Spinach — Yield in Eastern Africa
Eastern Africa: Spinach — Yield was 20,496 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Spinach — Yield in Eastern Africa, 1992–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, spinach — yield in Eastern Africa stood at 20,496 kg/ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 54.5% on the previous year and up 114.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, spinach — yield in Eastern Africa peaked at 24,858 kg/ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 8,398 kg/ha, in 1992.
That places Eastern Africa 3rd out of 25 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 33 years of available data.
Spinach — Yield in Eastern Africa, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 8,398 kg/ha | — |
| 1993 | 9,106 kg/ha | +8.4% |
| 1994 | 16,401 kg/ha | +80.1% |
| 1995 | 14,470 kg/ha | -11.8% |
| 1996 | 15,502 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 1997 | 14,236 kg/ha | -8.2% |
| 1998 | 11,367 kg/ha | -20.2% |
| 1999 | 9,714 kg/ha | -14.5% |
| 2000 | 9,902 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2001 | 11,143 kg/ha | +12.5% |
| 2002 | 9,624 kg/ha | -13.6% |
| 2003 | 11,672 kg/ha | +21.3% |
| 2004 | 12,506 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 2005 | 13,000 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 2006 | 13,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 13,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 19,493 kg/ha | +49.9% |
| 2009 | 21,897 kg/ha | +12.3% |
| 2010 | 17,897 kg/ha | -18.3% |
| 2011 | 10,404 kg/ha | -41.9% |
| 2012 | 10,055 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 2013 | 15,632 kg/ha | +55.5% |
| 2014 | 9,565 kg/ha | -38.8% |
| 2015 | 14,436 kg/ha | +50.9% |
| 2016 | 13,457 kg/ha | -6.8% |
| 2017 | 17,754 kg/ha | +31.9% |
| 2018 | 18,483 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 2019 | 18,858 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2020 | 24,858 kg/ha | +31.8% |
| 2021 | 16,732 kg/ha | -32.7% |
| 2022 | 13,508 kg/ha | -19.3% |
| 2023 | 13,266 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 2024 | 20,496 kg/ha | +54.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 12,399 kg/ha | 8,398 kg/ha | 16,401 kg/ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 13,524 kg/ha | 9,624 kg/ha | 21,897 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 14,654 kg/ha | 9,565 kg/ha | 18,858 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 17,772 kg/ha | 13,266 kg/ha | 24,858 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Eastern Africa
- 1 China, mainland 38,467 kg/ha compare
- 2 China 38,461 kg/ha compare
- 2 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 20,221 kg/ha compare
- 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
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- Sugar Crops Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 10.98 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables and Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant) 1.76 % change on previous year (2024)
- Food — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand US$) 1.36 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is spinach — yield in Eastern Africa?
- Spinach — yield in Eastern Africa was 20,496 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest spinach — yield recorded in Eastern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 24,858 kg/ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest spinach — yield recorded in Eastern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 8,398 kg/ha in 1992.
- How does Eastern Africa rank for spinach — yield?
- Eastern Africa ranks 3rd out of 25 groups with data for 2024.
- Is spinach — yield rising or falling in Eastern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 114.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Eastern 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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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.