Vegetables Primary — Yield in Uganda
Uganda: Vegetables Primary — Yield was 5,705 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Vegetables Primary — Yield in Uganda, 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 Uganda is 5,705 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 0.3% on the previous year and down 3.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, vegetables primary — yield in Uganda peaked at 6,421 kg/ha in 1991 and was at its lowest, 5,046 kg/ha, in 2010.
That places Uganda 169th out of 191 countries 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 Uganda, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 5,142 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 5,231 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1963 | 5,223 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1964 | 5,279 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1965 | 5,233 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1966 | 5,196 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1967 | 5,205 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1968 | 5,232 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1969 | 5,239 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1970 | 5,207 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1971 | 5,199 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1972 | 5,296 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1973 | 5,293 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1974 | 5,289 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1975 | 5,240 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1976 | 5,313 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1977 | 5,172 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 1978 | 5,414 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 1979 | 5,431 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1980 | 5,661 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 1981 | 5,746 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1982 | 5,699 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1983 | 5,743 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1984 | 5,728 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1985 | 5,662 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1986 | 5,710 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1987 | 5,699 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1988 | 5,836 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1989 | 6,147 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 1990 | 5,717 kg/ha | -7.0% |
| 1991 | 6,421 kg/ha | +12.3% |
| 1992 | 6,257 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 1993 | 6,167 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1994 | 6,176 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1995 | 6,128 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1996 | 6,052 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1997 | 5,993 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1998 | 6,140 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1999 | 6,028 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 2000 | 6,040 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2001 | 5,867 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 2002 | 5,798 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2003 | 5,644 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 2004 | 5,517 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 2005 | 5,407 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 2006 | 5,274 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 2007 | 5,059 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 2008 | 5,124 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2009 | 5,122 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2010 | 5,046 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2011 | 5,397 kg/ha | +7.0% |
| 2012 | 5,702 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 2013 | 5,802 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2014 | 5,905 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2015 | 5,683 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 2016 | 5,794 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2017 | 5,577 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 2018 | 5,728 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 2019 | 5,684 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2020 | 5,559 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 2021 | 5,679 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2022 | 5,698 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 5,688 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2024 | 5,705 kg/ha | +0.3% |
Uganda compared with similar countries
- Uganda's 5,705 kg/ha is below the median for low income countries, which is 8,639 kg/ha, 66% of the median. (22 countries reporting)
- Uganda's 5,705 kg/ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 8,414 kg/ha, 68% of the median. (43 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5,220 kg/ha | 5,142 kg/ha | 5,279 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 5,285 kg/ha | 5,172 kg/ha | 5,431 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 5,763 kg/ha | 5,661 kg/ha | 6,147 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 6,108 kg/ha | 5,717 kg/ha | 6,421 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 5,485 kg/ha | 5,059 kg/ha | 6,040 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 5,632 kg/ha | 5,046 kg/ha | 5,905 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 5,666 kg/ha | 5,559 kg/ha | 5,705 kg/ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Uganda
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 22.05 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2613 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 315.24 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.75 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0006 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6806 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 26.1% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 26.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.4% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.2% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is vegetables primary — yield in Uganda?
- Vegetables primary — yield in Uganda was 5,705 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest vegetables primary — yield recorded in Uganda?
- The highest recorded value was 6,421 kg/ha in 1991.
- What is the lowest vegetables primary — yield recorded in Uganda?
- The lowest recorded value was 5,046 kg/ha in 2010.
- How does Uganda rank for vegetables primary — yield?
- Uganda ranks 169th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is vegetables primary — yield rising or falling in Uganda?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Uganda 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.