Wheat — Yield in Uganda
Uganda: Wheat — Yield was 1,667 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Wheat — Yield in Uganda, 1966–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, wheat — yield in Uganda stood at 1,667 kg/ha.
That represents a change of up 5.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, wheat — yield in Uganda peaked at 2,735 kg/ha in 1967 and was at its lowest, 1,429 kg/ha, in 2012.
Uganda ranks 98th of 124 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 59 years of available data.
Wheat — Yield in Uganda, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1966 | 2,732 kg/ha | — |
| 1967 | 2,735 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1968 | 1,667 kg/ha | -39.1% |
| 1969 | 1,667 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 1,980 kg/ha | +18.8% |
| 1971 | 1,750 kg/ha | -11.6% |
| 1972 | 2,300 kg/ha | +31.4% |
| 1973 | 2,300 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 2,000 kg/ha | -13.0% |
| 1975 | 2,333 kg/ha | +16.7% |
| 1976 | 2,412 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1977 | 2,066 kg/ha | -14.4% |
| 1978 | 2,106 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1979 | 1,667 kg/ha | -20.9% |
| 1980 | 2,125 kg/ha | +27.5% |
| 1981 | 2,000 kg/ha | -5.9% |
| 1982 | 2,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 2,400 kg/ha | +20.0% |
| 1984 | 1,750 kg/ha | -27.1% |
| 1985 | 2,000 kg/ha | +14.3% |
| 1986 | 1,554 kg/ha | -22.3% |
| 1987 | 2,164 kg/ha | +39.3% |
| 1988 | 2,167 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1989 | 2,200 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1990 | 2,000 kg/ha | -9.1% |
| 1991 | 1,800 kg/ha | -10.0% |
| 1992 | 1,760 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 1993 | 1,800 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1994 | 1,800 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 1,800 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 1,800 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 1,800 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 1,800 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 1,833 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2000 | 1,714 kg/ha | -6.5% |
| 2001 | 1,750 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 2002 | 1,750 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 1,667 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 2004 | 1,667 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 1,667 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 1,800 kg/ha | +8.0% |
| 2007 | 1,727 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 2008 | 1,727 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 1,667 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 2010 | 1,667 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 1,769 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 2012 | 1,429 kg/ha | -19.3% |
| 2013 | 1,429 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 1,577 kg/ha | +10.4% |
| 2015 | 1,600 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2016 | 1,581 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2017 | 1,561 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2018 | 1,599 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 2019 | 1,621 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2020 | 1,667 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 2021 | 1,667 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 1,667 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 1,667 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 1,667 kg/ha | +0.0% |
Uganda compared with similar countries
- Uganda's 1,667 kg/ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 1,628 kg/ha, 1.0× the median. (15 countries reporting)
- Uganda's 1,667 kg/ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 1,725 kg/ha, 97% of the median. (25 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Wheat — Yield in Uganda 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | +39.3% | 1,554 kg/ha | 2,164 kg/ha |
| 1968 | -39.1% | 2,735 kg/ha | 1,667 kg/ha |
| 1972 | +31.4% | 1,750 kg/ha | 2,300 kg/ha |
| 1980 | +27.5% | 1,667 kg/ha | 2,125 kg/ha |
| 1984 | -27.1% | 2,400 kg/ha | 1,750 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,200 kg/ha | 1,667 kg/ha | 2,735 kg/ha | 4 |
| 1970s | 2,091 kg/ha | 1,667 kg/ha | 2,412 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,036 kg/ha | 1,554 kg/ha | 2,400 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,819 kg/ha | 1,760 kg/ha | 2,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,714 kg/ha | 1,667 kg/ha | 1,800 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,583 kg/ha | 1,429 kg/ha | 1,769 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,667 kg/ha | 1,667 kg/ha | 1,667 kg/ha | 5 |
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- 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 wheat — yield in Uganda?
- Wheat — yield in Uganda was 1,667 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest wheat — yield recorded in Uganda?
- The highest recorded value was 2,735 kg/ha in 1967.
- What is the lowest wheat — yield recorded in Uganda?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,429 kg/ha in 2012.
- How does Uganda rank for wheat — yield?
- Uganda ranks 98th out of 124 countries with data for 2024.
- Is wheat — yield rising or falling in Uganda?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Uganda 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.