Tomatoes — Yield in Africa
Africa: Tomatoes — Yield was 15,779 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Tomatoes — Yield in Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for tomatoes — yield in Africa is 15,779 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 3.8% on the previous year and down 9.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tomatoes — yield in Africa peaked at 20,840 kg/ha in 1996 and was at its lowest, 11,953 kg/ha, in 1973.
Africa ranks 26th of 29 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Tomatoes — Yield in Africa, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 12,336 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 12,963 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 1963 | 12,888 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1964 | 13,195 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1965 | 13,452 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1966 | 13,269 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1967 | 12,445 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 1968 | 12,706 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1969 | 13,228 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 1970 | 12,891 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 1971 | 12,729 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1972 | 12,302 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 1973 | 11,953 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 1974 | 12,886 kg/ha | +7.8% |
| 1975 | 14,120 kg/ha | +9.6% |
| 1976 | 13,557 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 1977 | 13,897 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1978 | 13,705 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1979 | 13,901 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1980 | 14,919 kg/ha | +7.3% |
| 1981 | 14,928 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1982 | 15,228 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1983 | 15,132 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1984 | 15,887 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 1985 | 17,130 kg/ha | +7.8% |
| 1986 | 18,798 kg/ha | +9.7% |
| 1987 | 19,867 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 1988 | 17,643 kg/ha | -11.2% |
| 1989 | 17,265 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 1990 | 18,564 kg/ha | +7.5% |
| 1991 | 18,093 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 1992 | 19,958 kg/ha | +10.3% |
| 1993 | 19,813 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1994 | 19,512 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1995 | 20,085 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1996 | 20,840 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 1997 | 19,749 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 1998 | 19,213 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 1999 | 20,102 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 2000 | 18,098 kg/ha | -10.0% |
| 2001 | 17,853 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 2002 | 17,649 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2003 | 18,966 kg/ha | +7.5% |
| 2004 | 19,434 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 2005 | 19,575 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2006 | 20,579 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 2007 | 20,287 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 2008 | 19,972 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2009 | 19,473 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 2010 | 18,251 kg/ha | -6.3% |
| 2011 | 18,665 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 2012 | 16,685 kg/ha | -10.6% |
| 2013 | 15,785 kg/ha | -5.4% |
| 2014 | 17,364 kg/ha | +10.0% |
| 2015 | 17,311 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2016 | 15,344 kg/ha | -11.4% |
| 2017 | 14,532 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 2018 | 13,649 kg/ha | -6.1% |
| 2019 | 13,546 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2020 | 13,845 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2021 | 13,990 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2022 | 13,252 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 2023 | 15,208 kg/ha | +14.8% |
| 2024 | 15,779 kg/ha | +3.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 12,943 kg/ha | 12,336 kg/ha | 13,452 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 13,194 kg/ha | 11,953 kg/ha | 14,120 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 16,680 kg/ha | 14,919 kg/ha | 19,867 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 19,593 kg/ha | 18,093 kg/ha | 20,840 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 19,189 kg/ha | 17,649 kg/ha | 20,579 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 16,113 kg/ha | 13,546 kg/ha | 18,665 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 14,415 kg/ha | 13,252 kg/ha | 15,779 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Africa
- 23 Malaysia 93,639 kg/ha compare
- 24 Hungary 93,152 kg/ha compare
- 25 Portugal 90,850 kg/ha compare
- 26 Canada 89,080 kg/ha compare
- 27 Côte d'Ivoire 10,460 kg/ha compare
- 27 United Arab Emirates 88,693 kg/ha compare
- 28 Caribbean 9,994 kg/ha compare
- 28 Australia and New Zealand 86,030 kg/ha compare
- 29 Australia 83,340 kg/ha compare
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- Milk, Total — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) 2.96 % change on previous year (2024)
- Non Food — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 4.56 % change on previous year (2024)
- Roots and Tubers, Total — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 2.21 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sugar Crops Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 1.44 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cabbages — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) -1.83 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled (indigenous) — Gross 5.35 % change on previous year (2024)
- Hen eggs in shell, fresh — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 0.0895 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat indigenous, total — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 3.15 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 2.02 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tomatoes — yield in Africa?
- Tomatoes — yield in Africa was 15,779 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest tomatoes — yield recorded in Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 20,840 kg/ha in 1996.
- What is the lowest tomatoes — yield recorded in Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 11,953 kg/ha in 1973.
- How does Africa rank for tomatoes — yield?
- Africa ranks 26th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is tomatoes — yield rising or falling in Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 9.1%. 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 Tomatoes — 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.