Broad beans and horse beans, green — Area harvested in Eastern Africa
Eastern Africa: Broad beans and horse beans, green — Area harvested was 4,280 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Broad beans and horse beans, green — Area harvested in Eastern Africa, 1991–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Eastern Africa recorded 4,280 ha for broad beans and horse beans, green — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is down 0.2% on the previous year and up 18.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, broad beans and horse beans, green — area harvested in Eastern Africa peaked at 4,287 ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 60 ha, in 1991.
Eastern Africa ranks 20th of 25 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Broad beans and horse beans, green — Area harvested in Eastern Africa, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 60 ha | — |
| 1992 | 81 ha | +35.0% |
| 1993 | 121 ha | +49.4% |
| 1994 | 221 ha | +82.6% |
| 1995 | 426 ha | +92.8% |
| 1996 | 521 ha | +22.3% |
| 1997 | 512 ha | -1.7% |
| 1998 | 608 ha | +18.8% |
| 1999 | 718 ha | +18.1% |
| 2000 | 867 ha | +20.8% |
| 2001 | 1,026 ha | +18.3% |
| 2002 | 1,200 ha | +17.0% |
| 2003 | 1,378 ha | +14.8% |
| 2004 | 1,538 ha | +11.6% |
| 2005 | 1,745 ha | +13.5% |
| 2006 | 1,966 ha | +12.7% |
| 2007 | 2,313 ha | +17.7% |
| 2008 | 2,667 ha | +15.3% |
| 2009 | 2,867 ha | +7.5% |
| 2010 | 2,942 ha | +2.6% |
| 2011 | 3,487 ha | +18.5% |
| 2012 | 3,641 ha | +4.4% |
| 2013 | 3,583 ha | -1.6% |
| 2014 | 3,613 ha | +0.8% |
| 2015 | 4,015 ha | +11.1% |
| 2016 | 3,738 ha | -6.9% |
| 2017 | 3,758 ha | +0.5% |
| 2018 | 3,762 ha | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 3,815 ha | +1.4% |
| 2020 | 4,232 ha | +10.9% |
| 2021 | 4,190 ha | -1.0% |
| 2022 | 4,248 ha | +1.4% |
| 2023 | 4,287 ha | +0.9% |
| 2024 | 4,280 ha | -0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 363.11 ha | 60 ha | 718 ha | 9 |
| 2000s | 1,757 ha | 867 ha | 2,867 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,635 ha | 2,942 ha | 4,015 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,247 ha | 4,190 ha | 4,287 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is broad beans and horse beans, green — area harvested in Eastern Africa?
- Broad beans and horse beans, green — area harvested in Eastern Africa was 4,280 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest broad beans and horse beans, green — area harvested recorded in Eastern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 4,287 ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest broad beans and horse beans, green — area harvested recorded in Eastern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 60 ha in 1991.
- How does Eastern Africa rank for broad beans and horse beans, green — area harvested?
- Eastern Africa ranks 20th out of 25 groups with data for 2024.
- Is broad beans and horse beans, green — area harvested rising or falling in Eastern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 18.5%. 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 Broad beans and horse beans, green — 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.