Cereal yield (kg per hectare) - Ag. & rural development - Development outcomes - African Development Indicators
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Cereal yield, measured as kilograms per hectare of harvested land, includes wheat, rice, maize, barley, oats, rye, millet, sorghum, buckwheat, and mixed grains. 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 and those used for grazing are excluded. Source: Food and Agriculture Organization, Production Yearbook and data files.
| Cereal yield (kg per hectare) - Ag. & rural development - Development outcomes - African Development Indicators (2007) |
Rank | Country | Value |
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| 1 |  Mauritius | 7,667 |
| 2 | Egypt | 7,663 |
| 3 | South Africa | 2,796 |
| 4 | Madagascar | 2,511 |
| 5 | North Africa | 2,484 |
| 6 | Sao Tome and Principe | 2,308 |
| 7 | Malawi | 1,953 |
| 8 | Kenya | 1,857 |
| 9 | Ethiopia | 1,720 |
| 10 | Ivory Coast | 1,710 |
| 11 | Djibouti | 1,667 |
| 12 | Gabon | 1,663 |
| 13 | Zambia | 1,542 |
| 14 | Uganda | 1,525 |
| 15 | Guinea-Bissau | 1,472 |
| 16 | Nigeria | 1,453 |
| 17 | Guinea | 1,437 |
| 18 | Tunisia | 1,434 |
| 19 | Africa | 1,398 |
| 20 | Algeria | 1,391 |
| 21 | Cameroon | 1,338 |
| 22 | Ghana | 1,328 |
| 23 | Comoros | 1,313 |
| 24 | Gambia | 1,300 |
| 25 | Liberia | 1,290 |
| 26 | Burundi | 1,289 |
| 27 | Benin | 1,258 |
| 28 | Sub-Saharan Africa | 1,251 |
| 29 | Chad | 1,211 |
| 30 | Tanzania | 1,193 |
| 31 | Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa | 1,192 |
| 32 | Togo | 1,187 |
| 33 | Burkina Faso | 1,148 |
| 34 | Swaziland | 1,146 |
| 35 | Mali | 1,114 |
| 36 | Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa and Nigeria | 1,110 |
| 37 | Central African Republic | 1,092 |
| 38 | Rwanda | 1,049 |
| 39 | Sierra Leone | 1,014 |
| 40 | Mozambique | 942.10 |
| 41 | Mauritania | 844 |
| 42 | Senegal | 822.50 |
| 43 | Cape Verde | 800 |
| 44 | Republic of the Congo | 798.30 |
| 45 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 772.70 |
| 46 | Sudan | 707.60 |
| 47 | Zimbabwe | 649 |
| 48 | Libya | 636.80 |
| 49 | Botswana | 554.80 |
| 50 | Morocco | 520.80 |
| 51 | Angola | 490.30 |
| 52 | Lesotho | 463 |
| 53 | Eritrea | 454 |
| 54 | Niger | 424.40 |
| 55 | Somalia | 416.70 |
| 56 | Namibia | 411.50 |
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