Chick peas, dry — Area harvested in Eastern Africa
Eastern Africa: Chick peas, dry — Area harvested was 257,179 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Chick peas, dry — Area harvested in Eastern Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Eastern Africa recorded 257,179 ha for chick peas, dry — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is up 0.3% on the previous year and down 44.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, chick peas, dry — area harvested in Eastern Africa peaked at 580,162 ha in 2012 and was at its lowest, 188,000 ha, in 1961.
Eastern Africa ranks 13th of 24 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Chick peas, dry — Area harvested in Eastern Africa, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 188,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 194,000 ha | +3.2% |
| 1963 | 201,000 ha | +3.6% |
| 1964 | 200,000 ha | -0.5% |
| 1965 | 195,239 ha | -2.4% |
| 1966 | 204,000 ha | +4.5% |
| 1967 | 212,000 ha | +3.9% |
| 1968 | 271,900 ha | +28.3% |
| 1969 | 270,400 ha | -0.6% |
| 1970 | 276,170 ha | +2.1% |
| 1971 | 284,000 ha | +2.8% |
| 1972 | 304,000 ha | +7.0% |
| 1973 | 277,000 ha | -8.9% |
| 1974 | 243,000 ha | -12.3% |
| 1975 | 211,200 ha | -13.1% |
| 1976 | 230,800 ha | +9.3% |
| 1977 | 204,300 ha | -11.5% |
| 1978 | 192,900 ha | -5.6% |
| 1979 | 195,600 ha | +1.4% |
| 1980 | 228,330 ha | +16.7% |
| 1981 | 207,080 ha | -9.3% |
| 1982 | 202,590 ha | -2.2% |
| 1983 | 209,960 ha | +3.6% |
| 1984 | 257,420 ha | +22.6% |
| 1985 | 292,410 ha | +13.6% |
| 1986 | 218,977 ha | -25.1% |
| 1987 | 234,412 ha | +7.0% |
| 1988 | 275,056 ha | +17.3% |
| 1989 | 260,370 ha | -5.3% |
| 1990 | 318,881 ha | +22.5% |
| 1991 | 294,595 ha | -7.6% |
| 1992 | 250,685 ha | -14.9% |
| 1993 | 267,485 ha | +6.7% |
| 1994 | 276,662 ha | +3.4% |
| 1995 | 335,451 ha | +21.2% |
| 1996 | 377,540 ha | +12.5% |
| 1997 | 325,083 ha | -13.9% |
| 1998 | 385,943 ha | +18.7% |
| 1999 | 382,744 ha | -0.8% |
| 2000 | 405,031 ha | +5.8% |
| 2001 | 393,155 ha | -2.9% |
| 2002 | 364,536 ha | -7.3% |
| 2003 | 319,058 ha | -12.5% |
| 2004 | 363,433 ha | +13.9% |
| 2005 | 397,076 ha | +9.3% |
| 2006 | 374,852 ha | -5.6% |
| 2007 | 383,001 ha | +2.2% |
| 2008 | 394,368 ha | +3.0% |
| 2009 | 359,684 ha | -8.8% |
| 2010 | 390,667 ha | +8.6% |
| 2011 | 457,987 ha | +17.2% |
| 2012 | 580,162 ha | +26.7% |
| 2013 | 526,793 ha | -9.2% |
| 2014 | 459,436 ha | -12.8% |
| 2015 | 367,788 ha | -19.9% |
| 2016 | 417,524 ha | +13.5% |
| 2017 | 306,798 ha | -26.5% |
| 2018 | 350,343 ha | +14.2% |
| 2019 | 279,439 ha | -20.2% |
| 2020 | 283,494 ha | +1.5% |
| 2021 | 289,295 ha | +2.0% |
| 2022 | 265,452 ha | -8.2% |
| 2023 | 256,376 ha | -3.4% |
| 2024 | 257,179 ha | +0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 215,171 ha | 188,000 ha | 271,900 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 241,897 ha | 192,900 ha | 304,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 238,660 ha | 202,590 ha | 292,410 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 321,507 ha | 250,685 ha | 385,943 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 375,419 ha | 319,058 ha | 405,031 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 413,694 ha | 279,439 ha | 580,162 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 270,359 ha | 256,376 ha | 289,295 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is chick peas, dry — area harvested in Eastern Africa?
- Chick peas, dry — area harvested in Eastern Africa was 257,179 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest chick peas, dry — area harvested recorded in Eastern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 580,162 ha in 2012.
- What is the lowest chick peas, dry — area harvested recorded in Eastern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 188,000 ha in 1961.
- How does Eastern Africa rank for chick peas, dry — area harvested?
- Eastern Africa ranks 13th out of 24 groups with data for 2024.
- Is chick peas, dry — area harvested rising or falling in Eastern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 44.0%. 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 Chick peas, dry — 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.