Citrus Fruit, Total — Area harvested in Eastern Africa
Eastern Africa: Citrus Fruit, Total — Area harvested was 192,998 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Citrus Fruit, Total — Area harvested in Eastern Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Eastern Africa recorded 192,998 ha for citrus fruit, total — area harvested in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.5% on the previous year and up 27.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, citrus fruit, total — area harvested in Eastern Africa peaked at 192,998 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 27,460 ha, in 1961.
That places Eastern Africa 20th out of 28 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Citrus Fruit, Total — Area harvested in Eastern Africa, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 27,460 ha | — |
| 1962 | 28,560 ha | +4.0% |
| 1963 | 30,040 ha | +5.2% |
| 1964 | 30,840 ha | +2.7% |
| 1965 | 32,060 ha | +4.0% |
| 1966 | 35,030 ha | +9.3% |
| 1967 | 41,080 ha | +17.3% |
| 1968 | 47,060 ha | +14.6% |
| 1969 | 57,660 ha | +22.5% |
| 1970 | 75,770 ha | +31.4% |
| 1971 | 63,270 ha | -16.5% |
| 1972 | 51,240 ha | -19.0% |
| 1973 | 52,175 ha | +1.8% |
| 1974 | 54,020 ha | +3.5% |
| 1975 | 50,545 ha | -6.4% |
| 1976 | 52,675 ha | +4.2% |
| 1977 | 52,400 ha | -0.5% |
| 1978 | 53,995 ha | +3.0% |
| 1979 | 48,257 ha | -10.6% |
| 1980 | 48,537 ha | +0.6% |
| 1981 | 49,588 ha | +2.2% |
| 1982 | 50,268 ha | +1.4% |
| 1983 | 51,369 ha | +2.2% |
| 1984 | 52,056 ha | +1.3% |
| 1985 | 52,496 ha | +0.8% |
| 1986 | 56,069 ha | +6.8% |
| 1987 | 58,719 ha | +4.7% |
| 1988 | 60,521 ha | +3.1% |
| 1989 | 64,711 ha | +6.9% |
| 1990 | 84,220 ha | +30.1% |
| 1991 | 84,840 ha | +0.7% |
| 1992 | 75,919 ha | -10.5% |
| 1993 | 79,543 ha | +4.8% |
| 1994 | 78,172 ha | -1.7% |
| 1995 | 76,803 ha | -1.8% |
| 1996 | 81,676 ha | +6.3% |
| 1997 | 82,719 ha | +1.3% |
| 1998 | 85,778 ha | +3.7% |
| 1999 | 86,019 ha | +0.3% |
| 2000 | 84,102 ha | -2.2% |
| 2001 | 85,299 ha | +1.4% |
| 2002 | 85,011 ha | -0.3% |
| 2003 | 91,741 ha | +7.9% |
| 2004 | 94,552 ha | +3.1% |
| 2005 | 96,147 ha | +1.7% |
| 2006 | 96,632 ha | +0.5% |
| 2007 | 99,784 ha | +3.3% |
| 2008 | 100,352 ha | +0.6% |
| 2009 | 109,784 ha | +9.4% |
| 2010 | 116,733 ha | +6.3% |
| 2011 | 120,746 ha | +3.4% |
| 2012 | 128,439 ha | +6.4% |
| 2013 | 131,880 ha | +2.7% |
| 2014 | 151,128 ha | +14.6% |
| 2015 | 154,230 ha | +2.1% |
| 2016 | 153,991 ha | -0.2% |
| 2017 | 158,366 ha | +2.8% |
| 2018 | 163,761 ha | +3.4% |
| 2019 | 172,267 ha | +5.2% |
| 2020 | 171,299 ha | -0.6% |
| 2021 | 169,070 ha | -1.3% |
| 2022 | 180,533 ha | +6.8% |
| 2023 | 190,140 ha | +5.3% |
| 2024 | 192,998 ha | +1.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 36,643 ha | 27,460 ha | 57,660 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 55,435 ha | 48,257 ha | 75,770 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 54,433 ha | 48,537 ha | 64,711 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 81,569 ha | 75,919 ha | 86,019 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 94,340 ha | 84,102 ha | 109,784 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 145,154 ha | 116,733 ha | 172,267 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 180,808 ha | 169,070 ha | 192,998 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is citrus fruit, total — area harvested in Eastern Africa?
- Citrus fruit, total — area harvested in Eastern Africa was 192,998 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest citrus fruit, total — area harvested recorded in Eastern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 192,998 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest citrus fruit, total — area harvested recorded in Eastern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 27,460 ha in 1961.
- How does Eastern Africa rank for citrus fruit, total — area harvested?
- Eastern Africa ranks 20th out of 28 groups with data for 2024.
- Is citrus fruit, total — area harvested rising or falling in Eastern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 27.7%. 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 Citrus Fruit, Total — 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.