Vegetables Primary — Yield in Middle Africa
Middle Africa: Vegetables Primary — Yield was 5,944 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Vegetables Primary — Yield in Middle Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, vegetables primary — yield in Middle Africa stood at 5,944 kg/ha.
That represents a change of down 0.8% on the previous year and up 7.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, vegetables primary — yield in Middle Africa peaked at 6,416 kg/ha in 1987 and was at its lowest, 4,275 kg/ha, in 1998.
That places Middle Africa 17th out of 20 groups 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.
Vegetables Primary — Yield in Middle Africa, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 6,070 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 6,122 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1963 | 6,075 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1964 | 6,122 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1965 | 6,154 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1966 | 6,080 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1967 | 6,138 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1968 | 6,142 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1969 | 6,158 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1970 | 6,261 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1971 | 6,218 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1972 | 5,837 kg/ha | -6.1% |
| 1973 | 5,959 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1974 | 6,180 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 1975 | 6,071 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1976 | 5,979 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1977 | 6,071 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1978 | 6,164 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1979 | 6,035 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 1980 | 6,231 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1981 | 6,263 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1982 | 6,353 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1983 | 6,364 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1984 | 6,380 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1985 | 6,298 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1986 | 6,401 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1987 | 6,416 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1988 | 6,410 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1989 | 6,407 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1990 | 5,385 kg/ha | -16.0% |
| 1991 | 5,349 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1992 | 5,148 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 1993 | 4,976 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 1994 | 4,865 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 1995 | 4,760 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 1996 | 4,609 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 1997 | 4,480 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 1998 | 4,275 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 1999 | 4,984 kg/ha | +16.6% |
| 2000 | 5,142 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 2001 | 5,142 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 5,113 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2003 | 4,692 kg/ha | -8.2% |
| 2004 | 4,704 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2005 | 5,494 kg/ha | +16.8% |
| 2006 | 5,731 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 2007 | 6,052 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 2008 | 5,728 kg/ha | -5.4% |
| 2009 | 5,194 kg/ha | -9.3% |
| 2010 | 4,969 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 2011 | 5,470 kg/ha | +10.1% |
| 2012 | 5,541 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2013 | 5,677 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 2014 | 5,557 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 2015 | 5,483 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 2016 | 5,530 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2017 | 5,822 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 2018 | 5,891 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2019 | 5,807 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 2020 | 5,723 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 2021 | 5,717 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2022 | 5,821 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2023 | 5,995 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 2024 | 5,944 kg/ha | -0.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6,118 kg/ha | 6,070 kg/ha | 6,158 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 6,078 kg/ha | 5,837 kg/ha | 6,261 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 6,352 kg/ha | 6,231 kg/ha | 6,416 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 4,883 kg/ha | 4,275 kg/ha | 5,385 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 5,299 kg/ha | 4,692 kg/ha | 6,052 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 5,575 kg/ha | 4,969 kg/ha | 5,891 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 5,840 kg/ha | 5,717 kg/ha | 5,995 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Middle Africa
- 14 Greece 39,369 kg/ha compare
- 14 United Republic of Tanzania 6,678 kg/ha compare
- 15 Cabo Verde 21,152 kg/ha compare
- 15 Democratic Republic of the Congo 6,532 kg/ha compare
- 15 Oman 39,047 kg/ha compare
- 16 Poland 38,160 kg/ha compare
- 16 Republic of Moldova 6,181 kg/ha compare
- 17 Belgium-Luxembourg 37,852 kg/ha compare
- 18 Austria 36,496 kg/ha compare
- 18 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 5,568 kg/ha compare
- 19 Qatar 36,240 kg/ha compare
- 19 Polynesia 4,002 kg/ha compare
- 20 Germany 35,720 kg/ha compare
- 20 Timor-Leste 2,002 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Middle Africa
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- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered -6.26 % change on previous year (2024)
- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Area harvested 5.49 % change on previous year (2024)
- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Yield, annual -3.46 % change on previous year (2024)
- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Production, annual 1.84 % change on previous year (2024)
- Crops — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 2.78 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other fruits, n.e.c. — Yield, annual growth rate 0.167 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other vegetables, fresh n.e.c. — Area harvested, annual growth rate -0.3406 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other fruits, n.e.c. — Production, annual growth rate 0.2752 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Production, annual growth rate 3.54 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is vegetables primary — yield in Middle Africa?
- Vegetables primary — yield in Middle Africa was 5,944 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest vegetables primary — yield recorded in Middle Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 6,416 kg/ha in 1987.
- What is the lowest vegetables primary — yield recorded in Middle Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,275 kg/ha in 1998.
- How does Middle Africa rank for vegetables primary — yield?
- Middle Africa ranks 17th out of 20 groups with data for 2024.
- Is vegetables primary — yield rising or falling in Middle Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Middle 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.