Spinach — Yield in Africa
Africa: Spinach — Yield was 19,608 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Spinach — Yield in Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, spinach — yield in Africa stood at 19,608 kg/ha.
The figure is up 44.2% on the previous year and up 84.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, spinach — yield in Africa peaked at 22,421 kg/ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 10,100 kg/ha, in 2007.
Africa ranks 6th of 25 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Spinach — Yield in Africa, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 12,313 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 13,717 kg/ha | +11.4% |
| 1963 | 14,159 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1964 | 13,644 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 1965 | 14,324 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 1966 | 14,090 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1967 | 13,169 kg/ha | -6.5% |
| 1968 | 14,721 kg/ha | +11.8% |
| 1969 | 14,710 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1970 | 13,914 kg/ha | -5.4% |
| 1971 | 13,967 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1972 | 12,390 kg/ha | -11.3% |
| 1973 | 12,523 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1974 | 13,719 kg/ha | +9.5% |
| 1975 | 13,409 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1976 | 13,815 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 1977 | 14,127 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1978 | 14,417 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1979 | 14,581 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1980 | 15,724 kg/ha | +7.8% |
| 1981 | 15,928 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1982 | 15,134 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 1983 | 15,526 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1984 | 16,304 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 1985 | 15,185 kg/ha | -6.9% |
| 1986 | 16,195 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 1987 | 17,094 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 1988 | 15,862 kg/ha | -7.2% |
| 1989 | 15,432 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 1990 | 13,623 kg/ha | -11.7% |
| 1991 | 14,959 kg/ha | +9.8% |
| 1992 | 13,733 kg/ha | -8.2% |
| 1993 | 13,059 kg/ha | -4.9% |
| 1994 | 15,034 kg/ha | +15.1% |
| 1995 | 15,236 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1996 | 15,486 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1997 | 14,819 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 1998 | 15,105 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1999 | 14,140 kg/ha | -6.4% |
| 2000 | 14,787 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 2001 | 15,199 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 2002 | 15,474 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2003 | 15,002 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 2004 | 15,798 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 2005 | 15,558 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2006 | 10,171 kg/ha | -34.6% |
| 2007 | 10,100 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2008 | 12,010 kg/ha | +18.9% |
| 2009 | 18,660 kg/ha | +55.4% |
| 2010 | 17,276 kg/ha | -7.4% |
| 2011 | 12,139 kg/ha | -29.7% |
| 2012 | 12,282 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2013 | 15,699 kg/ha | +27.8% |
| 2014 | 10,618 kg/ha | -32.4% |
| 2015 | 15,338 kg/ha | +44.5% |
| 2016 | 13,887 kg/ha | -9.5% |
| 2017 | 17,035 kg/ha | +22.7% |
| 2018 | 17,740 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 2019 | 17,934 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2020 | 22,421 kg/ha | +25.0% |
| 2021 | 16,450 kg/ha | -26.6% |
| 2022 | 13,588 kg/ha | -17.4% |
| 2023 | 13,593 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 19,608 kg/ha | +44.2% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Spinach — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | +55.4% | 12,010 kg/ha | 18,660 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 13,872 kg/ha | 12,313 kg/ha | 14,721 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 13,686 kg/ha | 12,390 kg/ha | 14,581 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 15,838 kg/ha | 15,134 kg/ha | 17,094 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 14,520 kg/ha | 13,059 kg/ha | 15,486 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 14,276 kg/ha | 10,100 kg/ha | 18,660 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 14,995 kg/ha | 10,618 kg/ha | 17,934 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 17,132 kg/ha | 13,588 kg/ha | 22,421 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Africa
- 3 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 19,613 kg/ha compare
- 3 Jordan 36,304 kg/ha compare
- 4 Belgium 29,561 kg/ha compare
- 5 Belgium-Luxembourg 28,184 kg/ha compare
- 5 Türkiye 15,274 kg/ha compare
- 6 China, Hong Kong SAR 28,170 kg/ha compare
- 6 Polynesia 12,012 kg/ha compare
- 7 United Arab Emirates 27,683 kg/ha compare
- 8 Austria 23,672 kg/ha compare
- 9 Hungary 21,667 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Africa
- Meat indigenous, total — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 3.15 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cereals, primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 1.38 % change on previous year (2024)
- Crops — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 1.64 % change on previous year (2024)
- Food — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 1.86 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) 1.72 % change on previous year (2024)
- Livestock — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 2.94 % change on previous year (2024)
- Roots and Tubers, Total — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 2.21 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables and Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant) 1.84 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sugar Crops Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 1.44 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) 1.96 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is spinach — yield in Africa?
- Spinach — yield in Africa was 19,608 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest spinach — yield recorded in Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 22,421 kg/ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest spinach — yield recorded in Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 10,100 kg/ha in 2007.
- How does Africa rank for spinach — yield?
- Africa ranks 6th out of 25 groups with data for 2024.
- Is spinach — yield rising or falling in Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 84.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Africa data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Spinach — 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.