Cereal yield in Sub-Saharan Africa
Cereal farms in Sub-Saharan Africa harvested 1,453 kg per hectare in 2024. The value for 2024 is the lowest since 2016.
Sub-Saharan Africa is a group: World Bank region. The value is the aggregate published by World Bank, not an average calculated on this site.
Sub-Saharan Africa, 2024
1,453
Change from 2023
−7.4%
World, 2023
4,229 kg per hectare
Cereal yield in Sub-Saharan Africa over time
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The chart shows a calculation from the published values. The table below keeps the published values.
Kilograms per hectare. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Sub-Saharan Africa | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1,453 kg per hectare | – |
| 2023 | 1,570 kg per hectare | 4,229 kg per hectare |
| 2022 | 1,595 kg per hectare | 4,186 kg per hectare |
| 2021 | 1,581 kg per hectare | 4,176 kg per hectare |
| 2020 | 1,589 kg per hectare | 4,118 kg per hectare |
| 2019 | 1,511 kg per hectare | 4,122 kg per hectare |
| 2018 | 1,488 kg per hectare | 4,022 kg per hectare |
| 2017 | 1,496 kg per hectare | 4,067 kg per hectare |
| 2016 | 1,383 kg per hectare | 4,018 kg per hectare |
| 2015 | 1,443 kg per hectare | 3,932 kg per hectare |
| 2014 | 1,443 kg per hectare | 3,893 kg per hectare |
| 2013 | 1,333 kg per hectare | 3,830 kg per hectare |
| 2012 | 1,408 kg per hectare | 3,612 kg per hectare |
| 2011 | 1,271 kg per hectare | 3,656 kg per hectare |
| 2010 | 1,363 kg per hectare | 3,563 kg per hectare |
| 2009 | 1,312 kg per hectare | 3,558 kg per hectare |
| 2008 | 1,290 kg per hectare | 3,545 kg per hectare |
| 2007 | 1,214 kg per hectare | 3,371 kg per hectare |
| 2006 | 1,237 kg per hectare | 3,281 kg per hectare |
| 2005 | 1,159 kg per hectare | 3,276 kg per hectare |
| 2004 | 1,189 kg per hectare | 3,359 kg per hectare |
| 2003 | 1,111 kg per hectare | 3,119 kg per hectare |
| 2002 | 1,133 kg per hectare | 3,076 kg per hectare |
| 2001 | 1,129 kg per hectare | 3,133 kg per hectare |
| 2000 | 1,126 kg per hectare | 3,061 kg per hectare |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of −7.4% from 1,570 kg per hectare in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 1,443 kg per hectare, the figure has changed by +0.7%.
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