Wheat — Yield in Eswatini
Eswatini: Wheat — Yield was 1,854 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Wheat — Yield in Eswatini, 1970–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for wheat — yield in Eswatini is 1,854 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 0.2% on the previous year and down 4.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, wheat — yield in Eswatini peaked at 4,534 kg/ha in 1971 and was at its lowest, 1,429 kg/ha, in 1994.
Eswatini ranks 92nd of 124 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 55 years of available data.
Wheat — Yield in Eswatini, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 2,790 kg/ha | — |
| 1971 | 4,534 kg/ha | +62.6% |
| 1972 | 3,083 kg/ha | -32.0% |
| 1973 | 2,938 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 1974 | 2,938 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1975 | 1,468 kg/ha | -50.0% |
| 1976 | 2,042 kg/ha | +39.1% |
| 1977 | 3,250 kg/ha | +59.1% |
| 1978 | 3,250 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 3,250 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 3,250 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 3,250 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 3,250 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 3,250 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 3,250 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 3,250 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 3,250 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 3,250 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 3,250 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 3,250 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 3,964 kg/ha | +22.0% |
| 1991 | 2,000 kg/ha | -49.5% |
| 1992 | 1,678 kg/ha | -16.1% |
| 1993 | 1,605 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 1994 | 1,429 kg/ha | -11.0% |
| 1995 | 1,500 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 1996 | 1,500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 1,560 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 1998 | 1,591 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1999 | 1,500 kg/ha | -5.7% |
| 2000 | 1,500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 1,541 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 2002 | 1,539 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2003 | 1,543 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2004 | 1,544 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2005 | 1,545 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2006 | 1,552 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2007 | 1,477 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 2008 | 1,566 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 2009 | 1,500 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 2010 | 1,500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 1,685 kg/ha | +12.3% |
| 2012 | 2,000 kg/ha | +18.7% |
| 2013 | 2,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 1,940 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 2015 | 1,751 kg/ha | -9.8% |
| 2016 | 1,832 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 2017 | 1,855 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2018 | 1,859 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 1,870 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2020 | 1,873 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 1,876 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2022 | 1,859 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2023 | 1,858 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2024 | 1,854 kg/ha | -0.2% |
Eswatini compared with similar countries
- Eswatini's 1,854 kg/ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 2,768 kg/ha, 67% of the median. (25 countries reporting)
- Eswatini's 1,854 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 1,725 kg/ha, 1.1× the median. (25 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Wheat — Yield in Eswatini 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 | +62.6% | 2,790 kg/ha | 4,534 kg/ha |
| 1977 | +59.1% | 2,042 kg/ha | 3,250 kg/ha |
| 1975 | -50.0% | 2,938 kg/ha | 1,468 kg/ha |
| 1991 | -49.5% | 3,964 kg/ha | 2,000 kg/ha |
| 1976 | +39.1% | 1,468 kg/ha | 2,042 kg/ha |
| 1972 | -32.0% | 4,534 kg/ha | 3,083 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 2,954 kg/ha | 1,468 kg/ha | 4,534 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,250 kg/ha | 3,250 kg/ha | 3,250 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,833 kg/ha | 1,429 kg/ha | 3,964 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,531 kg/ha | 1,477 kg/ha | 1,566 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,829 kg/ha | 1,500 kg/ha | 2,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,864 kg/ha | 1,854 kg/ha | 1,876 kg/ha | 5 |
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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 wheat — yield in Eswatini?
- Wheat — yield in Eswatini was 1,854 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest wheat — yield recorded in Eswatini?
- The highest recorded value was 4,534 kg/ha in 1971.
- What is the lowest wheat — yield recorded in Eswatini?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,429 kg/ha in 1994.
- How does Eswatini rank for wheat — yield?
- Eswatini ranks 92nd out of 124 countries with data for 2024.
- Is wheat — yield rising or falling in Eswatini?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.4%. 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 Wheat — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.