Wheat — Yield in Mali
Mali: Wheat — Yield was 2,965 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Wheat — Yield in Mali, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for wheat — yield in Mali is 2,965 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 47.4% on the previous year and down 33.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, wheat — yield in Mali peaked at 8,927 kg/ha in 2016 and was at its lowest, 676.2 kg/ha, in 1986.
Mali ranks 71st of 124 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Wheat — Yield in Mali, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,500 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,400 kg/ha | -6.7% |
| 1963 | 1,304 kg/ha | -6.8% |
| 1964 | 1,111 kg/ha | -14.8% |
| 1965 | 1,111 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 1,333 kg/ha | +20.0% |
| 1967 | 1,333 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 1,333 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 1,333 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 1,333 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 1,333 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 1,333 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 1,333 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 1,333 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 1,333 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 1,333 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 1,333 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 1,333 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 1,333 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 1,333 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 1,333 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 1,000 kg/ha | -25.0% |
| 1983 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 1,810 kg/ha | +81.0% |
| 1986 | 676.2 kg/ha | -62.6% |
| 1987 | 1,237 kg/ha | +82.9% |
| 1988 | 1,511 kg/ha | +22.1% |
| 1989 | 1,305 kg/ha | -13.6% |
| 1990 | 1,199 kg/ha | -8.1% |
| 1991 | 2,000 kg/ha | +66.8% |
| 1992 | 1,399 kg/ha | -30.1% |
| 1993 | 3,091 kg/ha | +121.0% |
| 1994 | 1,628 kg/ha | -47.3% |
| 1995 | 2,104 kg/ha | +29.3% |
| 1996 | 1,966 kg/ha | -6.6% |
| 1997 | 1,275 kg/ha | -35.1% |
| 1998 | 2,492 kg/ha | +95.5% |
| 1999 | 2,170 kg/ha | -13.0% |
| 2000 | 2,352 kg/ha | +8.4% |
| 2001 | 2,524 kg/ha | +7.3% |
| 2002 | 2,569 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2003 | 2,449 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 2004 | 2,530 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 2005 | 2,200 kg/ha | -13.0% |
| 2006 | 2,402 kg/ha | +9.2% |
| 2007 | 2,503 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 2008 | 2,441 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 2009 | 2,966 kg/ha | +21.5% |
| 2010 | 2,554 kg/ha | -13.9% |
| 2011 | 3,438 kg/ha | +34.6% |
| 2012 | 4,028 kg/ha | +17.2% |
| 2013 | 3,975 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 2014 | 4,442 kg/ha | +11.7% |
| 2015 | 3,940 kg/ha | -11.3% |
| 2016 | 8,927 kg/ha | +126.6% |
| 2017 | 6,231 kg/ha | -30.2% |
| 2018 | 3,542 kg/ha | -43.2% |
| 2019 | 1,930 kg/ha | -45.5% |
| 2020 | 5,303 kg/ha | +174.8% |
| 2021 | 3,000 kg/ha | -43.4% |
| 2022 | 4,602 kg/ha | +53.4% |
| 2023 | 5,634 kg/ha | +22.4% |
| 2024 | 2,965 kg/ha | -47.4% |
Mali compared with similar countries
- Mali's 2,965 kg/ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 1,628 kg/ha, 1.8× the median. (15 countries reporting)
- Mali's 2,965 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 1,725 kg/ha, 1.7× the median. (25 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Wheat — Yield in Mali 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | +174.8% | 1,930 kg/ha | 5,303 kg/ha |
| 2016 | +126.6% | 3,940 kg/ha | 8,927 kg/ha |
| 1993 | +121.0% | 1,399 kg/ha | 3,091 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,307 kg/ha | 1,111 kg/ha | 1,500 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,333 kg/ha | 1,333 kg/ha | 1,333 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,221 kg/ha | 676.2 kg/ha | 1,810 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,932 kg/ha | 1,199 kg/ha | 3,091 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,494 kg/ha | 2,200 kg/ha | 2,966 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 4,301 kg/ha | 1,930 kg/ha | 8,927 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,301 kg/ha | 2,965 kg/ha | 5,634 kg/ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Mali
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.83 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.3302 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 394.01 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 2.03 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0006 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6779 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 33.0% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 33.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 8.4% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.4% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is wheat — yield in Mali?
- Wheat — yield in Mali was 2,965 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest wheat — yield recorded in Mali?
- The highest recorded value was 8,927 kg/ha in 2016.
- What is the lowest wheat — yield recorded in Mali?
- The lowest recorded value was 676.2 kg/ha in 1986.
- How does Mali rank for wheat — yield?
- Mali ranks 71st out of 124 countries with data for 2024.
- Is wheat — yield rising or falling in Mali?
- Over the last ten years it is down 33.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Mali 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.