Wheat — Yield in Somalia
Somalia: Wheat — Yield was 400.6 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Wheat — Yield in Somalia, 1970–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for wheat — yield in Somalia is 400.6 kg/ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 55 years on record.
The figure is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 1.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, wheat — yield in Somalia peaked at 400.6 kg/ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0 kg/ha, in 1970.
Somalia ranks 123rd of 124 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Wheat — Yield in Somalia, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0 kg/ha | — |
| 1971 | 0 kg/ha | — |
| 1972 | 0 kg/ha | — |
| 1973 | 0 kg/ha | — |
| 1974 | 0 kg/ha | — |
| 1975 | 0 kg/ha | — |
| 1976 | 0 kg/ha | — |
| 1977 | 0 kg/ha | — |
| 1978 | 0 kg/ha | — |
| 1979 | 0 kg/ha | — |
| 1980 | 0 kg/ha | — |
| 1981 | 0 kg/ha | — |
| 1982 | 0 kg/ha | — |
| 1983 | 0 kg/ha | — |
| 1984 | 0 kg/ha | — |
| 1985 | 361.1 kg/ha | — |
| 1986 | 361.1 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 370.3 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1988 | 370.3 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 368.4 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1990 | 370 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1991 | 366.7 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1992 | 368.4 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1993 | 370 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1994 | 370.1 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 370.8 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1996 | 371.4 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1997 | 372.4 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1998 | 375 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1999 | 372.2 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2000 | 369.2 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2001 | 365.4 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2002 | 373.6 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2003 | 376.3 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2004 | 378.6 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2005 | 387.1 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2006 | 369.2 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 2007 | 378.5 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 2008 | 380.6 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2009 | 383.4 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2010 | 386.8 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2011 | 390.1 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2012 | 400 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 2013 | 400 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 395.1 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2015 | 395.6 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 395.8 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 396.4 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 397.1 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 397.9 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 398.2 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2021 | 398.8 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2022 | 399.1 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2023 | 399.9 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 400.6 kg/ha | +0.2% |
Somalia compared with similar countries
- Somalia's 400.6 kg/ha is below the median for low income countries, which is 1,628 kg/ha, 25% of the median. (15 countries reporting)
- Somalia's 400.6 kg/ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 1,725 kg/ha, 23% of the median. (25 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0 kg/ha | 0 kg/ha | 0 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 183.12 kg/ha | 0 kg/ha | 370.3 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 370.7 kg/ha | 366.7 kg/ha | 375 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 376.19 kg/ha | 365.4 kg/ha | 387.1 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 395.48 kg/ha | 386.8 kg/ha | 400 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 399.32 kg/ha | 398.2 kg/ha | 400.6 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Somalia
- 120 New Caledonia 673.2 kg/ha compare
- 121 Honduras 533.6 kg/ha compare
- 122 Malawi 487.7 kg/ha compare
- 124 Mozambique 312.5 kg/ha compare
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 wheat — yield in Somalia?
- Wheat — yield in Somalia was 400.6 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest wheat — yield recorded in Somalia?
- The highest recorded value was 400.6 kg/ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest wheat — yield recorded in Somalia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 kg/ha in 1970.
- How does Somalia rank for wheat — yield?
- Somalia ranks 123rd out of 124 countries with data for 2024.
- Is wheat — yield rising or falling in Somalia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Somalia 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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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.