Beans, dry — Area harvested in Uganda
Uganda: Beans, dry — Area harvested was 863,246 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Beans, dry — Area harvested in Uganda, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, beans, dry — area harvested in Uganda stood at 863,246 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 3.8% on the previous year and up 28.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, beans, dry — area harvested in Uganda peaked at 1.03 million ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 140,000 ha, in 1961.
That places Uganda 7th out of 129 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Beans, dry — Area harvested in Uganda, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 140,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 140,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 140,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 150,000 ha | +7.1% |
| 1965 | 150,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 163,000 ha | +8.7% |
| 1967 | 219,000 ha | +34.4% |
| 1968 | 270,000 ha | +23.3% |
| 1969 | 240,000 ha | -11.1% |
| 1970 | 270,000 ha | +12.5% |
| 1971 | 459,000 ha | +70.0% |
| 1972 | 309,000 ha | -32.7% |
| 1973 | 359,000 ha | +16.2% |
| 1974 | 408,000 ha | +13.6% |
| 1975 | 407,300 ha | -0.2% |
| 1976 | 434,892 ha | +6.8% |
| 1977 | 338,347 ha | -22.2% |
| 1978 | 388,000 ha | +14.7% |
| 1979 | 227,000 ha | -41.5% |
| 1980 | 224,000 ha | -1.3% |
| 1981 | 299,000 ha | +33.5% |
| 1982 | 364,000 ha | +21.7% |
| 1983 | 398,000 ha | +9.3% |
| 1984 | 385,000 ha | -3.3% |
| 1985 | 334,442 ha | -13.1% |
| 1986 | 396,878 ha | +18.7% |
| 1987 | 373,000 ha | -6.0% |
| 1988 | 445,000 ha | +19.3% |
| 1989 | 480,500 ha | +8.0% |
| 1990 | 494,915 ha | +3.0% |
| 1991 | 509,762 ha | +3.0% |
| 1992 | 536,000 ha | +5.1% |
| 1993 | 552,000 ha | +3.0% |
| 1994 | 574,000 ha | +4.0% |
| 1995 | 600,000 ha | +4.5% |
| 1996 | 615,000 ha | +2.5% |
| 1997 | 630,000 ha | +2.4% |
| 1998 | 645,000 ha | +2.4% |
| 1999 | 669,000 ha | +3.7% |
| 2000 | 699,000 ha | +4.5% |
| 2001 | 731,000 ha | +4.6% |
| 2002 | 765,000 ha | +4.7% |
| 2003 | 780,000 ha | +2.0% |
| 2004 | 812,000 ha | +4.1% |
| 2005 | 828,000 ha | +2.0% |
| 2006 | 849,000 ha | +2.5% |
| 2007 | 870,000 ha | +2.5% |
| 2008 | 651,000 ha | -25.2% |
| 2009 | 616,000 ha | -5.4% |
| 2010 | 633,000 ha | +2.8% |
| 2011 | 653,889 ha | +3.3% |
| 2012 | 669,000 ha | +2.3% |
| 2013 | 672,273 ha | +0.5% |
| 2014 | 674,290 ha | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 674,964 ha | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 483,337 ha | -28.4% |
| 2017 | 588,185 ha | +21.7% |
| 2018 | 543,511 ha | -7.6% |
| 2019 | 546,458 ha | +0.5% |
| 2020 | 923,554 ha | +69.0% |
| 2021 | 963,000 ha | +4.3% |
| 2022 | 1.03 million ha | +7.4% |
| 2023 | 897,083 ha | -13.2% |
| 2024 | 863,246 ha | -3.8% |
Uganda compared with similar countries
- Uganda's 863,246 ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 130,914 ha, 6.6× the median. (16 countries reporting)
- Uganda's 863,246 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 91,234 ha, 9.5× the median. (28 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Beans, dry — Area harvested in Uganda 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 | +70.0% | 270,000 ha | 459,000 ha |
| 2020 | +69.0% | 546,458 ha | 923,554 ha |
| 1979 | -41.5% | 388,000 ha | 227,000 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 179,111 ha | 140,000 ha | 270,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 360,054 ha | 227,000 ha | 459,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 369,982 ha | 224,000 ha | 480,500 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 582,568 ha | 494,915 ha | 669,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 760,100 ha | 616,000 ha | 870,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 613,891 ha | 483,337 ha | 674,964 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 936,177 ha | 863,246 ha | 1.03 million ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Uganda
- 4 Mexico 1.37 million ha compare
- 4 United Republic of Tanzania 1.05 million ha compare
- 5 Democratic Republic of the Congo 513,001 ha compare
- 5 Kenya 1.23 million ha compare
- 6 Mozambique 1.21 million ha compare
- 7 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 373,014 ha compare
- 8 Burundi 747,771 ha compare
- 8 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 171,585 ha compare
- 9 China 738,345 ha compare
- 9 Viet Nam 114,184 ha compare
- 10 China, mainland 732,838 ha compare
- 10 Türkiye 91,841 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Uganda
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 22.05 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2613 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 315.24 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.75 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0006 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6806 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 26.1% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 26.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.4% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.2% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is beans, dry — area harvested in Uganda?
- Beans, dry — area harvested in Uganda was 863,246 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest beans, dry — area harvested recorded in Uganda?
- The highest recorded value was 1.03 million ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest beans, dry — area harvested recorded in Uganda?
- The lowest recorded value was 140,000 ha in 1961.
- How does Uganda rank for beans, dry — area harvested?
- Uganda ranks 7th out of 129 countries with data for 2024.
- Is beans, dry — area harvested rising or falling in Uganda?
- Over the last ten years it is up 28.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Uganda 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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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.