Cereal yield in South Sudan

Cereal farms in South Sudan harvested 945 kg per hectare in 2024.

Measure: Cereal yield Unit: Kilograms per hectare Data: 2012 to 2024 Source: World Bank
South Sudan, 2024 945 Kilograms per hectare
Change from 2023 −3.8% 2023: 983 kg per hectare
World, 2023 4,229 kg per hectare Official aggregate Not the same period as South Sudan (2024).
Position in 2024 160th of 176 See the full ranking

Cereal yield in South Sudan over time

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Kilograms per hectare. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Cereal yield (kilograms per hectare), 2000 to 2024
Period South SudanWorld
2024 945 kg per hectare –
2023 983 kg per hectare 4,229 kg per hectare
2022 1,056 kg per hectare 4,186 kg per hectare
2021 845 kg per hectare 4,176 kg per hectare
2020 886 kg per hectare 4,118 kg per hectare
2019 881 kg per hectare 4,122 kg per hectare
2018 844 kg per hectare 4,022 kg per hectare
2017 885 kg per hectare 4,067 kg per hectare
2016 879 kg per hectare 4,018 kg per hectare
2015 907 kg per hectare 3,932 kg per hectare
2014 1,254 kg per hectare 3,893 kg per hectare
2013 766 kg per hectare 3,830 kg per hectare
2012 705 kg per hectare 3,612 kg per hectare
2011 – 3,656 kg per hectare
2010 – 3,563 kg per hectare
2009 – 3,558 kg per hectare
2008 – 3,545 kg per hectare
2007 – 3,371 kg per hectare
2006 – 3,281 kg per hectare
2005 – 3,276 kg per hectare
2004 – 3,359 kg per hectare
2003 – 3,119 kg per hectare
2002 – 3,076 kg per hectare
2001 – 3,133 kg per hectare
2000 – 3,061 kg per hectare

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −3.8% from 983 kg per hectare in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 1,254 kg per hectare, the figure has changed by −24.6%.
  • Among the 176 countries with data for 2024, South Sudan has the 160th highest value.

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Source and dates

Original producer
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
AG.YLD.CREL.KG · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
2012 to 2024 for South Sudan
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)