Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in Namibia
Namibia: Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield was 8,723 kg/ha in 2024. ▬ Flat
Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in Namibia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Namibia recorded 8,723 kg/ha for roots and tubers, total — yield in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots and tubers, total — yield in Namibia peaked at 9,053 kg/ha in 2013 and was at its lowest, 8,235 kg/ha, in 1961.
Namibia ranks 149th of 191 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in Namibia, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 8,235 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 8,333 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1963 | 8,444 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1964 | 8,421 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1965 | 8,526 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1966 | 8,579 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1967 | 8,684 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1968 | 8,684 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 8,400 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 1970 | 8,450 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1971 | 8,500 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1972 | 8,550 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1973 | 8,750 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1974 | 8,750 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 8,476 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 1976 | 8,476 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 8,571 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1978 | 8,667 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1979 | 8,364 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 1980 | 8,364 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 8,546 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1982 | 8,636 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1983 | 8,773 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1984 | 8,609 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 1985 | 8,696 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1986 | 8,783 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1987 | 8,583 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1988 | 8,750 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1989 | 8,750 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 8,480 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 1991 | 8,447 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1992 | 8,478 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1993 | 8,333 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1994 | 8,400 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1995 | 8,462 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1996 | 8,518 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1997 | 8,571 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1998 | 8,448 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1999 | 8,487 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2000 | 8,511 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2001 | 8,459 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2002 | 8,538 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2003 | 8,590 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2004 | 8,499 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2005 | 8,548 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2006 | 8,401 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 2007 | 8,537 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2008 | 8,590 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2009 | 8,625 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2010 | 8,549 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2011 | 8,598 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2012 | 8,507 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2013 | 9,053 kg/ha | +6.4% |
| 2014 | 8,751 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 2015 | 8,693 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2016 | 8,694 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 8,705 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 8,716 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 8,720 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 8,729 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2021 | 8,722 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2022 | 8,723 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 8,725 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 8,723 kg/ha | -0.0% |
Namibia compared with similar countries
- Namibia's 8,723 kg/ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 13,513 kg/ha, 65% of the median. (40 countries reporting)
- Namibia's 8,723 kg/ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 9,054 kg/ha, 96% of the median. (44 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 8,479 kg/ha | 8,235 kg/ha | 8,684 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 8,555 kg/ha | 8,364 kg/ha | 8,750 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 8,649 kg/ha | 8,364 kg/ha | 8,783 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 8,463 kg/ha | 8,333 kg/ha | 8,571 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 8,530 kg/ha | 8,401 kg/ha | 8,625 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 8,699 kg/ha | 8,507 kg/ha | 9,053 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 8,724 kg/ha | 8,722 kg/ha | 8,729 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Namibia
- 146 Philippines 8,919 kg/ha compare
- 147 Yugoslav SFR 8,876 kg/ha compare
- 148 Ecuador 8,856 kg/ha compare
- 150 Burundi 8,703 kg/ha compare
- 151 Guinea 8,476 kg/ha compare
- 152 Dominican Republic 8,242 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Namibia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 8 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0699 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 340.78 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.13 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4913 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 7.0% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 7.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.5% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is roots and tubers, total — yield in Namibia?
- Roots and tubers, total — yield in Namibia was 8,723 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 Namibia?
- The highest recorded value was 9,053 kg/ha in 2013.
- What is the lowest roots and tubers, total — yield recorded in Namibia?
- The lowest recorded value was 8,235 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Namibia rank for roots and tubers, total — yield?
- Namibia ranks 149th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is roots and tubers, total — yield rising or falling in Namibia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Namibia 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.