Cereals, primary — Area harvested in Eastern Africa
Eastern Africa: Cereals, primary — Area harvested was 38.94 million ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cereals, primary — Area harvested in Eastern Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, cereals, primary — area harvested in Eastern Africa stood at 38.94 million ha. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 2.2% on the previous year and up 18.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereals, primary — area harvested in Eastern Africa peaked at 38.94 million ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 14.88 million ha, in 1961.
That places Eastern Africa 17th out of 29 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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 16.31 million ha | 14.88 million ha | 18.09 million ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 17.38 million ha | 16.57 million ha | 18.39 million ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 17.82 million ha | 16.61 million ha | 19.32 million ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 20.07 million ha | 17.56 million ha | 22.55 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 26.20 million ha | 21.53 million ha | 29.94 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 32.79 million ha | 31.22 million ha | 34.38 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 37.03 million ha | 35.80 million ha | 38.94 million ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Eastern Africa
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 cereals, primary — area harvested in Eastern Africa?
- Cereals, primary — area harvested in Eastern Africa was 38.94 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cereals, primary — area harvested recorded in Eastern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 38.94 million ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest cereals, primary — area harvested recorded in Eastern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 14.88 million ha in 1961.
- How does Eastern Africa rank for cereals, primary — area harvested?
- Eastern Africa ranks 17th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is cereals, primary — area harvested rising or falling in Eastern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 18.3%. 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 Cereals, primary — 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.