Beans, dry — Area harvested in Eastern Africa
Eastern Africa: Beans, dry — Area harvested was 6.79 million ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Beans, dry — Area harvested in Eastern Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Eastern Africa recorded 6.79 million ha for beans, dry — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.9% on the previous year and up 36.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, beans, dry — area harvested in Eastern Africa peaked at 6.99 million ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 1.03 million ha, in 1961.
Eastern Africa ranks 5th of 34 regions on this measure, in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.14 million ha | 1.03 million ha | 1.28 million ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1.71 million ha | 1.41 million ha | 1.99 million ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2.21 million ha | 1.94 million ha | 2.48 million ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2.77 million ha | 2.40 million ha | 3.13 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 4.08 million ha | 3.25 million ha | 4.67 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 5.52 million ha | 4.81 million ha | 6.21 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 6.77 million ha | 6.63 million ha | 6.99 million ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Eastern Africa
More agriculture & rural data for Eastern Africa
- Fat of pigs — Production 63,544 t (2024)
- Bananas — Area harvested 1.08 million ha (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 641,088 t (2024)
- Bananas — Production 12.53 million t (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested 546,014 ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Production 3.49 million t (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield 16,968 kg/ha (2024)
- Fat of pigs — Producing Animals/Slaughtered 23.97 million An (2024)
- Edible offal of pigs, fresh, chilled or frozen — Producing 23.97 million An (2024)
- Swine / pigs — Stocks 29.04 million An (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is beans, dry — area harvested in Eastern Africa?
- Beans, dry — area harvested in Eastern Africa was 6.79 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest beans, dry — area harvested recorded in Eastern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 6.99 million ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest beans, dry — area harvested recorded in Eastern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.03 million ha in 1961.
- How does Eastern Africa rank for beans, dry — area harvested?
- Eastern Africa ranks 5th out of 34 regions with data for 2024.
- Is beans, dry — area harvested rising or falling in Eastern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 36.4%. 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 Beans, dry — 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.