 2020 | 1,083 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2021 | 1,085 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2022 | 1,076 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2023 | 1,081 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2024 | 1,080 kg/ha | -0.0% |
Namibia compared with similar countries
- Namibia's 1,080 kg/ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 827.9 kg/ha, 1.3× the median. (38 countries reporting)
- Namibia's 1,080 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 715.4 kg/ha, 1.5× the median. (40 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 915.06 kg/ha | 888.9 kg/ha | 936.2 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 949.44 kg/ha | 919.4 kg/ha | 1,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 994.84 kg/ha | 953.8 kg/ha | 1,087 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,107 kg/ha | 1,056 kg/ha | 1,143 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,134 kg/ha | 1,102 kg/ha | 1,169 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,108 kg/ha | 1,059 kg/ha | 1,154 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,081 kg/ha | 1,076 kg/ha | 1,085 kg/ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is pulses, total — yield in Namibia?
- Pulses, total — yield in Namibia was 1,080 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pulses, total — yield recorded in Namibia?
- The highest recorded value was 1,169 kg/ha in 2007.
- What is the lowest pulses, total — yield recorded in Namibia?
- The lowest recorded value was 888.9 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Namibia rank for pulses, total — yield?
- Namibia ranks 98th out of 169 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pulses, total — yield rising or falling in Namibia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Namibia 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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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.