Coffee, green — Area harvested in Eastern Africa
Eastern Africa: Coffee, green — Area harvested was 2.16 million ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Coffee, green — Area harvested in Eastern Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for coffee, green — area harvested in Eastern Africa is 2.16 million ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.5% on the previous year and up 49.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, coffee, green — area harvested in Eastern Africa peaked at 2.24 million ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 977,742 ha, in 1961.
That places Eastern Africa 9th out of 20 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.
Coffee, green — Area harvested in Eastern Africa, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 977,742 ha | — |
| 1962 | 1.21 million ha | +23.5% |
| 1963 | 1.22 million ha | +1.3% |
| 1964 | 1.26 million ha | +3.3% |
| 1965 | 1.32 million ha | +4.4% |
| 1966 | 1.39 million ha | +5.2% |
| 1967 | 1.38 million ha | -0.5% |
| 1968 | 1.27 million ha | -7.7% |
| 1969 | 1.33 million ha | +4.0% |
| 1970 | 1.30 million ha | -2.0% |
| 1971 | 1.30 million ha | +0.2% |
| 1972 | 1.25 million ha | -3.6% |
| 1973 | 1.33 million ha | +6.2% |
| 1974 | 1.22 million ha | -8.5% |
| 1975 | 1.23 million ha | +1.3% |
| 1976 | 1.19 million ha | -3.3% |
| 1977 | 1.22 million ha | +2.6% |
| 1978 | 1.23 million ha | +0.2% |
| 1979 | 1.21 million ha | -1.8% |
| 1980 | 1.18 million ha | -1.9% |
| 1981 | 1.25 million ha | +5.3% |
| 1982 | 1.22 million ha | -1.9% |
| 1983 | 1.14 million ha | -6.6% |
| 1984 | 1.11 million ha | -3.1% |
| 1985 | 1.11 million ha | +0.7% |
| 1986 | 1.13 million ha | +1.9% |
| 1987 | 1.14 million ha | +0.1% |
| 1988 | 1.14 million ha | +0.5% |
| 1989 | 1.17 million ha | +3.0% |
| 1990 | 1.20 million ha | +1.9% |
| 1991 | 1.17 million ha | -2.5% |
| 1992 | 1.18 million ha | +0.9% |
| 1993 | 1.14 million ha | -3.3% |
| 1994 | 1.05 million ha | -7.9% |
| 1995 | 1.12 million ha | +7.3% |
| 1996 | 1.16 million ha | +3.0% |
| 1997 | 1.12 million ha | -3.1% |
| 1998 | 1.10 million ha | -1.6% |
| 1999 | 1.08 million ha | -2.1% |
| 2000 | 1.13 million ha | +4.5% |
| 2001 | 1.12 million ha | -0.7% |
| 2002 | 1.18 million ha | +5.6% |
| 2003 | 1.07 million ha | -9.4% |
| 2004 | 1.34 million ha | +25.0% |
| 2005 | 1.12 million ha | -16.2% |
| 2006 | 1.22 million ha | +8.7% |
| 2007 | 1.25 million ha | +2.2% |
| 2008 | 1.38 million ha | +10.6% |
| 2009 | 1.31 million ha | -5.3% |
| 2010 | 1.43 million ha | +9.2% |
| 2011 | 1.34 million ha | -6.5% |
| 2012 | 1.34 million ha | +0.5% |
| 2013 | 1.46 million ha | +8.6% |
| 2014 | 1.45 million ha | -0.7% |
| 2015 | 1.58 million ha | +9.0% |
| 2016 | 1.72 million ha | +9.0% |
| 2017 | 1.79 million ha | +4.2% |
| 2018 | 1.80 million ha | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 1.95 million ha | +8.5% |
| 2020 | 1.95 million ha | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 2.17 million ha | +11.2% |
| 2022 | 2.24 million ha | +3.1% |
| 2023 | 2.20 million ha | -2.0% |
| 2024 | 2.16 million ha | -1.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.26 million ha | 977,742 ha | 1.39 million ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1.25 million ha | 1.19 million ha | 1.33 million ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.16 million ha | 1.11 million ha | 1.25 million ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.13 million ha | 1.05 million ha | 1.20 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.21 million ha | 1.07 million ha | 1.38 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.59 million ha | 1.34 million ha | 1.95 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.15 million ha | 1.95 million ha | 2.24 million ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is coffee, green — area harvested in Eastern Africa?
- Coffee, green — area harvested in Eastern Africa was 2.16 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest coffee, green — area harvested recorded in Eastern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 2.24 million ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest coffee, green — area harvested recorded in Eastern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 977,742 ha in 1961.
- How does Eastern Africa rank for coffee, green — area harvested?
- Eastern Africa ranks 9th out of 20 groups with data for 2024.
- Is coffee, green — area harvested rising or falling in Eastern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 49.5%. 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 Coffee, green — 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.