Avocados — Area harvested in Eastern Africa
Eastern Africa: Avocados — Area harvested was 92,383 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Avocados — Area harvested in Eastern Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Eastern Africa recorded 92,383 ha for avocados — area harvested in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 4.0% on the previous year and up 88.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, avocados — area harvested in Eastern Africa peaked at 92,383 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 1,100 ha, in 1961.
That places Eastern Africa 8th out of 27 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Avocados — Area harvested in Eastern Africa, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,100 ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 1,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 1,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 1,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 1,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 1,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 1,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 1,150 ha | +4.5% |
| 1970 | 1,200 ha | +4.3% |
| 1971 | 1,260 ha | +5.0% |
| 1972 | 1,600 ha | +27.0% |
| 1973 | 1,745 ha | +9.1% |
| 1974 | 2,660 ha | +52.4% |
| 1975 | 3,070 ha | +15.4% |
| 1976 | 3,140 ha | +2.3% |
| 1977 | 5,435 ha | +73.1% |
| 1978 | 6,115 ha | +12.5% |
| 1979 | 3,205 ha | -47.6% |
| 1980 | 3,225 ha | +0.6% |
| 1981 | 3,240 ha | +0.5% |
| 1982 | 3,285 ha | +1.4% |
| 1983 | 3,395 ha | +3.3% |
| 1984 | 3,410 ha | +0.4% |
| 1985 | 3,700 ha | +8.5% |
| 1986 | 3,800 ha | +2.7% |
| 1987 | 3,930 ha | +3.4% |
| 1988 | 3,930 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 4,030 ha | +2.5% |
| 1990 | 4,210 ha | +4.5% |
| 1991 | 4,363 ha | +3.6% |
| 1992 | 4,296 ha | -1.5% |
| 1993 | 5,215 ha | +21.4% |
| 1994 | 5,389 ha | +3.3% |
| 1995 | 4,641 ha | -13.9% |
| 1996 | 5,362 ha | +15.5% |
| 1997 | 5,658 ha | +5.5% |
| 1998 | 7,036 ha | +24.4% |
| 1999 | 7,423 ha | +5.5% |
| 2000 | 17,385 ha | +134.2% |
| 2001 | 10,453 ha | -39.9% |
| 2002 | 11,110 ha | +6.3% |
| 2003 | 11,813 ha | +6.3% |
| 2004 | 13,499 ha | +14.3% |
| 2005 | 15,295 ha | +13.3% |
| 2006 | 16,790 ha | +9.8% |
| 2007 | 17,853 ha | +6.3% |
| 2008 | 17,218 ha | -3.6% |
| 2009 | 20,175 ha | +17.2% |
| 2010 | 22,052 ha | +9.3% |
| 2011 | 23,656 ha | +7.3% |
| 2012 | 24,877 ha | +5.2% |
| 2013 | 27,239 ha | +9.5% |
| 2014 | 48,895 ha | +79.5% |
| 2015 | 46,230 ha | -5.5% |
| 2016 | 50,229 ha | +8.7% |
| 2017 | 58,961 ha | +17.4% |
| 2018 | 57,261 ha | -2.9% |
| 2019 | 68,222 ha | +19.1% |
| 2020 | 82,735 ha | +21.3% |
| 2021 | 82,984 ha | +0.3% |
| 2022 | 83,011 ha | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 88,867 ha | +7.1% |
| 2024 | 92,383 ha | +4.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,106 ha | 1,100 ha | 1,150 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,943 ha | 1,200 ha | 6,115 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,594 ha | 3,225 ha | 4,030 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 5,359 ha | 4,210 ha | 7,423 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 15,159 ha | 10,453 ha | 20,175 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 42,762 ha | 22,052 ha | 68,222 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 85,996 ha | 82,735 ha | 92,383 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is avocados — area harvested in Eastern Africa?
- Avocados — area harvested in Eastern Africa was 92,383 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest avocados — area harvested recorded in Eastern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 92,383 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest avocados — area harvested recorded in Eastern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,100 ha in 1961.
- How does Eastern Africa rank for avocados — area harvested?
- Eastern Africa ranks 8th out of 27 groups with data for 2024.
- Is avocados — area harvested rising or falling in Eastern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 88.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Eastern Africa data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Avocados — 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.