Vegetables Primary — Yield in Somalia
Somalia: Vegetables Primary — Yield was 5,378 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Vegetables Primary — Yield in Somalia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for vegetables primary — yield in Somalia is 5,378 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 7.6% on the previous year and down 1.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, vegetables primary — yield in Somalia peaked at 7,361 kg/ha in 1978 and was at its lowest, 3,437 kg/ha, in 2002.
That places Somalia 171st out of 191 countries 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 Somalia, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 6,286 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 6,286 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 5,921 kg/ha | -5.8% |
| 1964 | 5,921 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 5,750 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 1966 | 5,750 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 5,732 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1968 | 5,732 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 5,714 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1970 | 5,714 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 5,698 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1972 | 5,698 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 5,556 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 1974 | 5,556 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 5,255 kg/ha | -5.4% |
| 1976 | 5,468 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 1977 | 5,604 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1978 | 7,361 kg/ha | +31.3% |
| 1979 | 7,162 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 1980 | 6,974 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 1981 | 6,429 kg/ha | -7.8% |
| 1982 | 6,512 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1983 | 5,800 kg/ha | -10.9% |
| 1984 | 6,500 kg/ha | +12.1% |
| 1985 | 6,688 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1986 | 7,000 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 1987 | 7,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 7,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 6,875 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1990 | 5,909 kg/ha | -14.0% |
| 1991 | 4,859 kg/ha | -17.8% |
| 1992 | 4,084 kg/ha | -15.9% |
| 1993 | 4,826 kg/ha | +18.1% |
| 1994 | 5,452 kg/ha | +13.0% |
| 1995 | 4,819 kg/ha | -11.6% |
| 1996 | 4,806 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1997 | 5,356 kg/ha | +11.4% |
| 1998 | 4,647 kg/ha | -13.2% |
| 1999 | 4,732 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2000 | 5,634 kg/ha | +19.1% |
| 2001 | 5,546 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2002 | 3,437 kg/ha | -38.0% |
| 2003 | 4,365 kg/ha | +27.0% |
| 2004 | 4,347 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2005 | 4,179 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 2006 | 3,796 kg/ha | -9.2% |
| 2007 | 3,788 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2008 | 3,935 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 2009 | 4,081 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 2010 | 4,189 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 2011 | 4,910 kg/ha | +17.2% |
| 2012 | 5,288 kg/ha | +7.7% |
| 2013 | 5,372 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2014 | 5,445 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2015 | 5,436 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2016 | 5,784 kg/ha | +6.4% |
| 2017 | 5,952 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2018 | 6,038 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2019 | 6,164 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 2020 | 6,751 kg/ha | +9.5% |
| 2021 | 6,419 kg/ha | -4.9% |
| 2022 | 5,184 kg/ha | -19.2% |
| 2023 | 5,821 kg/ha | +12.3% |
| 2024 | 5,378 kg/ha | -7.6% |
Somalia compared with similar countries
- Somalia's 5,378 kg/ha is below the median for low income countries, which is 8,639 kg/ha, 62% of the median. (22 countries reporting)
- Somalia's 5,378 kg/ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 8,414 kg/ha, 64% of the median. (43 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Vegetables Primary — Yield in Somalia changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | -38.0% | 5,546 kg/ha | 3,437 kg/ha |
| 1978 | +31.3% | 5,604 kg/ha | 7,361 kg/ha |
| 2003 | +27.0% | 3,437 kg/ha | 4,365 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5,899 kg/ha | 5,714 kg/ha | 6,286 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 5,907 kg/ha | 5,255 kg/ha | 7,361 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 6,678 kg/ha | 5,800 kg/ha | 7,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 4,949 kg/ha | 4,084 kg/ha | 5,909 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 4,311 kg/ha | 3,437 kg/ha | 5,634 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 5,458 kg/ha | 4,189 kg/ha | 6,164 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 5,911 kg/ha | 5,184 kg/ha | 6,751 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Somalia
More agriculture & rural data for Somalia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -13.31 % change on previous year (1990)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.5579 current US$ per US$ of GDP (1990)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 81.24 current US$ per person (1990)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 2.21 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0007 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4486 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 55.8% (1990)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 55.8% (1990)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.7% (1982)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 7.1% (1982)
Frequently asked questions
- What is vegetables primary — yield in Somalia?
- Vegetables primary — yield in Somalia was 5,378 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest vegetables primary — yield recorded in Somalia?
- The highest recorded value was 7,361 kg/ha in 1978.
- What is the lowest vegetables primary — yield recorded in Somalia?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,437 kg/ha in 2002.
- How does Somalia rank for vegetables primary — yield?
- Somalia ranks 171st out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is vegetables primary — yield rising or falling in Somalia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Somalia 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.