Beeswax — Production in Eastern Africa

Eastern Africa: Beeswax — Production was 13,272 t in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
13,272 t
Change on year
up 7.7%
Rank
7th
of 24 groups
All-time high
14,284 t
in 2021
All-time low
3,990 t
in 1961
Years of data
64
1961–2024

Beeswax — Production in Eastern Africa, 1961–2024

5.0k7.5k10.0k12.5k15.0k196119922024

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.

Analysis

The most recent figure for beeswax — production in Eastern Africa is 13,272 t, measured in 2024.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 7.7% on the previous year and up 13.5% over ten years.

Over the whole period, beeswax — production in Eastern Africa peaked at 14,284 t in 2021 and was at its lowest, 3,990 t, in 1961.

Eastern Africa ranks 7th of 24 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.

Beeswax — Production in Eastern Africa, year by year

Annual values for Beeswax — Production in Eastern Africa, 1961 to 2024.
Year t Change
1961 3,990 t —
1962 4,033 t +1.1%
1963 4,145 t +2.8%
1964 4,194 t +1.2%
1965 4,317 t +2.9%
1966 4,345 t +0.6%
1967 4,396 t +1.2%
1968 4,644 t +5.6%
1969 4,551 t -2.0%
1970 4,739 t +4.1%
1971 4,893 t +3.2%
1972 4,994 t +2.1%
1973 5,017 t +0.5%
1974 4,972 t -0.9%
1975 5,095 t +2.5%
1976 5,106 t +0.2%
1977 5,076 t -0.6%
1978 5,165 t +1.7%
1979 5,022 t -2.8%
1980 5,054 t +0.6%
1981 5,126 t +1.4%
1982 5,170 t +0.9%
1983 5,366 t +3.8%
1984 5,501 t +2.5%
1985 5,680 t +3.3%
1986 6,203 t +9.2%
1987 6,364 t +2.6%
1988 6,627 t +4.1%
1989 6,842 t +3.2%
1990 7,181 t +5.0%
1991 5,089 t -29.1%
1992 5,278 t +3.7%
1993 7,803 t +47.8%
1994 8,555 t +9.6%
1995 8,897 t +4.0%
1996 8,929 t +0.4%
1997 9,106 t +2.0%
1998 9,228 t +1.3%
1999 9,351 t +1.3%
2000 9,485 t +1.4%
2001 9,456 t -0.3%
2002 10,471 t +10.7%
2003 9,818 t -6.2%
2004 10,331 t +5.2%
2005 10,451 t +1.2%
2006 11,091 t +6.1%
2007 10,906 t -1.7%
2008 11,394 t +4.5%
2009 10,886 t -4.5%
2010 11,456 t +5.2%
2011 11,363 t -0.8%
2012 11,443 t +0.7%
2013 11,394 t -0.4%
2014 11,692 t +2.6%
2015 11,992 t +2.6%
2016 11,737 t -2.1%
2017 12,009 t +2.3%
2018 12,176 t +1.4%
2019 10,391 t -14.7%
2020 10,999 t +5.9%
2021 14,284 t +29.9%
2022 11,838 t -17.1%
2023 12,318 t +4.1%
2024 13,272 t +7.7%

Biggest year-on-year movements

Years where Beeswax — Production 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.

YearChange FromTo
1993 +47.8% 5,278 t 7,803 t
1991 -29.1% 7,181 t 5,089 t
2021 +29.9% 10,999 t 14,284 t

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 4,291 t 3,990 t 4,644 t 9
1970s 5,008 t 4,739 t 5,165 t 10
1980s 5,793 t 5,054 t 6,842 t 10
1990s 7,942 t 5,089 t 9,351 t 10
2000s 10,429 t 9,456 t 11,394 t 10
2010s 11,565 t 10,391 t 12,176 t 10
2020s 12,542 t 10,999 t 14,284 t 5

Countries ranked near Eastern Africa

  1. 4 Republic of Korea 4,067 t compare
  2. 4 Türkiye 3,316 t compare
  3. 5 Kenya 4,041 t compare
  4. 5 United Republic of Tanzania 1,908 t compare
  5. 6 Angola 2,321 t compare
  6. 7 Brazil 1,796 t compare
  7. 7 Syrian Arab Republic 156.36 t compare
  8. 8 Spain 1,519 t compare
  9. 8 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 71.63 t compare
  10. 9 Timor-Leste 40 t compare
  11. 9 Uruguay 1,234 t compare
  12. 10 Dominican Republic 1,140 t compare
  13. 10 Polynesia 0 t compare

See the full ranking of 86 places →

More agriculture & rural data for Eastern Africa

All data for Eastern Africa →

Frequently asked questions

What is beeswax — production in Eastern Africa?
Beeswax — production in Eastern Africa was 13,272 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest beeswax — production recorded in Eastern Africa?
The highest recorded value was 14,284 t in 2021.
What is the lowest beeswax — production recorded in Eastern Africa?
The lowest recorded value was 3,990 t in 1961.
How does Eastern Africa rank for beeswax — production?
Eastern Africa ranks 7th out of 24 groups with data for 2024.
Is beeswax — production rising or falling in Eastern Africa?
Over the last ten years it is up 13.5%. 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 Beeswax — Production. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 64 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO).

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Beeswax — Production in Eastern Africa. Statizoid, drawing on Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Retrieved 01 October 2026, from https://agriculture.statizoid.com/stat/beeswax-production/eastern-africa/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://agriculture.statizoid.com/stat/beeswax-production/eastern-africa/">Beeswax — Production in Eastern Africa</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Beeswax — Production
Unit
t
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
86 places, 5,053 data points, 1961–2024
Last refreshed

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.