Vegetables Primary — Yield in Eswatini
Eswatini: Vegetables Primary — Yield was 8,064 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Vegetables Primary — Yield in Eswatini, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Eswatini recorded 8,064 kg/ha for vegetables primary — yield in 2024.
That represents a change of down 1.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, vegetables primary — yield in Eswatini peaked at 10,432 kg/ha in 1990 and was at its lowest, 7,411 kg/ha, in 2010.
Eswatini ranks 149th of 191 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Vegetables Primary — Yield in Eswatini, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 8,826 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 9,352 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 1963 | 9,444 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1964 | 9,595 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1965 | 9,842 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1966 | 10,217 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 1967 | 10,186 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1968 | 10,182 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1969 | 10,050 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1970 | 10,109 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1971 | 10,053 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1972 | 10,052 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1973 | 10,101 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1974 | 10,198 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1975 | 10,242 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1976 | 10,237 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1977 | 10,185 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1978 | 10,177 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1979 | 10,129 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1980 | 10,127 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1981 | 10,167 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1982 | 10,040 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1983 | 10,000 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1984 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 9,846 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1986 | 9,923 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1987 | 9,923 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1989 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 10,432 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 1991 | 8,036 kg/ha | -23.0% |
| 1992 | 8,111 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1993 | 7,949 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1994 | 7,942 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1995 | 7,973 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1996 | 7,987 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1997 | 8,898 kg/ha | +11.4% |
| 1998 | 8,312 kg/ha | -6.6% |
| 1999 | 8,237 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2000 | 8,164 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2001 | 8,072 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2002 | 8,007 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2003 | 7,949 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2004 | 7,890 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2005 | 7,838 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2006 | 7,742 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2007 | 7,740 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2008 | 7,751 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2009 | 7,774 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2010 | 7,411 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 2011 | 7,912 kg/ha | +6.8% |
| 2012 | 8,000 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2013 | 8,230 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2014 | 8,144 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2015 | 8,118 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2016 | 8,046 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2017 | 8,036 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2018 | 8,030 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2019 | 8,015 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2020 | 7,979 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2021 | 8,040 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2022 | 8,059 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 8,061 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 8,064 kg/ha | +0.0% |
Eswatini compared with similar countries
- Eswatini's 8,064 kg/ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 12,200 kg/ha, 66% of the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Eswatini's 8,064 kg/ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 8,414 kg/ha, 96% of the median. (43 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 9,744 kg/ha | 8,826 kg/ha | 10,217 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 10,148 kg/ha | 10,052 kg/ha | 10,242 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 10,003 kg/ha | 9,846 kg/ha | 10,167 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 8,388 kg/ha | 7,942 kg/ha | 10,432 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 7,893 kg/ha | 7,740 kg/ha | 8,164 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 7,994 kg/ha | 7,411 kg/ha | 8,230 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 8,041 kg/ha | 7,979 kg/ha | 8,064 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Eswatini
- 146 Sao Tome and Principe 8,460 kg/ha compare
- 147 Zambia 8,414 kg/ha compare
- 148 South Sudan 8,205 kg/ha compare
- 150 Dominica 7,685 kg/ha compare
- 151 Serbia and Montenegro 7,545 kg/ha compare
- 152 Ecuador 7,523 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Eswatini
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 5.08 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0641 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 263.26 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.4281 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.7328 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 6.4% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 6.4% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 6.2% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.9% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is vegetables primary — yield in Eswatini?
- Vegetables primary — yield in Eswatini was 8,064 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest vegetables primary — yield recorded in Eswatini?
- The highest recorded value was 10,432 kg/ha in 1990.
- What is the lowest vegetables primary — yield recorded in Eswatini?
- The lowest recorded value was 7,411 kg/ha in 2010.
- How does Eswatini rank for vegetables primary — yield?
- Eswatini ranks 149th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is vegetables primary — yield rising or falling in Eswatini?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Eswatini 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.