Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in Uganda
Uganda: Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield was 2,794 kg/ha in 2024. ▬ Flat
Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in Uganda, 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 Uganda is 2,794 kg/ha, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of down 3.4% on the previous year and down 21.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots and tubers, total — yield in Uganda peaked at 8,246 kg/ha in 2005 and was at its lowest, 2,794 kg/ha, in 2024.
Uganda ranks 188th of 191 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in Uganda, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 3,657 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 3,961 kg/ha | +8.3% |
| 1963 | 3,938 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1964 | 4,016 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1965 | 3,727 kg/ha | -7.2% |
| 1966 | 4,058 kg/ha | +8.9% |
| 1967 | 4,949 kg/ha | +22.0% |
| 1968 | 4,792 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 1969 | 3,993 kg/ha | -16.7% |
| 1970 | 4,315 kg/ha | +8.1% |
| 1971 | 3,892 kg/ha | -9.8% |
| 1972 | 4,477 kg/ha | +15.0% |
| 1973 | 3,920 kg/ha | -12.5% |
| 1974 | 4,279 kg/ha | +9.2% |
| 1975 | 4,293 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1976 | 4,612 kg/ha | +7.4% |
| 1977 | 4,724 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1978 | 3,851 kg/ha | -18.5% |
| 1979 | 4,650 kg/ha | +20.7% |
| 1980 | 6,172 kg/ha | +32.7% |
| 1981 | 6,582 kg/ha | +6.6% |
| 1982 | 6,580 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1983 | 6,160 kg/ha | -6.4% |
| 1984 | 5,877 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 1985 | 6,631 kg/ha | +12.8% |
| 1986 | 6,170 kg/ha | -6.9% |
| 1987 | 6,450 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 1988 | 6,431 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1989 | 6,574 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1990 | 6,229 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 1991 | 6,201 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1992 | 6,027 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 1993 | 6,234 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1994 | 5,468 kg/ha | -12.3% |
| 1995 | 5,535 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1996 | 4,548 kg/ha | -17.8% |
| 1997 | 4,903 kg/ha | +7.8% |
| 1998 | 6,004 kg/ha | +22.5% |
| 1999 | 7,851 kg/ha | +30.8% |
| 2000 | 7,658 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 2001 | 8,008 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 2002 | 7,992 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2003 | 7,979 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2004 | 7,988 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2005 | 8,246 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 2006 | 7,770 kg/ha | -5.8% |
| 2007 | 7,830 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2008 | 5,627 kg/ha | -28.1% |
| 2009 | 5,563 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2010 | 5,343 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 2011 | 4,519 kg/ha | -15.4% |
| 2012 | 3,613 kg/ha | -20.0% |
| 2013 | 3,700 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 2014 | 3,578 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 2015 | 3,674 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 2016 | 3,216 kg/ha | -12.5% |
| 2017 | 2,906 kg/ha | -9.7% |
| 2018 | 3,077 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 2019 | 3,232 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 2020 | 3,363 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 2021 | 3,015 kg/ha | -10.4% |
| 2022 | 3,017 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2023 | 2,894 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 2024 | 2,794 kg/ha | -3.4% |
Uganda compared with similar countries
- Uganda's 2,794 kg/ha is below the median for low income countries, which is 8,819 kg/ha, 32% of the median. (22 countries reporting)
- Uganda's 2,794 kg/ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 9,054 kg/ha, 31% of the median. (44 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4,121 kg/ha | 3,657 kg/ha | 4,949 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 4,301 kg/ha | 3,851 kg/ha | 4,724 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 6,363 kg/ha | 5,877 kg/ha | 6,631 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 5,900 kg/ha | 4,548 kg/ha | 7,851 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 7,466 kg/ha | 5,563 kg/ha | 8,246 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,686 kg/ha | 2,906 kg/ha | 5,343 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,017 kg/ha | 2,794 kg/ha | 3,363 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Uganda
- 185 Eritrea 3,432 kg/ha compare
- 186 Saint Kitts and Nevis 2,976 kg/ha compare
- 187 Mauritania 2,810 kg/ha compare
- 189 Brunei Darussalam 2,362 kg/ha compare
- 190 Maldives 2,337 kg/ha compare
- 191 New Caledonia 1,685 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Uganda
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 22.05 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2613 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 315.24 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.75 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0006 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6806 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 26.1% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 26.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.4% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.2% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is roots and tubers, total — yield in Uganda?
- Roots and tubers, total — yield in Uganda was 2,794 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 Uganda?
- The highest recorded value was 8,246 kg/ha in 2005.
- What is the lowest roots and tubers, total — yield recorded in Uganda?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,794 kg/ha in 2024.
- How does Uganda rank for roots and tubers, total — yield?
- Uganda ranks 188th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is roots and tubers, total — yield rising or falling in Uganda?
- Over the last ten years it is down 21.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Uganda 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.