Cashew nuts, in shell — Area harvested in Eastern Africa
Eastern Africa: Cashew nuts, in shell — Area harvested was 1.53 million ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Cashew nuts, in shell — Area harvested in Eastern Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, cashew nuts, in shell — area harvested in Eastern Africa stood at 1.53 million ha. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 34.2% on the previous year and up 178.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cashew nuts, in shell — area harvested in Eastern Africa peaked at 1.53 million ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 110,800 ha, in 1990.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 370,933 ha | 283,000 ha | 497,200 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 495,100 ha | 279,500 ha | 655,500 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 180,570 ha | 133,000 ha | 278,600 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 161,586 ha | 110,800 ha | 203,005 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 384,526 ha | 255,100 ha | 530,913 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 669,993 ha | 404,714 ha | 1.41 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.05 million ha | 817,906 ha | 1.53 million ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Eastern Africa
- 3 Brazil 450,237 ha compare
- 4 Indonesia 439,322 ha compare
- 5 Ghana 408,433 ha compare
- 6 Nigeria 170,224 ha compare
- 7 Mozambique 168,452 ha compare
- 8 Guinea-Bissau 157,920 ha compare
- 9 Burkina Faso 124,274 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Eastern Africa
- Edible offal of pigs, fresh, chilled or frozen — Production 54,812 t (2024)
- Fat of pigs — Production 63,544 t (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested 546,014 ha (2024)
- Fat of pigs — Producing Animals/Slaughtered 23.97 million An (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 641,088 t (2024)
- Bananas — Area harvested 1.08 million ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Production 3.49 million t (2024)
- Edible offal of pigs, fresh, chilled or frozen — Producing 23.97 million An (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production 1.01 million t (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Producing 23.97 million An (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cashew nuts, in shell — area harvested in Eastern Africa?
- Cashew nuts, in shell — area harvested in Eastern Africa was 1.53 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cashew nuts, in shell — area harvested recorded in Eastern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 1.53 million ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest cashew nuts, in shell — area harvested recorded in Eastern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 110,800 ha in 1990.
- How does Eastern Africa rank for cashew nuts, in shell — area harvested?
- Eastern Africa ranks 6th out of 15 groups with data for 2024.
- Is cashew nuts, in shell — area harvested rising or falling in Eastern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 178.5%. 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 Cashew nuts, in shell — 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.