Vegetables Primary — Yield in Africa
Africa: Vegetables Primary — Yield was 8,846 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Vegetables Primary — Yield in Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Africa recorded 8,846 kg/ha for vegetables primary — yield in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.3% on the previous year and down 2.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, vegetables primary — yield in Africa peaked at 9,338 kg/ha in 2009 and was at its lowest, 6,276 kg/ha, in 1961.
That places Africa 26th out of 29 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Vegetables Primary — Yield in Africa, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 6,276 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 6,509 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 1963 | 6,624 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1964 | 6,588 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1965 | 6,714 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1966 | 6,755 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1967 | 6,615 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 1968 | 6,674 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1969 | 6,786 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1970 | 6,651 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1971 | 6,811 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1972 | 6,653 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1973 | 6,781 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1974 | 7,068 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 1975 | 7,290 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1976 | 7,271 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1977 | 7,444 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1978 | 7,410 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1979 | 7,552 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1980 | 7,706 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1981 | 7,778 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1982 | 7,786 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1983 | 7,766 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1984 | 7,758 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1985 | 7,851 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1986 | 8,258 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 1987 | 8,672 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 1988 | 8,336 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 1989 | 8,339 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 8,227 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1991 | 8,010 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 1992 | 8,199 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1993 | 8,106 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1994 | 8,023 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1995 | 8,142 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1996 | 8,272 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1997 | 8,296 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1998 | 8,340 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1999 | 8,649 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 2000 | 8,508 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2001 | 8,495 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2002 | 8,581 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2003 | 8,799 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 2004 | 8,797 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2005 | 8,925 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2006 | 9,182 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2007 | 9,159 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2008 | 9,236 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2009 | 9,338 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2010 | 9,015 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 2011 | 8,663 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 2012 | 8,851 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2013 | 8,704 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 2014 | 9,070 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 2015 | 8,460 kg/ha | -6.7% |
| 2016 | 8,559 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2017 | 8,740 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 2018 | 8,542 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 2019 | 8,672 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2020 | 8,696 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2021 | 8,771 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2022 | 8,742 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2023 | 8,873 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2024 | 8,846 kg/ha | -0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6,615 kg/ha | 6,276 kg/ha | 6,786 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 7,093 kg/ha | 6,651 kg/ha | 7,552 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 8,025 kg/ha | 7,706 kg/ha | 8,672 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 8,226 kg/ha | 8,010 kg/ha | 8,649 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 8,902 kg/ha | 8,495 kg/ha | 9,338 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 8,728 kg/ha | 8,460 kg/ha | 9,070 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 8,786 kg/ha | 8,696 kg/ha | 8,873 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Africa
- 23 Tajikistan 35,006 kg/ha compare
- 24 Nicaragua 34,561 kg/ha compare
- 25 Saudi Arabia 33,328 kg/ha compare
- 26 Morocco 33,156 kg/ha compare
- 27 Belarus 32,280 kg/ha compare
- 28 Italy 32,173 kg/ha compare
- 29 Azerbaijan 31,126 kg/ha compare
- 29 Côte d'Ivoire 3,901 kg/ha compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is vegetables primary — yield in Africa?
- Vegetables primary — yield in Africa was 8,846 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest vegetables primary — yield recorded in Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 9,338 kg/ha in 2009.
- What is the lowest vegetables primary — yield recorded in Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 6,276 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Africa rank for vegetables primary — yield?
- Africa ranks 26th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is vegetables primary — yield rising or falling in Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.5%. 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 Vegetables Primary — 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.