Cheese (All Kinds) — Production in Eastern Africa
Eastern Africa: Cheese (All Kinds) — Production was 41,685 t in 2023. ◆ Volatile
Cheese (All Kinds) — Production in Eastern Africa, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2023, cheese (all kinds) — production in Eastern Africa stood at 41,685 t.
That represents a change of up 3.3% on the previous year and down 77.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cheese (all kinds) — production in Eastern Africa peaked at 189,891 t in 2018 and was at its lowest, 6,035 t, in 1961.
Eastern Africa ranks 26th of 27 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
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 | 6,251 t | 6,035 t | 6,426 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 6,872 t | 6,343 t | 7,308 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 7,990 t | 7,251 t | 8,865 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 9,955 t | 8,831 t | 10,661 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 16,883 t | 12,220 t | 22,311 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 139,415 t | 25,770 t | 189,891 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 38,913 t | 36,625 t | 41,685 t | 4 |
Countries ranked near Eastern Africa
- 24 Czechia 218,404 t compare
- 25 Switzerland 216,417 t compare
- 26 Mexico 193,285 t compare
- 27 Czechoslovakia 178,798 t compare
- 28 Belgium 161,073 t compare
- 29 South Sudan 158,995 t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Eastern Africa
- Tomatoes — Area harvested 205,889 ha (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 641,088 t (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested 546,014 ha (2024)
- Fat of pigs — Production 63,544 t (2024)
- Fat of pigs — Producing Animals/Slaughtered 23.97 million An (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield 16,968 kg/ha (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Producing 23.97 million An (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight 42 kg/An (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production 1.01 million t (2024)
- Tomatoes — Production 3.49 million t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cheese (all kinds) — production in Eastern Africa?
- Cheese (all kinds) — production in Eastern Africa was 41,685 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cheese (all kinds) — production recorded in Eastern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 189,891 t in 2018.
- What is the lowest cheese (all kinds) — production recorded in Eastern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 6,035 t in 1961.
- How does Eastern Africa rank for cheese (all kinds) — production?
- Eastern Africa ranks 26th out of 27 groups with data for 2023.
- Is cheese (all kinds) — production rising or falling in Eastern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 77.3%. 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 Cheese (All Kinds) — Production. 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.