Chick peas, dry — Area harvested in Uganda
Uganda: Chick peas, dry — Area harvested was 9,024 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Chick peas, dry — Area harvested in Uganda, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, chick peas, dry — area harvested in Uganda stood at 9,024 ha.
That represents a change of down 0.3% on the previous year and up 8.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, chick peas, dry — area harvested in Uganda peaked at 10,000 ha in 1985 and was at its lowest, 2,000 ha, in 1972.
Uganda ranks 21st of 54 countries 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 Uganda, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 4,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 4,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 4,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 4,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 4,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 4,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 4,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 4,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 4,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 4,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 4,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 2,000 ha | -50.0% |
| 1973 | 5,000 ha | +150.0% |
| 1974 | 6,000 ha | +20.0% |
| 1975 | 6,400 ha | +6.7% |
| 1976 | 7,000 ha | +9.4% |
| 1977 | 4,400 ha | -37.1% |
| 1978 | 4,600 ha | +4.5% |
| 1979 | 3,000 ha | -34.8% |
| 1980 | 3,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 4,000 ha | +33.3% |
| 1982 | 5,000 ha | +25.0% |
| 1983 | 5,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 5,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 10,000 ha | +100.0% |
| 1986 | 4,000 ha | -60.0% |
| 1987 | 5,000 ha | +25.0% |
| 1988 | 6,000 ha | +20.0% |
| 1989 | 6,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 7,000 ha | +16.7% |
| 1991 | 5,777 ha | -17.5% |
| 1992 | 5,000 ha | -13.4% |
| 1993 | 6,000 ha | +20.0% |
| 1994 | 5,804 ha | -3.3% |
| 1995 | 5,800 ha | -0.1% |
| 1996 | 5,000 ha | -13.8% |
| 1997 | 6,000 ha | +20.0% |
| 1998 | 6,100 ha | +1.7% |
| 1999 | 6,200 ha | +1.6% |
| 2000 | 6,300 ha | +1.6% |
| 2001 | 6,627 ha | +5.2% |
| 2002 | 6,820 ha | +2.9% |
| 2003 | 7,025 ha | +3.0% |
| 2004 | 7,440 ha | +5.9% |
| 2005 | 7,521 ha | +1.1% |
| 2006 | 7,566 ha | +0.6% |
| 2007 | 7,834 ha | +3.5% |
| 2008 | 7,881 ha | +0.6% |
| 2009 | 7,931 ha | +0.6% |
| 2010 | 8,200 ha | +3.4% |
| 2011 | 7,945 ha | -3.1% |
| 2012 | 8,000 ha | +0.7% |
| 2013 | 8,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 8,302 ha | +3.8% |
| 2015 | 8,510 ha | +2.5% |
| 2016 | 8,603 ha | +1.1% |
| 2017 | 8,711 ha | +1.3% |
| 2018 | 8,848 ha | +1.6% |
| 2019 | 8,986 ha | +1.6% |
| 2020 | 9,129 ha | +1.6% |
| 2021 | 8,988 ha | -1.5% |
| 2022 | 9,034 ha | +0.5% |
| 2023 | 9,050 ha | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 9,024 ha | -0.3% |
Uganda compared with similar countries
- Uganda's 9,024 ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 9,024 ha, 1.0× the median. (7 countries reporting)
- Uganda's 9,024 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 4,078 ha, 2.2× the median. (9 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Chick peas, dry — Area harvested in Uganda changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 | +150.0% | 2,000 ha | 5,000 ha |
| 1985 | +100.0% | 5,000 ha | 10,000 ha |
| 1986 | -60.0% | 10,000 ha | 4,000 ha |
| 1972 | -50.0% | 4,000 ha | 2,000 ha |
| 1977 | -37.1% | 7,000 ha | 4,400 ha |
| 1979 | -34.8% | 4,600 ha | 3,000 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4,000 ha | 4,000 ha | 4,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 4,640 ha | 2,000 ha | 7,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 5,300 ha | 3,000 ha | 10,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 5,868 ha | 5,000 ha | 7,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 7,294 ha | 6,300 ha | 7,931 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 8,410 ha | 7,945 ha | 8,986 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 9,045 ha | 8,988 ha | 9,129 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Uganda
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 22.05 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2613 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 315.24 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.75 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0006 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6806 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 26.1% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 26.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.4% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.2% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is chick peas, dry — area harvested in Uganda?
- Chick peas, dry — area harvested in Uganda was 9,024 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest chick peas, dry — area harvested recorded in Uganda?
- The highest recorded value was 10,000 ha in 1985.
- What is the lowest chick peas, dry — area harvested recorded in Uganda?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,000 ha in 1972.
- How does Uganda rank for chick peas, dry — area harvested?
- Uganda ranks 21st out of 54 countries with data for 2024.
- Is chick peas, dry — area harvested rising or falling in Uganda?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Uganda 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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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.