Vegetables Primary — Yield in Namibia
Namibia: Vegetables Primary — Yield was 10,033 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Vegetables Primary — Yield in Namibia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Namibia recorded 10,033 kg/ha for vegetables primary — yield in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.3% on the previous year and up 0.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, vegetables primary — yield in Namibia peaked at 10,325 kg/ha in 2015 and was at its lowest, 4,000 kg/ha, in 1961.
Namibia ranks 132nd of 191 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Vegetables Primary — Yield in Namibia, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 4,000 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 4,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 4,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 4,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 4,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 4,091 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1967 | 4,091 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 4,091 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 4,091 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 4,091 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 4,167 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1972 | 4,167 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 4,167 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 4,167 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 4,167 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 4,167 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 4,583 kg/ha | +10.0% |
| 1978 | 4,583 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 4,583 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 4,583 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 4,615 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1982 | 4,615 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 4,615 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 4,615 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 4,286 kg/ha | -7.1% |
| 1986 | 4,286 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 4,375 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1988 | 4,375 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 4,444 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1990 | 4,500 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1991 | 4,546 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1992 | 4,210 kg/ha | -7.4% |
| 1993 | 4,390 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 1994 | 4,546 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 1995 | 4,056 kg/ha | -10.8% |
| 1996 | 4,500 kg/ha | +10.9% |
| 1997 | 5,035 kg/ha | +11.9% |
| 1998 | 5,112 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1999 | 5,179 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2000 | 6,270 kg/ha | +21.1% |
| 2001 | 6,734 kg/ha | +7.4% |
| 2002 | 7,210 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 2003 | 7,506 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 2004 | 6,933 kg/ha | -7.6% |
| 2005 | 7,180 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 2006 | 7,775 kg/ha | +8.3% |
| 2007 | 8,896 kg/ha | +14.4% |
| 2008 | 9,217 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 2009 | 9,421 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2010 | 9,566 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2011 | 9,607 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2012 | 9,991 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 2013 | 9,900 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2014 | 9,953 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2015 | 10,325 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 2016 | 9,962 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 2017 | 10,006 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 9,899 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2019 | 10,195 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 2020 | 10,175 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2021 | 9,945 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 2022 | 10,086 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2023 | 10,068 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2024 | 10,033 kg/ha | -0.3% |
Namibia compared with similar countries
- Namibia's 10,033 kg/ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 12,200 kg/ha, 82% of the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Namibia's 10,033 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 8,414 kg/ha, 1.2× the median. (43 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4,040 kg/ha | 4,000 kg/ha | 4,091 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 4,284 kg/ha | 4,091 kg/ha | 4,583 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 4,481 kg/ha | 4,286 kg/ha | 4,615 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 4,607 kg/ha | 4,056 kg/ha | 5,179 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 7,714 kg/ha | 6,270 kg/ha | 9,421 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 9,941 kg/ha | 9,566 kg/ha | 10,325 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 10,061 kg/ha | 9,945 kg/ha | 10,175 kg/ha | 5 |
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- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 8 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0699 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 340.78 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.13 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4913 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 7.0% (2025)
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- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.5% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is vegetables primary — yield in Namibia?
- Vegetables primary — yield in Namibia was 10,033 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest vegetables primary — yield recorded in Namibia?
- The highest recorded value was 10,325 kg/ha in 2015.
- What is the lowest vegetables primary — yield recorded in Namibia?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,000 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Namibia rank for vegetables primary — yield?
- Namibia ranks 132nd out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is vegetables primary — yield rising or falling in Namibia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Namibia 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.