Yields of key staple crops in Tanzania
Tanzania: Yields of key staple crops was 1.38 tonnes per hectare in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
1.38 tonnes per hectare
Change on year
down 4.6%
World rank
109th
of 126 countries
All-time high
2.88 tonnes per hectare
in 2005
All-time low
0.4561 tonnes per hectare
in 2000
Years of data
64
1961–2024
Yields of key staple crops in Tanzania, 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
Tanzania recorded 1.38 tonnes per hectare for yields of key staple crops in 2024.
That represents a change of down 4.6% on the previous year and down 17.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, yields of key staple crops in Tanzania peaked at 2.88 tonnes per hectare in 2005 and was at its lowest, 0.4561 tonnes per hectare, in 2000.
That places Tanzania 109th out of 126 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Yields of key staple crops in Tanzania, year by year
| Year | tonnes per hectare | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.7625 tonnes per hectare | — |
| 1962 | 0.9766 tonnes per hectare | +28.1% |
| 1963 | 1.11 tonnes per hectare | +14.1% |
| 1964 | 1.08 tonnes per hectare | -2.7% |
| 1965 | 1 tonnes per hectare | -7.7% |
| 1966 | 1.13 tonnes per hectare | +12.5% |
| 1967 | 1.13 tonnes per hectare | +0.6% |
| 1968 | 1.16 tonnes per hectare | +2.3% |
| 1969 | 1.08 tonnes per hectare | -6.8% |
| 1970 | 0.95 tonnes per hectare | -11.9% |
| 1971 | 0.7662 tonnes per hectare | -19.3% |
| 1972 | 0.9638 tonnes per hectare | +25.8% |
| 1973 | 1.54 tonnes per hectare | +59.3% |
| 1974 | 1.78 tonnes per hectare | +16.1% |
| 1975 | 1.23 tonnes per hectare | -30.9% |
| 1976 | 1.31 tonnes per hectare | +6.0% |
| 1977 | 1.93 tonnes per hectare | +47.8% |
| 1978 | 1.35 tonnes per hectare | -30.2% |
| 1979 | 1.6 tonnes per hectare | +18.6% |
| 1980 | 1.41 tonnes per hectare | -11.9% |
| 1981 | 1.86 tonnes per hectare | +32.5% |
| 1982 | 1.28 tonnes per hectare | -31.3% |
| 1983 | 1.55 tonnes per hectare | +21.5% |
| 1984 | 1.6 tonnes per hectare | +2.7% |
| 1985 | 1.7 tonnes per hectare | +6.3% |
| 1986 | 1.81 tonnes per hectare | +6.9% |
| 1987 | 1.82 tonnes per hectare | +0.5% |
| 1988 | 1.42 tonnes per hectare | -22.4% |
| 1989 | 1.68 tonnes per hectare | +18.5% |
| 1990 | 2.04 tonnes per hectare | +21.5% |
| 1991 | 1.67 tonnes per hectare | -18.1% |
| 1992 | 1.46 tonnes per hectare | -12.8% |
| 1993 | 1.34 tonnes per hectare | -7.8% |
| 1994 | 1.21 tonnes per hectare | -9.9% |
| 1995 | 1.38 tonnes per hectare | +14.3% |
| 1996 | 1.4 tonnes per hectare | +1.0% |
| 1997 | 1.39 tonnes per hectare | -0.6% |
| 1998 | 1.12 tonnes per hectare | -19.1% |
| 1999 | 1.44 tonnes per hectare | +28.0% |
| 2000 | 0.4561 tonnes per hectare | -68.2% |
| 2001 | 1.71 tonnes per hectare | +274.4% |
| 2002 | 2.51 tonnes per hectare | +47.0% |
| 2003 | 2.75 tonnes per hectare | +9.6% |
| 2004 | 1.95 tonnes per hectare | -29.2% |
| 2005 | 2.88 tonnes per hectare | +48.0% |
| 2006 | 2.07 tonnes per hectare | -28.3% |
| 2007 | 1.1 tonnes per hectare | -46.8% |
| 2008 | 1 tonnes per hectare | -8.6% |
| 2009 | 0.5521 tonnes per hectare | -45.0% |
| 2010 | 1.14 tonnes per hectare | +107.0% |
| 2011 | 1.04 tonnes per hectare | -9.0% |
| 2012 | 0.9915 tonnes per hectare | -4.7% |
| 2013 | 0.97 tonnes per hectare | -2.2% |
| 2014 | 1.66 tonnes per hectare | +70.9% |
| 2015 | 0.8468 tonnes per hectare | -48.9% |
| 2016 | 1.11 tonnes per hectare | +31.0% |
| 2017 | 1.18 tonnes per hectare | +6.7% |
| 2018 | 1.09 tonnes per hectare | -7.9% |
| 2019 | 1.5 tonnes per hectare | +37.9% |
| 2020 | 1.29 tonnes per hectare | -14.3% |
| 2021 | 1 tonnes per hectare | -22.4% |
| 2022 | 1.1 tonnes per hectare | +10.0% |
| 2023 | 1.44 tonnes per hectare | +31.1% |
| 2024 | 1.38 tonnes per hectare | -4.6% |
Tanzania compared with similar countries
- Tanzania's 1.38 tonnes per hectare is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 2.67 tonnes per hectare, 52% of the median. (28 countries reporting)
- Tanzania's 1.38 tonnes per hectare is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 1.67 tonnes per hectare, 83% of the median. (27 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Yields of key staple crops in Tanzania 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | +274.4% | 0.4561 tonnes per hectare | 1.71 tonnes per hectare |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.05 tonnes per hectare | 0.7625 tonnes per hectare | 1.16 tonnes per hectare | 9 |
| 1970s | 1.34 tonnes per hectare | 0.7662 tonnes per hectare | 1.93 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.61 tonnes per hectare | 1.28 tonnes per hectare | 1.86 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.44 tonnes per hectare | 1.12 tonnes per hectare | 2.04 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.7 tonnes per hectare | 0.4561 tonnes per hectare | 2.88 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.15 tonnes per hectare | 0.8468 tonnes per hectare | 1.66 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.24 tonnes per hectare | 1 tonnes per hectare | 1.44 tonnes per hectare | 5 |
Countries ranked near Tanzania
More agriculture & rural data for Tanzania
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 11.77 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2291 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 292.74 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.74 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0005 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6312 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 22.9% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 22.9% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 2.5% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.1% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is yields of key staple crops in Tanzania?
- Yields of key staple crops in Tanzania was 1.38 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 Tanzania?
- The highest recorded value was 2.88 tonnes per hectare in 2005.
- What is the lowest yields of key staple crops recorded in Tanzania?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4561 tonnes per hectare in 2000.
- How does Tanzania rank for yields of key staple crops?
- Tanzania ranks 109th out of 126 countries with data for 2024.
- Is yields of key staple crops rising or falling in Tanzania?
- Over the last ten years it is down 17.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Tanzania 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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Yield is the amount produced per unit of land used, measured in tonnes per hectare.