Unmanufactured tobacco — Yield in Uganda
Uganda: Unmanufactured tobacco — Yield was 1,379 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Unmanufactured tobacco — Yield in Uganda, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for unmanufactured tobacco — yield in Uganda is 1,379 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 0.2% on the previous year and down 5.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, unmanufactured tobacco — yield in Uganda peaked at 2,017 kg/ha in 2002 and was at its lowest, 121.2 kg/ha, in 1980.
That places Uganda 85th out of 128 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Unmanufactured tobacco — Yield in Uganda, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 601.4 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 636.5 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 1963 | 587.2 kg/ha | -7.7% |
| 1964 | 643.3 kg/ha | +9.6% |
| 1965 | 575 kg/ha | -10.6% |
| 1966 | 523.1 kg/ha | -9.0% |
| 1967 | 612 kg/ha | +17.0% |
| 1968 | 627.7 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1969 | 483.7 kg/ha | -22.9% |
| 1970 | 494.2 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1971 | 724.9 kg/ha | +46.7% |
| 1972 | 724.6 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1973 | 600 kg/ha | -17.2% |
| 1974 | 463.8 kg/ha | -22.7% |
| 1975 | 555.6 kg/ha | +19.8% |
| 1976 | 792.3 kg/ha | +42.6% |
| 1977 | 449.9 kg/ha | -43.2% |
| 1978 | 341.5 kg/ha | -24.1% |
| 1979 | 216.2 kg/ha | -36.7% |
| 1980 | 121.2 kg/ha | -43.9% |
| 1981 | 166.7 kg/ha | +37.5% |
| 1982 | 588.2 kg/ha | +252.8% |
| 1983 | 434.2 kg/ha | -26.2% |
| 1984 | 615.3 kg/ha | +41.7% |
| 1985 | 556.2 kg/ha | -9.6% |
| 1986 | 677.9 kg/ha | +21.9% |
| 1987 | 578.1 kg/ha | -14.7% |
| 1988 | 977.4 kg/ha | +69.1% |
| 1989 | 936.6 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 1990 | 776.2 kg/ha | -17.1% |
| 1991 | 734.3 kg/ha | -5.4% |
| 1992 | 786.6 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 1993 | 740.4 kg/ha | -5.9% |
| 1994 | 873.1 kg/ha | +17.9% |
| 1995 | 910.4 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 1996 | 843.7 kg/ha | -7.3% |
| 1997 | 1,089 kg/ha | +29.1% |
| 1998 | 1,506 kg/ha | +38.3% |
| 1999 | 1,546 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 2000 | 1,621 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 2001 | 1,763 kg/ha | +8.8% |
| 2002 | 2,017 kg/ha | +14.4% |
| 2003 | 1,985 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2004 | 1,821 kg/ha | -8.2% |
| 2005 | 1,740 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 2006 | 1,653 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 2007 | 1,564 kg/ha | -5.4% |
| 2008 | 1,452 kg/ha | -7.2% |
| 2009 | 1,346 kg/ha | -7.3% |
| 2010 | 1,333 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2011 | 1,475 kg/ha | +10.6% |
| 2012 | 1,450 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 2013 | 1,456 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2014 | 1,460 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 1,375 kg/ha | -5.8% |
| 2016 | 1,472 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 2017 | 1,420 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 2018 | 1,394 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 2019 | 1,382 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2020 | 1,372 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2021 | 1,390 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2022 | 1,384 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2023 | 1,382 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2024 | 1,379 kg/ha | -0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 587.77 kg/ha | 483.7 kg/ha | 643.3 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 536.3 kg/ha | 216.2 kg/ha | 792.3 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 565.18 kg/ha | 121.2 kg/ha | 977.4 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 980.52 kg/ha | 734.3 kg/ha | 1,546 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,696 kg/ha | 1,346 kg/ha | 2,017 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,422 kg/ha | 1,333 kg/ha | 1,475 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,382 kg/ha | 1,372 kg/ha | 1,390 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Uganda
- 82 Tunisia 1,398 kg/ha compare
- 83 Indonesia 1,395 kg/ha compare
- 84 Ecuador 1,391 kg/ha compare
- 86 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1,351 kg/ha compare
- 87 New Zealand 1,333 kg/ha compare
- 88 Mozambique 1,322 kg/ha compare
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- 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)
- Agriculture share gdp 26.13 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 26.13 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.4% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.2% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is unmanufactured tobacco — yield in Uganda?
- Unmanufactured tobacco — yield in Uganda was 1,379 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest unmanufactured tobacco — yield recorded in Uganda?
- The highest recorded value was 2,017 kg/ha in 2002.
- What is the lowest unmanufactured tobacco — yield recorded in Uganda?
- The lowest recorded value was 121.2 kg/ha in 1980.
- How does Uganda rank for unmanufactured tobacco — yield?
- Uganda ranks 85th out of 128 countries with data for 2024.
- Is unmanufactured tobacco — yield rising or falling in Uganda?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Uganda data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Unmanufactured tobacco — 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.