Broad beans and horse beans, dry — Area harvested in Eastern Africa
Eastern Africa: Broad beans and horse beans, dry — Area harvested was 492,430 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Broad beans and horse 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 492,430 ha for broad beans and horse beans, dry — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of down 2.5% on the previous year and down 9.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, broad beans and horse beans, dry — area harvested in Eastern Africa peaked at 575,352 ha in 2012 and was at its lowest, 218,480 ha, in 1990.
That places Eastern Africa 9th out of 24 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Broad beans and horse beans, dry — Area harvested in Eastern Africa, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 230,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 230,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 240,000 ha | +4.3% |
| 1964 | 250,000 ha | +4.2% |
| 1965 | 250,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 260,000 ha | +4.0% |
| 1967 | 265,000 ha | +1.9% |
| 1968 | 275,000 ha | +3.8% |
| 1969 | 275,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 280,000 ha | +1.8% |
| 1971 | 285,000 ha | +1.8% |
| 1972 | 295,000 ha | +3.5% |
| 1973 | 300,000 ha | +1.7% |
| 1974 | 338,851 ha | +13.0% |
| 1975 | 329,800 ha | -2.7% |
| 1976 | 263,600 ha | -20.1% |
| 1977 | 270,100 ha | +2.5% |
| 1978 | 281,800 ha | +4.3% |
| 1979 | 295,900 ha | +5.0% |
| 1980 | 326,550 ha | +10.4% |
| 1981 | 306,470 ha | -6.1% |
| 1982 | 348,910 ha | +13.8% |
| 1983 | 380,570 ha | +9.1% |
| 1984 | 350,350 ha | -7.9% |
| 1985 | 326,800 ha | -6.7% |
| 1986 | 280,190 ha | -14.3% |
| 1987 | 262,640 ha | -6.3% |
| 1988 | 281,990 ha | +7.4% |
| 1989 | 227,250 ha | -19.4% |
| 1990 | 218,480 ha | -3.9% |
| 1991 | 252,208 ha | +15.4% |
| 1992 | 297,600 ha | +18.0% |
| 1993 | 305,290 ha | +2.6% |
| 1994 | 333,150 ha | +9.1% |
| 1995 | 348,440 ha | +4.6% |
| 1996 | 346,120 ha | -0.7% |
| 1997 | 342,010 ha | -1.2% |
| 1998 | 425,140 ha | +24.3% |
| 1999 | 301,510 ha | -29.1% |
| 2000 | 365,824 ha | +21.3% |
| 2001 | 436,636 ha | +19.4% |
| 2002 | 374,949 ha | -14.1% |
| 2003 | 442,571 ha | +18.0% |
| 2004 | 468,620 ha | +5.9% |
| 2005 | 465,077 ha | -0.8% |
| 2006 | 430,290 ha | -7.5% |
| 2007 | 526,395 ha | +22.3% |
| 2008 | 546,624 ha | +3.8% |
| 2009 | 513,693 ha | -6.0% |
| 2010 | 464,135 ha | -9.6% |
| 2011 | 458,764 ha | -1.2% |
| 2012 | 575,352 ha | +25.4% |
| 2013 | 542,023 ha | -5.8% |
| 2014 | 542,766 ha | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 448,843 ha | -17.3% |
| 2016 | 428,156 ha | -4.6% |
| 2017 | 437,652 ha | +2.2% |
| 2018 | 500,636 ha | +14.4% |
| 2019 | 467,205 ha | -6.7% |
| 2020 | 505,094 ha | +8.1% |
| 2021 | 512,425 ha | +1.5% |
| 2022 | 526,358 ha | +2.7% |
| 2023 | 505,271 ha | -4.0% |
| 2024 | 492,430 ha | -2.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 252,778 ha | 230,000 ha | 275,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 294,005 ha | 263,600 ha | 338,851 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 309,172 ha | 227,250 ha | 380,570 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 316,995 ha | 218,480 ha | 425,140 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 457,068 ha | 365,824 ha | 546,624 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 486,553 ha | 428,156 ha | 575,352 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 508,316 ha | 492,430 ha | 526,358 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Eastern Africa
- 6 Ethiopia PDR 297,600 ha compare
- 6 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 7,905 ha compare
- 7 Türkiye 2,404 ha compare
- 7 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 135,387 ha compare
- 8 Lithuania 90,330 ha compare
- 9 France 80,440 ha compare
- 10 Sudan (former) 72,420 ha compare
- 11 Morocco 72,255 ha compare
- 12 Germany 61,700 ha compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is broad beans and horse beans, dry — area harvested in Eastern Africa?
- Broad beans and horse beans, dry — area harvested in Eastern Africa was 492,430 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest broad beans and horse beans, dry — area harvested recorded in Eastern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 575,352 ha in 2012.
- What is the lowest broad beans and horse beans, dry — area harvested recorded in Eastern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 218,480 ha in 1990.
- How does Eastern Africa rank for broad beans and horse beans, dry — area harvested?
- Eastern Africa ranks 9th out of 24 groups with data for 2024.
- Is broad beans and horse beans, dry — area harvested rising or falling in Eastern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 9.3%. 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 Broad beans and horse 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.