Yields of key staple crops in Namibia
Namibia: Yields of key staple crops was 7.07 tonnes per hectare in 2024. ▲ Rising
Yields of key staple crops in Namibia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in tonnes per hectare.
Analysis
Namibia recorded 7.07 tonnes per hectare for yields of key staple crops in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 21.7% on the previous year and up 6.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, yields of key staple crops in Namibia peaked at 7.07 tonnes per hectare in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.9867 tonnes per hectare, in 1961.
Namibia ranks 6th of 125 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.41 tonnes per hectare | 0.9867 tonnes per hectare | 1.75 tonnes per hectare | 9 |
| 1970s | 1.95 tonnes per hectare | 1.75 tonnes per hectare | 2.5 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 1980s | 3.03 tonnes per hectare | 2.5 tonnes per hectare | 4.87 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 1990s | 4.83 tonnes per hectare | 3.64 tonnes per hectare | 5.9 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 2000s | 5.64 tonnes per hectare | 4.16 tonnes per hectare | 6.72 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 2010s | 5.78 tonnes per hectare | 4.73 tonnes per hectare | 6.67 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 2020s | 5.88 tonnes per hectare | 5.41 tonnes per hectare | 7.07 tonnes per hectare | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Namibia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 1.05 billion current US$ (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 7.0% (2025)
- Rural population 1.52 million (2025)
- Rural population growth 1.1% (2025)
- Rural population 49.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.5% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.9% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 7.0% (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 7.0% (2025)
- Land under cereal production 339,089 hectares (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is yields of key staple crops in Namibia?
- Yields of key staple crops in Namibia was 7.07 tonnes per hectare in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest yields of key staple crops recorded in Namibia?
- The highest recorded value was 7.07 tonnes per hectare in 2024.
- What is the lowest yields of key staple crops recorded in Namibia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.9867 tonnes per hectare in 1961.
- How does Namibia rank for yields of key staple crops?
- Namibia ranks 6th out of 125 countries with data for 2024.
- Is yields of key staple crops rising or falling in Namibia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Namibia data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Yields of key staple crops. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Yield is the amount produced per unit of land used, measured in tonnes per hectare.