Rape or colza seed — Yield in Africa
Africa: Rape or colza seed — Yield was 1,744 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Rape or colza seed — Yield in Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, rape or colza seed — yield in Africa stood at 1,744 kg/ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.2% on the previous year and up 29.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rape or colza seed — yield in Africa peaked at 1,907 kg/ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 400 kg/ha, in 1961.
Africa ranks 17th of 24 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Rape or colza seed — Yield in Africa, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 400 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 400 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 400 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 400 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 400 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 400 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 400 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 400 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 400 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 402 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1971 | 402 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 402 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 403.8 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1974 | 403.8 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 403.8 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 400 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1977 | 400 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 400 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 800 kg/ha | +100.0% |
| 1980 | 1,077 kg/ha | +34.6% |
| 1981 | 1,171 kg/ha | +8.7% |
| 1982 | 960.4 kg/ha | -18.0% |
| 1983 | 952.3 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1984 | 1,071 kg/ha | +12.5% |
| 1985 | 1,052 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1986 | 1,036 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1987 | 1,130 kg/ha | +9.1% |
| 1988 | 949.2 kg/ha | -16.0% |
| 1989 | 939.6 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1990 | 852 kg/ha | -9.3% |
| 1991 | 776 kg/ha | -8.9% |
| 1992 | 589.5 kg/ha | -24.0% |
| 1993 | 1,479 kg/ha | +150.9% |
| 1994 | 1,271 kg/ha | -14.1% |
| 1995 | 1,328 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 1996 | 1,655 kg/ha | +24.6% |
| 1997 | 1,235 kg/ha | -25.4% |
| 1998 | 1,520 kg/ha | +23.1% |
| 1999 | 1,168 kg/ha | -23.2% |
| 2000 | 1,107 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 2001 | 1,014 kg/ha | -8.4% |
| 2002 | 1,237 kg/ha | +22.0% |
| 2003 | 1,133 kg/ha | -8.4% |
| 2004 | 1,044 kg/ha | -7.8% |
| 2005 | 1,107 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 2006 | 1,215 kg/ha | +9.8% |
| 2007 | 1,194 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 2008 | 1,253 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 2009 | 1,234 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2010 | 1,180 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 2011 | 1,519 kg/ha | +28.7% |
| 2012 | 1,676 kg/ha | +10.4% |
| 2013 | 1,556 kg/ha | -7.2% |
| 2014 | 1,345 kg/ha | -13.6% |
| 2015 | 1,396 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 2016 | 1,610 kg/ha | +15.4% |
| 2017 | 1,327 kg/ha | -17.6% |
| 2018 | 1,102 kg/ha | -17.0% |
| 2019 | 1,436 kg/ha | +30.3% |
| 2020 | 1,655 kg/ha | +15.2% |
| 2021 | 1,907 kg/ha | +15.2% |
| 2022 | 1,700 kg/ha | -10.9% |
| 2023 | 1,783 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 2024 | 1,744 kg/ha | -2.2% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Rape or colza seed — Yield in Africa 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | +150.9% | 589.5 kg/ha | 1,479 kg/ha |
| 1979 | +100.0% | 400 kg/ha | 800 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 400 kg/ha | 400 kg/ha | 400 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 441.74 kg/ha | 400 kg/ha | 800 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,034 kg/ha | 939.6 kg/ha | 1,171 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,187 kg/ha | 589.5 kg/ha | 1,655 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,154 kg/ha | 1,014 kg/ha | 1,253 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,415 kg/ha | 1,102 kg/ha | 1,676 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,757 kg/ha | 1,655 kg/ha | 1,907 kg/ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is rape or colza seed — yield in Africa?
- Rape or colza seed — yield in Africa was 1,744 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest rape or colza seed — yield recorded in Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 1,907 kg/ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest rape or colza seed — yield recorded in Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 400 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Africa rank for rape or colza seed — yield?
- Africa ranks 17th out of 24 groups with data for 2024.
- Is rape or colza seed — yield rising or falling in Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 29.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Africa data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Rape or colza seed — 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.