Rape or colza seed — Yield in Eastern Africa
Eastern Africa: Rape or colza seed — Yield was 2,102 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Rape or colza seed — 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 rape or colza seed — yield in Eastern Africa is 2,102 kg/ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 0.3% on the previous year and up 51.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rape or colza seed — yield in Eastern Africa peaked at 2,102 kg/ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 355.8 kg/ha, in 1985.
Eastern Africa ranks 11th of 24 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Rape or colza seed — Yield in Eastern 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 | 394.7 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1980 | 384.5 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 1981 | 505 kg/ha | +31.3% |
| 1982 | 377.5 kg/ha | -25.2% |
| 1983 | 445.8 kg/ha | +18.1% |
| 1984 | 377.8 kg/ha | -15.3% |
| 1985 | 355.8 kg/ha | -5.8% |
| 1986 | 368.1 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 1987 | 585.6 kg/ha | +59.1% |
| 1988 | 574.3 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 1989 | 569.5 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1990 | 559.3 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1991 | 533.3 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 1992 | 435 kg/ha | -18.4% |
| 1993 | 692.3 kg/ha | +59.1% |
| 1994 | 678.6 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1995 | 896 kg/ha | +32.0% |
| 1996 | 1,769 kg/ha | +97.5% |
| 1997 | 686.2 kg/ha | -61.2% |
| 1998 | 986.5 kg/ha | +43.8% |
| 1999 | 806.2 kg/ha | -18.3% |
| 2000 | 682.3 kg/ha | -15.4% |
| 2001 | 589.7 kg/ha | -13.6% |
| 2002 | 1,126 kg/ha | +91.0% |
| 2003 | 1,150 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 2004 | 1,125 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 2005 | 855.7 kg/ha | -24.0% |
| 2006 | 974 kg/ha | +13.8% |
| 2007 | 953.3 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 2008 | 1,380 kg/ha | +44.7% |
| 2009 | 1,065 kg/ha | -22.8% |
| 2010 | 1,040 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 2011 | 1,653 kg/ha | +59.0% |
| 2012 | 1,614 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 2013 | 1,557 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 2014 | 1,384 kg/ha | -11.1% |
| 2015 | 1,743 kg/ha | +25.9% |
| 2016 | 1,792 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 2017 | 1,808 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2018 | 682.8 kg/ha | -62.2% |
| 2019 | 1,824 kg/ha | +167.2% |
| 2020 | 917.6 kg/ha | -49.7% |
| 2021 | 2,027 kg/ha | +120.9% |
| 2022 | 1,990 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 2023 | 2,096 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 2024 | 2,102 kg/ha | +0.3% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Rape or colza seed — Yield in Eastern 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | +167.2% | 682.8 kg/ha | 1,824 kg/ha |
| 2021 | +120.9% | 917.6 kg/ha | 2,027 kg/ha |
| 1996 | +97.5% | 896 kg/ha | 1,769 kg/ha |
| 2002 | +91.0% | 589.7 kg/ha | 1,126 kg/ha |
| 2018 | -62.2% | 1,808 kg/ha | 682.8 kg/ha |
| 1997 | -61.2% | 1,769 kg/ha | 686.2 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 400 kg/ha | 400 kg/ha | 400 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 401.21 kg/ha | 394.7 kg/ha | 403.8 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 454.39 kg/ha | 355.8 kg/ha | 585.6 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 804.27 kg/ha | 435 kg/ha | 1,769 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 990.18 kg/ha | 589.7 kg/ha | 1,380 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,510 kg/ha | 682.8 kg/ha | 1,824 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,826 kg/ha | 917.6 kg/ha | 2,102 kg/ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is rape or colza seed — yield in Eastern Africa?
- Rape or colza seed — yield in Eastern Africa was 2,102 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 Eastern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 2,102 kg/ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest rape or colza seed — yield recorded in Eastern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 355.8 kg/ha in 1985.
- How does Eastern Africa rank for rape or colza seed — yield?
- Eastern Africa ranks 11th out of 24 groups with data for 2024.
- Is rape or colza seed — yield rising or falling in Eastern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 51.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Eastern 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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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.