Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in Somalia
Somalia: Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield was 9,563 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in Somalia, 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 Somalia is 9,563 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 0.8% on the previous year and up 0.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots and tubers, total — yield in Somalia peaked at 11,263 kg/ha in 1977 and was at its lowest, 8,907 kg/ha, in 2001.
Somalia ranks 142nd of 191 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in Somalia, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 10,000 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 9,737 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 1964 | 10,000 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1965 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 10,769 kg/ha | +7.7% |
| 1971 | 10,741 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1972 | 10,741 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 10,738 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1974 | 10,712 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1975 | 10,684 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1976 | 10,964 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1977 | 11,263 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1978 | 10,991 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 1979 | 10,962 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1980 | 10,960 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1981 | 10,667 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 1982 | 10,674 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1983 | 10,680 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1984 | 10,686 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1985 | 10,734 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1986 | 10,738 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 10,500 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 1988 | 10,732 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1989 | 10,424 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 1990 | 10,414 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1991 | 10,426 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1992 | 10,165 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 1993 | 10,140 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1994 | 10,000 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1995 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 8,907 kg/ha | -10.9% |
| 2002 | 9,422 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 2003 | 9,543 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2004 | 9,573 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2005 | 9,621 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2006 | 9,622 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 9,646 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2008 | 9,642 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2009 | 9,632 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2010 | 9,621 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2011 | 9,610 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2012 | 9,703 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2013 | 9,515 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 2014 | 9,508 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2015 | 9,586 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2016 | 9,566 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2017 | 9,544 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2018 | 9,522 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2019 | 9,505 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2020 | 9,495 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2021 | 9,514 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2022 | 9,540 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 9,636 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2024 | 9,563 kg/ha | -0.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 9,971 kg/ha | 9,737 kg/ha | 10,000 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 10,856 kg/ha | 10,684 kg/ha | 11,263 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 10,679 kg/ha | 10,424 kg/ha | 10,960 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 10,114 kg/ha | 10,000 kg/ha | 10,426 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 9,561 kg/ha | 8,907 kg/ha | 10,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 9,568 kg/ha | 9,505 kg/ha | 9,703 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 9,550 kg/ha | 9,495 kg/ha | 9,636 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Somalia
- 139 Congo 10,255 kg/ha compare
- 140 Sierra Leone 10,184 kg/ha compare
- 141 Trinidad and Tobago 9,629 kg/ha compare
- 143 Martinique 9,316 kg/ha compare
- 144 Rwanda 9,172 kg/ha compare
- 145 Mozambique 8,936 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Somalia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -13.31 % change on previous year (1990)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.5579 current US$ per US$ of GDP (1990)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 81.24 current US$ per person (1990)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 2.21 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0007 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4486 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 55.79 (1990)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 55.79 (1990)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.7% (1982)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 7.1% (1982)
Frequently asked questions
- What is roots and tubers, total — yield in Somalia?
- Roots and tubers, total — yield in Somalia was 9,563 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 Somalia?
- The highest recorded value was 11,263 kg/ha in 1977.
- What is the lowest roots and tubers, total — yield recorded in Somalia?
- The lowest recorded value was 8,907 kg/ha in 2001.
- How does Somalia rank for roots and tubers, total — yield?
- Somalia ranks 142nd out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is roots and tubers, total — yield rising or falling in Somalia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Somalia 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.