Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in Africa
Africa: Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield was 8,401 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for roots and tubers, total — yield in Africa is 8,401 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.4% on the previous year and up 0.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots and tubers, total — yield in Africa peaked at 9,490 kg/ha in 2010 and was at its lowest, 5,734 kg/ha, in 1962.
That places Africa 26th out of 29 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in Africa, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 5,779 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 5,734 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1963 | 5,826 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1964 | 5,844 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1965 | 6,049 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 1966 | 6,141 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1967 | 6,201 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1968 | 6,127 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1969 | 6,191 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1970 | 6,235 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1971 | 5,870 kg/ha | -5.8% |
| 1972 | 5,822 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1973 | 5,852 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1974 | 6,005 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1975 | 6,411 kg/ha | +6.8% |
| 1976 | 6,413 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 6,613 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1978 | 6,568 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1979 | 6,781 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1980 | 6,859 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1981 | 6,672 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 1982 | 6,680 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1983 | 6,722 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1984 | 6,682 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1985 | 7,076 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 1986 | 7,155 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1987 | 7,185 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1988 | 7,552 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 1989 | 7,524 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1990 | 7,849 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 1991 | 7,971 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1992 | 8,015 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1993 | 8,224 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1994 | 8,125 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1995 | 8,218 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1996 | 8,187 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1997 | 8,473 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 1998 | 8,201 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 1999 | 8,190 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2000 | 8,256 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2001 | 8,343 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2002 | 8,456 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2003 | 8,465 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2004 | 8,619 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2005 | 8,871 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2006 | 9,249 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 2007 | 8,829 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 2008 | 9,391 kg/ha | +6.4% |
| 2009 | 8,982 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 2010 | 9,490 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 2011 | 8,884 kg/ha | -6.4% |
| 2012 | 8,262 kg/ha | -7.0% |
| 2013 | 8,194 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2014 | 8,388 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 2015 | 8,195 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 2016 | 8,750 kg/ha | +6.8% |
| 2017 | 8,758 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 9,247 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 2019 | 8,228 kg/ha | -11.0% |
| 2020 | 8,277 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2021 | 8,215 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2022 | 8,338 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2023 | 8,436 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2024 | 8,401 kg/ha | -0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5,988 kg/ha | 5,734 kg/ha | 6,201 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 6,257 kg/ha | 5,822 kg/ha | 6,781 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 7,011 kg/ha | 6,672 kg/ha | 7,552 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 8,145 kg/ha | 7,849 kg/ha | 8,473 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 8,746 kg/ha | 8,256 kg/ha | 9,391 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 8,639 kg/ha | 8,194 kg/ha | 9,490 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 8,333 kg/ha | 8,215 kg/ha | 8,436 kg/ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is roots and tubers, total — yield in Africa?
- Roots and tubers, total — yield in Africa was 8,401 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest roots and tubers, total — yield recorded in Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 9,490 kg/ha in 2010.
- What is the lowest roots and tubers, total — yield recorded in Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 5,734 kg/ha in 1962.
- How does Africa rank for roots and tubers, total — yield?
- Africa ranks 26th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is roots and tubers, total — yield rising or falling in Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.2%. 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 Roots and Tubers, 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.