Cow peas, dry — Area harvested in Eastern Africa
Eastern Africa: Cow peas, dry — Area harvested was 1.06 million ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Cow peas, dry — 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 cow peas, dry — area harvested in Eastern Africa is 1.06 million ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 1.5% on the previous year and up 8.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cow peas, dry — area harvested in Eastern Africa peaked at 1.33 million ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 131,500 ha, in 1971.
Eastern Africa ranks 7th of 23 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Cow peas, dry — Area harvested in Eastern Africa, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 158,505 ha | — |
| 1962 | 165,939 ha | +4.7% |
| 1963 | 174,084 ha | +4.9% |
| 1964 | 156,681 ha | -10.0% |
| 1965 | 147,836 ha | -5.6% |
| 1966 | 152,000 ha | +2.8% |
| 1967 | 156,000 ha | +2.6% |
| 1968 | 172,000 ha | +10.3% |
| 1969 | 188,980 ha | +9.9% |
| 1970 | 154,500 ha | -18.2% |
| 1971 | 131,500 ha | -14.9% |
| 1972 | 160,300 ha | +21.9% |
| 1973 | 147,350 ha | -8.1% |
| 1974 | 172,670 ha | +17.2% |
| 1975 | 190,815 ha | +10.5% |
| 1976 | 248,375 ha | +30.2% |
| 1977 | 247,556 ha | -0.3% |
| 1978 | 248,861 ha | +0.5% |
| 1979 | 214,757 ha | -13.7% |
| 1980 | 212,418 ha | -1.1% |
| 1981 | 218,339 ha | +2.8% |
| 1982 | 227,399 ha | +4.1% |
| 1983 | 232,450 ha | +2.2% |
| 1984 | 238,286 ha | +2.5% |
| 1985 | 236,571 ha | -0.7% |
| 1986 | 245,957 ha | +4.0% |
| 1987 | 241,293 ha | -1.9% |
| 1988 | 248,629 ha | +3.0% |
| 1989 | 361,034 ha | +45.2% |
| 1990 | 377,713 ha | +4.6% |
| 1991 | 377,486 ha | -0.1% |
| 1992 | 414,871 ha | +9.9% |
| 1993 | 406,257 ha | -2.1% |
| 1994 | 405,340 ha | -0.2% |
| 1995 | 392,465 ha | -3.2% |
| 1996 | 366,102 ha | -6.7% |
| 1997 | 378,555 ha | +3.4% |
| 1998 | 394,028 ha | +4.1% |
| 1999 | 416,404 ha | +5.7% |
| 2000 | 401,059 ha | -3.7% |
| 2001 | 428,215 ha | +6.8% |
| 2002 | 757,368 ha | +76.9% |
| 2003 | 660,971 ha | -12.7% |
| 2004 | 811,609 ha | +22.8% |
| 2005 | 751,261 ha | -7.4% |
| 2006 | 833,313 ha | +10.9% |
| 2007 | 840,864 ha | +0.9% |
| 2008 | 691,459 ha | -17.8% |
| 2009 | 659,956 ha | -4.6% |
| 2010 | 628,365 ha | -4.8% |
| 2011 | 816,133 ha | +29.9% |
| 2012 | 899,956 ha | +10.3% |
| 2013 | 1.03 million ha | +14.2% |
| 2014 | 979,582 ha | -4.7% |
| 2015 | 888,510 ha | -9.3% |
| 2016 | 914,822 ha | +3.0% |
| 2017 | 860,022 ha | -6.0% |
| 2018 | 870,541 ha | +1.2% |
| 2019 | 910,725 ha | +4.6% |
| 2020 | 1.06 million ha | +16.0% |
| 2021 | 1.33 million ha | +25.9% |
| 2022 | 992,085 ha | -25.4% |
| 2023 | 1.07 million ha | +8.3% |
| 2024 | 1.06 million ha | -1.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 163,558 ha | 147,836 ha | 188,980 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 191,668 ha | 131,500 ha | 248,861 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 246,238 ha | 212,418 ha | 361,034 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 392,922 ha | 366,102 ha | 416,404 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 683,608 ha | 401,059 ha | 840,864 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 879,683 ha | 628,365 ha | 1.03 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.10 million ha | 992,085 ha | 1.33 million ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is cow peas, dry — area harvested in Eastern Africa?
- Cow peas, dry — area harvested in Eastern Africa was 1.06 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cow peas, dry — area harvested recorded in Eastern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 1.33 million ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest cow peas, dry — area harvested recorded in Eastern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 131,500 ha in 1971.
- How does Eastern Africa rank for cow peas, dry — area harvested?
- Eastern Africa ranks 7th out of 23 groups with data for 2024.
- Is cow peas, dry — area harvested rising or falling in Eastern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.0%. 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 Cow 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.