Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in Mali
Mali: Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield was 17,361 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in Mali, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, roots and tubers, total — yield in Mali stood at 17,361 kg/ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.7% on the previous year and up 4.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots and tubers, total — yield in Mali peaked at 20,577 kg/ha in 2008 and was at its lowest, 3,519 kg/ha, in 1986.
Mali ranks 88th of 191 countries 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.
Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in Mali, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 5,728 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 5,848 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1963 | 6,000 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1964 | 6,100 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1965 | 6,232 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1966 | 6,327 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1967 | 6,409 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1968 | 6,487 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1969 | 6,581 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1970 | 6,536 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1971 | 6,533 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1972 | 6,408 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 1973 | 6,278 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1974 | 5,952 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 1975 | 5,823 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 1976 | 5,571 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 1977 | 5,246 kg/ha | -5.8% |
| 1978 | 4,912 kg/ha | -6.4% |
| 1979 | 4,732 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 1980 | 4,631 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 1981 | 4,667 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1982 | 4,658 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1983 | 4,536 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 1984 | 5,124 kg/ha | +13.0% |
| 1985 | 3,807 kg/ha | -25.7% |
| 1986 | 3,519 kg/ha | -7.6% |
| 1987 | 4,278 kg/ha | +21.6% |
| 1988 | 4,618 kg/ha | +7.9% |
| 1989 | 4,474 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 1990 | 7,752 kg/ha | +73.3% |
| 1991 | 8,176 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 1992 | 8,566 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 1993 | 8,269 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 1994 | 9,108 kg/ha | +10.2% |
| 1995 | 8,994 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1996 | 8,829 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1997 | 8,402 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 1998 | 7,418 kg/ha | -11.7% |
| 1999 | 12,968 kg/ha | +74.8% |
| 2000 | 13,754 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 2001 | 12,841 kg/ha | -6.6% |
| 2002 | 15,086 kg/ha | +17.5% |
| 2003 | 14,649 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 2004 | 16,911 kg/ha | +15.4% |
| 2005 | 16,541 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 2006 | 20,381 kg/ha | +23.2% |
| 2007 | 20,000 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 2008 | 20,577 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2009 | 19,834 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 2010 | 19,851 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 18,999 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 2012 | 18,333 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 2013 | 17,926 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 2014 | 16,674 kg/ha | -7.0% |
| 2015 | 15,847 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 2016 | 17,956 kg/ha | +13.3% |
| 2017 | 17,568 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 2018 | 17,591 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 16,995 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 2020 | 16,416 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 2021 | 16,377 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2022 | 17,335 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 2023 | 16,741 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 2024 | 17,361 kg/ha | +3.7% |
Mali compared with similar countries
- Mali's 17,361 kg/ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 8,819 kg/ha, 2.0× the median. (22 countries reporting)
- Mali's 17,361 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 9,054 kg/ha, 1.9× the median. (44 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in Mali 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | +74.8% | 7,418 kg/ha | 12,968 kg/ha |
| 1990 | +73.3% | 4,474 kg/ha | 7,752 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6,190 kg/ha | 5,728 kg/ha | 6,581 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 5,799 kg/ha | 4,732 kg/ha | 6,536 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 4,431 kg/ha | 3,519 kg/ha | 5,124 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 8,848 kg/ha | 7,418 kg/ha | 12,968 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 17,057 kg/ha | 12,841 kg/ha | 20,577 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 17,774 kg/ha | 15,847 kg/ha | 19,851 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 16,846 kg/ha | 16,377 kg/ha | 17,361 kg/ha | 5 |
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- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.83 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.3302 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 394.01 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 2.03 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0006 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6779 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 33.0% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 33.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 8.4% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.4% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is roots and tubers, total — yield in Mali?
- Roots and tubers, total — yield in Mali was 17,361 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 Mali?
- The highest recorded value was 20,577 kg/ha in 2008.
- What is the lowest roots and tubers, total — yield recorded in Mali?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,519 kg/ha in 1986.
- How does Mali rank for roots and tubers, total — yield?
- Mali ranks 88th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is roots and tubers, total — yield rising or falling in Mali?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Mali 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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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.