Tomatoes — Yield in Uganda
Uganda: Tomatoes — Yield was 5,859 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Tomatoes — Yield in Uganda, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, tomatoes — yield in Uganda stood at 5,859 kg/ha.
The figure is down 0.3% on the previous year and down 0.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tomatoes — yield in Uganda peaked at 7,000 kg/ha in 1961 and was at its lowest, 5,542 kg/ha, in 2018.
That places Uganda 159th out of 169 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Tomatoes — Yield in Uganda, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 7,000 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 6,852 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 1963 | 6,842 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1964 | 6,833 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1965 | 6,825 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1966 | 6,818 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1967 | 6,812 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1968 | 6,712 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1969 | 6,710 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1970 | 6,709 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1971 | 6,626 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1972 | 6,628 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 6,629 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 6,559 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1975 | 6,562 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1976 | 6,566 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 6,700 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1978 | 6,700 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 6,700 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 6,700 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 6,476 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 1982 | 6,364 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1983 | 6,250 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1984 | 5,923 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 1985 | 5,923 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 5,714 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 1987 | 6,000 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 1988 | 5,938 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1989 | 5,882 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1990 | 5,833 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1991 | 5,790 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1992 | 5,556 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 1993 | 5,738 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1994 | 5,833 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1995 | 5,946 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1996 | 5,882 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1997 | 6,111 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 1998 | 6,316 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1999 | 6,500 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2000 | 6,667 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 2001 | 6,571 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 2002 | 6,570 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2003 | 6,562 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2004 | 6,545 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2005 | 6,147 kg/ha | -6.1% |
| 2006 | 6,060 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 2007 | 5,955 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 2008 | 5,868 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2009 | 5,800 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2010 | 5,636 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 2011 | 5,794 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 2012 | 5,833 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2013 | 5,909 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2014 | 5,916 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 5,634 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 2016 | 5,812 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 2017 | 5,847 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2018 | 5,542 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 2019 | 5,938 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 2020 | 5,941 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2021 | 5,804 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 2022 | 5,894 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2023 | 5,880 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2024 | 5,859 kg/ha | -0.3% |
Uganda compared with similar countries
- Uganda's 5,859 kg/ha is below the median for low income countries, which is 13,402 kg/ha, 44% of the median. (14 countries reporting)
- Uganda's 5,859 kg/ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 13,225 kg/ha, 44% of the median. (33 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6,823 kg/ha | 6,710 kg/ha | 7,000 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 6,638 kg/ha | 6,559 kg/ha | 6,709 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 6,117 kg/ha | 5,714 kg/ha | 6,700 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 5,951 kg/ha | 5,556 kg/ha | 6,500 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 6,274 kg/ha | 5,800 kg/ha | 6,667 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 5,786 kg/ha | 5,542 kg/ha | 5,938 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 5,876 kg/ha | 5,804 kg/ha | 5,941 kg/ha | 5 |
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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 tomatoes — yield in Uganda?
- Tomatoes — yield in Uganda was 5,859 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest tomatoes — yield recorded in Uganda?
- The highest recorded value was 7,000 kg/ha in 1961.
- What is the lowest tomatoes — yield recorded in Uganda?
- The lowest recorded value was 5,542 kg/ha in 2018.
- How does Uganda rank for tomatoes — yield?
- Uganda ranks 159th out of 169 countries with data for 2024.
- Is tomatoes — yield rising or falling in Uganda?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Uganda 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.