Coffee, green — Area harvested in Uganda
Uganda: Coffee, green — Area harvested was 736,547 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Coffee, green — Area harvested in Uganda, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, coffee, green — area harvested in Uganda stood at 736,547 ha.
That represents a change of down 13.3% on the previous year and up 95.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, coffee, green — area harvested in Uganda peaked at 912,315 ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 217,504 ha, in 2002.
That places Uganda 6th out of 75 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Coffee, green — Area harvested in Uganda, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 245,100 ha | — |
| 1962 | 254,500 ha | +3.8% |
| 1963 | 255,300 ha | +0.3% |
| 1964 | 261,100 ha | +2.3% |
| 1965 | 293,300 ha | +12.3% |
| 1966 | 335,300 ha | +14.3% |
| 1967 | 336,000 ha | +0.2% |
| 1968 | 252,400 ha | -24.9% |
| 1969 | 281,200 ha | +11.4% |
| 1970 | 245,700 ha | -12.6% |
| 1971 | 257,100 ha | +4.6% |
| 1972 | 256,500 ha | -0.2% |
| 1973 | 280,000 ha | +9.2% |
| 1974 | 222,400 ha | -20.6% |
| 1975 | 223,200 ha | +0.4% |
| 1976 | 223,922 ha | +0.3% |
| 1977 | 223,807 ha | -0.1% |
| 1978 | 223,000 ha | -0.4% |
| 1979 | 224,000 ha | +0.4% |
| 1980 | 224,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 224,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 224,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 224,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 224,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 224,500 ha | +0.2% |
| 1986 | 224,700 ha | +0.1% |
| 1987 | 224,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 224,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 237,600 ha | +5.7% |
| 1990 | 270,000 ha | +13.6% |
| 1991 | 270,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 260,000 ha | -3.7% |
| 1993 | 265,000 ha | +1.9% |
| 1994 | 263,000 ha | -0.8% |
| 1995 | 263,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 280,000 ha | +6.5% |
| 1997 | 272,000 ha | -2.9% |
| 1998 | 265,000 ha | -2.6% |
| 1999 | 275,000 ha | +3.8% |
| 2000 | 300,991 ha | +9.5% |
| 2001 | 264,000 ha | -12.3% |
| 2002 | 217,504 ha | -17.6% |
| 2003 | 264,000 ha | +21.4% |
| 2004 | 264,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 263,000 ha | -0.4% |
| 2006 | 220,000 ha | -16.3% |
| 2007 | 285,000 ha | +29.5% |
| 2008 | 345,000 ha | +21.1% |
| 2009 | 320,000 ha | -7.2% |
| 2010 | 272,593 ha | -14.8% |
| 2011 | 317,080 ha | +16.3% |
| 2012 | 316,923 ha | -0.0% |
| 2013 | 387,263 ha | +22.2% |
| 2014 | 377,526 ha | -2.5% |
| 2015 | 432,000 ha | +14.4% |
| 2016 | 434,283 ha | +0.5% |
| 2017 | 526,491 ha | +21.2% |
| 2018 | 497,192 ha | -5.6% |
| 2019 | 541,495 ha | +8.9% |
| 2020 | 632,691 ha | +16.8% |
| 2021 | 737,884 ha | +16.6% |
| 2022 | 912,315 ha | +23.6% |
| 2023 | 849,736 ha | -6.9% |
| 2024 | 736,547 ha | -13.3% |
Uganda compared with similar countries
- Uganda's 736,547 ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 15,432 ha, 47.7× the median. (11 countries reporting)
- Uganda's 736,547 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 7,778 ha, 94.7× the median. (26 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 279,356 ha | 245,100 ha | 336,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 237,963 ha | 222,400 ha | 280,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 225,620 ha | 224,000 ha | 237,600 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 268,300 ha | 260,000 ha | 280,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 274,350 ha | 217,504 ha | 345,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 410,285 ha | 272,593 ha | 541,495 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 773,835 ha | 632,691 ha | 912,315 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Uganda
- 3 Central African Republic 943,748 ha compare
- 4 Ethiopia 862,943 ha compare
- 4 Viet Nam 678,569 ha compare
- 5 Colombia 837,685 ha compare
- 5 United Republic of Tanzania 325,635 ha compare
- 6 Democratic Republic of the Congo 166,516 ha compare
- 7 Mexico 659,699 ha compare
- 7 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 166,453 ha compare
- 8 India 491,419 ha compare
- 9 Guinea 445,086 ha compare
- 9 Lao People's Democratic Republic 91,730 ha compare
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 coffee, green — area harvested in Uganda?
- Coffee, green — area harvested in Uganda was 736,547 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest coffee, green — area harvested recorded in Uganda?
- The highest recorded value was 912,315 ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest coffee, green — area harvested recorded in Uganda?
- The lowest recorded value was 217,504 ha in 2002.
- How does Uganda rank for coffee, green — area harvested?
- Uganda ranks 6th out of 75 countries with data for 2024.
- Is coffee, green — area harvested rising or falling in Uganda?
- Over the last ten years it is up 95.1%. 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 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.