Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in Eastern Africa
Eastern Africa: Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield was 9,310 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in Eastern Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Eastern Africa recorded 9,310 kg/ha for roots and tubers, total — yield in 2024.
That represents a change of up 3.1% on the previous year and up 19.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots and tubers, total — yield in Eastern Africa peaked at 10,054 kg/ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 4,522 kg/ha, in 1961.
That places Eastern Africa 24th 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 Eastern Africa, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 4,522 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 4,696 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 1963 | 4,595 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 1964 | 4,681 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1965 | 4,676 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1966 | 4,845 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 1967 | 5,022 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 1968 | 4,978 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1969 | 4,718 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 1970 | 4,753 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1971 | 4,625 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 1972 | 4,753 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1973 | 4,683 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1974 | 4,792 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1975 | 5,366 kg/ha | +12.0% |
| 1976 | 5,549 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1977 | 5,973 kg/ha | +7.6% |
| 1978 | 5,706 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 1979 | 6,246 kg/ha | +9.5% |
| 1980 | 6,220 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1981 | 6,646 kg/ha | +6.9% |
| 1982 | 6,565 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1983 | 6,639 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1984 | 6,336 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 1985 | 6,440 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1986 | 6,505 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1987 | 6,357 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1988 | 6,350 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1989 | 6,246 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1990 | 6,490 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 1991 | 6,288 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 1992 | 6,031 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 1993 | 6,309 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 1994 | 5,957 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 1995 | 6,005 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1996 | 5,943 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1997 | 6,018 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1998 | 6,011 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1999 | 6,772 kg/ha | +12.7% |
| 2000 | 6,856 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2001 | 7,287 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 2002 | 7,034 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 2003 | 6,750 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 2004 | 6,592 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 2005 | 6,879 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 2006 | 7,434 kg/ha | +8.1% |
| 2007 | 7,579 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2008 | 7,445 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 2009 | 6,754 kg/ha | -9.3% |
| 2010 | 7,352 kg/ha | +8.9% |
| 2011 | 7,591 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 2012 | 7,749 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 2013 | 7,657 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2014 | 7,786 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2015 | 7,925 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2016 | 7,885 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2017 | 7,554 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 2018 | 8,866 kg/ha | +17.4% |
| 2019 | 9,637 kg/ha | +8.7% |
| 2020 | 10,054 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 2021 | 9,033 kg/ha | -10.2% |
| 2022 | 8,747 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 2023 | 9,031 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 2024 | 9,310 kg/ha | +3.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4,748 kg/ha | 4,522 kg/ha | 5,022 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 5,244 kg/ha | 4,625 kg/ha | 6,246 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 6,430 kg/ha | 6,220 kg/ha | 6,646 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 6,182 kg/ha | 5,943 kg/ha | 6,772 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 7,061 kg/ha | 6,592 kg/ha | 7,579 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 8,000 kg/ha | 7,352 kg/ha | 9,637 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 9,235 kg/ha | 8,747 kg/ha | 10,054 kg/ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is roots and tubers, total — yield in Eastern Africa?
- Roots and tubers, total — yield in Eastern Africa was 9,310 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 Eastern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 10,054 kg/ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest roots and tubers, total — yield recorded in Eastern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,522 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Eastern Africa rank for roots and tubers, total — yield?
- Eastern Africa ranks 24th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is roots and tubers, total — yield rising or falling in Eastern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 19.6%. 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 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.