Carrots and turnips — Area harvested in Eastern Africa
Eastern Africa: Carrots and turnips — Area harvested was 24,994 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Carrots and turnips — Area harvested in Eastern Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for carrots and turnips — area harvested in Eastern Africa is 24,994 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 10.7% on the previous year and up 68.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, carrots and turnips — area harvested in Eastern Africa peaked at 25,455 ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 520 ha, in 1961.
That places Eastern Africa 23rd out of 28 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Carrots and turnips — Area harvested in Eastern Africa, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 520 ha | — |
| 1962 | 527 ha | +1.3% |
| 1963 | 526 ha | -0.2% |
| 1964 | 521 ha | -1.0% |
| 1965 | 536 ha | +2.9% |
| 1966 | 550 ha | +2.6% |
| 1967 | 532 ha | -3.3% |
| 1968 | 535 ha | +0.6% |
| 1969 | 526 ha | -1.7% |
| 1970 | 536 ha | +1.9% |
| 1971 | 542 ha | +1.1% |
| 1972 | 631 ha | +16.4% |
| 1973 | 652 ha | +3.3% |
| 1974 | 716 ha | +9.8% |
| 1975 | 750 ha | +4.7% |
| 1976 | 739 ha | -1.5% |
| 1977 | 765 ha | +3.5% |
| 1978 | 814 ha | +6.4% |
| 1979 | 838 ha | +2.9% |
| 1980 | 975 ha | +16.3% |
| 1981 | 1,309 ha | +34.3% |
| 1982 | 1,097 ha | -16.2% |
| 1983 | 1,186 ha | +8.1% |
| 1984 | 1,285 ha | +8.3% |
| 1985 | 1,325 ha | +3.1% |
| 1986 | 1,318 ha | -0.5% |
| 1987 | 1,419 ha | +7.7% |
| 1988 | 1,448 ha | +2.0% |
| 1989 | 1,492 ha | +3.0% |
| 1990 | 1,711 ha | +14.7% |
| 1991 | 1,752 ha | +2.4% |
| 1992 | 6,582 ha | +275.7% |
| 1993 | 6,841 ha | +3.9% |
| 1994 | 7,147 ha | +4.5% |
| 1995 | 6,648 ha | -7.0% |
| 1996 | 7,039 ha | +5.9% |
| 1997 | 7,143 ha | +1.5% |
| 1998 | 6,962 ha | -2.5% |
| 1999 | 7,743 ha | +11.2% |
| 2000 | 7,468 ha | -3.6% |
| 2001 | 7,404 ha | -0.9% |
| 2002 | 7,389 ha | -0.2% |
| 2003 | 8,244 ha | +11.6% |
| 2004 | 8,106 ha | -1.7% |
| 2005 | 7,777 ha | -4.1% |
| 2006 | 7,834 ha | +0.7% |
| 2007 | 9,505 ha | +21.3% |
| 2008 | 10,972 ha | +15.4% |
| 2009 | 10,858 ha | -1.0% |
| 2010 | 14,987 ha | +38.0% |
| 2011 | 13,014 ha | -13.2% |
| 2012 | 11,159 ha | -14.3% |
| 2013 | 13,480 ha | +20.8% |
| 2014 | 14,869 ha | +10.3% |
| 2015 | 17,167 ha | +15.5% |
| 2016 | 18,999 ha | +10.7% |
| 2017 | 20,505 ha | +7.9% |
| 2018 | 21,839 ha | +6.5% |
| 2019 | 24,409 ha | +11.8% |
| 2020 | 25,455 ha | +4.3% |
| 2021 | 20,196 ha | -20.7% |
| 2022 | 23,951 ha | +18.6% |
| 2023 | 22,581 ha | -5.7% |
| 2024 | 24,994 ha | +10.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 530.33 ha | 520 ha | 550 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 698.3 ha | 536 ha | 838 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,285 ha | 975 ha | 1,492 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 5,957 ha | 1,711 ha | 7,743 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 8,556 ha | 7,389 ha | 10,972 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 17,043 ha | 11,159 ha | 24,409 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 23,435 ha | 20,196 ha | 25,455 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is carrots and turnips — area harvested in Eastern Africa?
- Carrots and turnips — area harvested in Eastern Africa was 24,994 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest carrots and turnips — area harvested recorded in Eastern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 25,455 ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest carrots and turnips — area harvested recorded in Eastern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 520 ha in 1961.
- How does Eastern Africa rank for carrots and turnips — area harvested?
- Eastern Africa ranks 23rd out of 28 groups with data for 2024.
- Is carrots and turnips — area harvested rising or falling in Eastern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 68.1%. 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 Carrots and turnips — 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.