Apricots — Area harvested in Eastern Africa
Eastern Africa: Apricots — Area harvested was 226 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Apricots — Area harvested in Eastern Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for apricots — area harvested in Eastern Africa is 226 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 0.4% on the previous year and up 9.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, apricots — area harvested in Eastern Africa peaked at 228 ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 37 ha, in 1971.
That places Eastern Africa 22nd out of 24 groups 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.
Apricots — Area harvested in Eastern Africa, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 42 ha | — |
| 1962 | 42 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 52 ha | +23.8% |
| 1964 | 52 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 62 ha | +19.2% |
| 1966 | 62 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 62 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 62 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 52 ha | -16.1% |
| 1970 | 42 ha | -19.2% |
| 1971 | 37 ha | -11.9% |
| 1972 | 52 ha | +40.5% |
| 1973 | 52 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 52 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 37 ha | -28.8% |
| 1976 | 42 ha | +13.5% |
| 1977 | 52 ha | +23.8% |
| 1978 | 82 ha | +57.7% |
| 1979 | 102 ha | +24.4% |
| 1980 | 107 ha | +4.9% |
| 1981 | 123 ha | +15.0% |
| 1982 | 126 ha | +2.4% |
| 1983 | 127 ha | +0.8% |
| 1984 | 137 ha | +7.9% |
| 1985 | 147 ha | +7.3% |
| 1986 | 114 ha | -22.4% |
| 1987 | 117 ha | +2.6% |
| 1988 | 117 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 123 ha | +5.1% |
| 1990 | 137 ha | +11.4% |
| 1991 | 127 ha | -7.3% |
| 1992 | 128 ha | +0.8% |
| 1993 | 133 ha | +3.9% |
| 1994 | 128 ha | -3.8% |
| 1995 | 135 ha | +5.5% |
| 1996 | 141 ha | +4.4% |
| 1997 | 147 ha | +4.3% |
| 1998 | 145 ha | -1.4% |
| 1999 | 160 ha | +10.3% |
| 2000 | 153 ha | -4.4% |
| 2001 | 164 ha | +7.2% |
| 2002 | 166 ha | +1.2% |
| 2003 | 168 ha | +1.2% |
| 2004 | 169 ha | +0.6% |
| 2005 | 172 ha | +1.8% |
| 2006 | 171 ha | -0.6% |
| 2007 | 182 ha | +6.4% |
| 2008 | 183 ha | +0.5% |
| 2009 | 191 ha | +4.4% |
| 2010 | 195 ha | +2.1% |
| 2011 | 196 ha | +0.5% |
| 2012 | 201 ha | +2.6% |
| 2013 | 202 ha | +0.5% |
| 2014 | 206 ha | +2.0% |
| 2015 | 211 ha | +2.4% |
| 2016 | 215 ha | +1.9% |
| 2017 | 218 ha | +1.4% |
| 2018 | 222 ha | +1.8% |
| 2019 | 226 ha | +1.8% |
| 2020 | 228 ha | +0.9% |
| 2021 | 225 ha | -1.3% |
| 2022 | 226 ha | +0.4% |
| 2023 | 227 ha | +0.4% |
| 2024 | 226 ha | -0.4% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Apricots — Area harvested in Eastern Africa 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | +57.7% | 52 ha | 82 ha |
| 1972 | +40.5% | 37 ha | 52 ha |
| 1975 | -28.8% | 52 ha | 37 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 54.22 ha | 42 ha | 62 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 55 ha | 37 ha | 102 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 123.8 ha | 107 ha | 147 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 138.1 ha | 127 ha | 160 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 171.9 ha | 153 ha | 191 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 209.2 ha | 195 ha | 226 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 226.4 ha | 225 ha | 228 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is apricots — area harvested in Eastern Africa?
- Apricots — area harvested in Eastern Africa was 226 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest apricots — area harvested recorded in Eastern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 228 ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest apricots — area harvested recorded in Eastern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 37 ha in 1971.
- How does Eastern Africa rank for apricots — area harvested?
- Eastern Africa ranks 22nd out of 24 groups with data for 2024.
- Is apricots — area harvested rising or falling in Eastern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Eastern Africa data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Apricots — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and 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 or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.