Rye — Yield in Africa
Africa: Rye — Yield was 1,873 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Rye — Yield in Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, rye — yield in Africa stood at 1,873 kg/ha.
The figure is up 0.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rye — yield in Africa peaked at 1,887 kg/ha in 2009 and was at its lowest, 65.8 kg/ha, in 1966.
That places Africa 15th out of 23 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Rye — Yield in Africa, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 194.9 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 157 kg/ha | -19.4% |
| 1963 | 209.1 kg/ha | +33.2% |
| 1964 | 180.9 kg/ha | -13.5% |
| 1965 | 119.1 kg/ha | -34.2% |
| 1966 | 65.8 kg/ha | -44.8% |
| 1967 | 106.7 kg/ha | +62.2% |
| 1968 | 80.5 kg/ha | -24.6% |
| 1969 | 80.6 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1970 | 456.6 kg/ha | +466.5% |
| 1971 | 264.7 kg/ha | -42.0% |
| 1972 | 336.1 kg/ha | +27.0% |
| 1973 | 414.1 kg/ha | +23.2% |
| 1974 | 237.9 kg/ha | -42.6% |
| 1975 | 261.6 kg/ha | +10.0% |
| 1976 | 287.1 kg/ha | +9.7% |
| 1977 | 271.9 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 1978 | 402.6 kg/ha | +48.1% |
| 1979 | 308.1 kg/ha | -23.5% |
| 1980 | 280.1 kg/ha | -9.1% |
| 1981 | 276.5 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1982 | 281.9 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1983 | 275.3 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1984 | 238.7 kg/ha | -13.3% |
| 1985 | 128 kg/ha | -46.4% |
| 1986 | 133.6 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 1987 | 142.9 kg/ha | +7.0% |
| 1988 | 105.3 kg/ha | -26.3% |
| 1989 | 210.8 kg/ha | +100.2% |
| 1990 | 301.2 kg/ha | +42.9% |
| 1991 | 283.8 kg/ha | -5.8% |
| 1992 | 440.6 kg/ha | +55.3% |
| 1993 | 406.7 kg/ha | -7.7% |
| 1994 | 414.3 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1995 | 456.4 kg/ha | +10.2% |
| 1996 | 477 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 1997 | 542.6 kg/ha | +13.8% |
| 1998 | 551.7 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1999 | 967.6 kg/ha | +75.4% |
| 2000 | 1,478 kg/ha | +52.7% |
| 2001 | 1,539 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 2002 | 1,710 kg/ha | +11.1% |
| 2003 | 1,686 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 2004 | 1,644 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 2005 | 1,784 kg/ha | +8.5% |
| 2006 | 1,828 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 2007 | 1,840 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2008 | 1,856 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2009 | 1,887 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2010 | 1,883 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2011 | 1,862 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2012 | 1,857 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2013 | 1,859 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2014 | 1,870 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2015 | 1,883 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2016 | 1,874 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2017 | 1,871 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2018 | 1,878 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2019 | 1,872 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2020 | 1,874 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2021 | 1,875 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 1,872 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2023 | 1,873 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 1,873 kg/ha | +0.0% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Rye — Yield in Africa 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | +466.5% | 80.6 kg/ha | 456.6 kg/ha |
| 1989 | +100.2% | 105.3 kg/ha | 210.8 kg/ha |
| 1999 | +75.4% | 551.7 kg/ha | 967.6 kg/ha |
| 1967 | +62.2% | 65.8 kg/ha | 106.7 kg/ha |
| 1992 | +55.3% | 283.8 kg/ha | 440.6 kg/ha |
| 2000 | +52.7% | 967.6 kg/ha | 1,478 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 132.73 kg/ha | 65.8 kg/ha | 209.1 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 324.07 kg/ha | 237.9 kg/ha | 456.6 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 207.31 kg/ha | 105.3 kg/ha | 281.9 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 484.19 kg/ha | 283.8 kg/ha | 967.6 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,725 kg/ha | 1,478 kg/ha | 1,887 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,871 kg/ha | 1,857 kg/ha | 1,883 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,873 kg/ha | 1,872 kg/ha | 1,875 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Africa
- 12 Estonia 3,981 kg/ha compare
- 13 Serbia 3,762 kg/ha compare
- 14 Switzerland 3,755 kg/ha compare
- 15 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 3,753 kg/ha compare
- 16 France 3,695 kg/ha compare
- 17 Canada 3,598 kg/ha compare
- 18 Czechoslovakia 3,575 kg/ha compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is rye — yield in Africa?
- Rye — yield in Africa was 1,873 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest rye — yield recorded in Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 1,887 kg/ha in 2009.
- What is the lowest rye — yield recorded in Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 65.8 kg/ha in 1966.
- How does Africa rank for rye — yield?
- Africa ranks 15th out of 23 groups with data for 2024.
- Is rye — yield rising or falling in Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Africa data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Rye — 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.