Cow peas, dry — Area harvested in Uganda
Uganda: Cow peas, dry — Area harvested was 25,929 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Cow peas, dry — Area harvested in Uganda, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Uganda recorded 25,929 ha for cow peas, dry — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 2.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cow peas, dry — area harvested in Uganda peaked at 86,675 ha in 1976 and was at its lowest, 17,000 ha, in 2008.
That places Uganda 19th out of 47 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Cow peas, dry — Area harvested in Uganda, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 50,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 50,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 50,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 65,000 ha | +30.0% |
| 1965 | 65,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 50,000 ha | -23.1% |
| 1967 | 65,000 ha | +30.0% |
| 1968 | 65,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 65,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 48,000 ha | -26.2% |
| 1971 | 40,000 ha | -16.7% |
| 1972 | 63,300 ha | +58.2% |
| 1973 | 49,000 ha | -22.6% |
| 1974 | 68,000 ha | +38.8% |
| 1975 | 78,000 ha | +14.7% |
| 1976 | 86,675 ha | +11.1% |
| 1977 | 80,700 ha | -6.9% |
| 1978 | 80,200 ha | -0.6% |
| 1979 | 43,000 ha | -46.4% |
| 1980 | 38,000 ha | -11.6% |
| 1981 | 41,000 ha | +7.9% |
| 1982 | 45,000 ha | +9.8% |
| 1983 | 46,500 ha | +3.3% |
| 1984 | 49,000 ha | +5.4% |
| 1985 | 44,000 ha | -10.2% |
| 1986 | 50,000 ha | +13.6% |
| 1987 | 42,000 ha | -16.0% |
| 1988 | 46,000 ha | +9.5% |
| 1989 | 47,000 ha | +2.2% |
| 1990 | 49,000 ha | +4.3% |
| 1991 | 48,000 ha | -2.0% |
| 1992 | 49,000 ha | +2.1% |
| 1993 | 51,000 ha | +4.1% |
| 1994 | 53,000 ha | +3.9% |
| 1995 | 54,000 ha | +1.9% |
| 1996 | 56,000 ha | +3.7% |
| 1997 | 58,000 ha | +3.6% |
| 1998 | 60,000 ha | +3.4% |
| 1999 | 62,000 ha | +3.3% |
| 2000 | 64,000 ha | +3.2% |
| 2001 | 65,000 ha | +1.6% |
| 2002 | 66,000 ha | +1.5% |
| 2003 | 67,000 ha | +1.5% |
| 2004 | 70,000 ha | +4.5% |
| 2005 | 71,000 ha | +1.4% |
| 2006 | 71,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 72,000 ha | +1.4% |
| 2008 | 17,000 ha | -76.4% |
| 2009 | 28,000 ha | +64.7% |
| 2010 | 24,000 ha | -14.3% |
| 2011 | 24,720 ha | +3.0% |
| 2012 | 25,462 ha | +3.0% |
| 2013 | 25,341 ha | -0.5% |
| 2014 | 25,366 ha | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 25,414 ha | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 23,275 ha | -8.4% |
| 2017 | 26,707 ha | +14.7% |
| 2018 | 26,775 ha | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 25,586 ha | -4.4% |
| 2020 | 25,824 ha | +0.9% |
| 2021 | 26,061 ha | +0.9% |
| 2022 | 25,824 ha | -0.9% |
| 2023 | 25,903 ha | +0.3% |
| 2024 | 25,929 ha | +0.1% |
Uganda compared with similar countries
- Uganda's 25,929 ha is below the median for low income countries, which is 124,813 ha, 21% of the median. (11 countries reporting)
- Uganda's 25,929 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 191,625 ha, 14% of the median. (21 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cow 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | -76.4% | 72,000 ha | 17,000 ha |
| 2009 | +64.7% | 17,000 ha | 28,000 ha |
| 1972 | +58.2% | 40,000 ha | 63,300 ha |
| 1979 | -46.4% | 80,200 ha | 43,000 ha |
| 1974 | +38.8% | 49,000 ha | 68,000 ha |
| 1964 | +30.0% | 50,000 ha | 65,000 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 58,333 ha | 50,000 ha | 65,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 63,688 ha | 40,000 ha | 86,675 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 44,850 ha | 38,000 ha | 50,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 54,000 ha | 48,000 ha | 62,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 59,100 ha | 17,000 ha | 72,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 25,265 ha | 23,275 ha | 26,775 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 25,908 ha | 25,824 ha | 26,061 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 cow peas, dry — area harvested in Uganda?
- Cow peas, dry — area harvested in Uganda was 25,929 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cow peas, dry — area harvested recorded in Uganda?
- The highest recorded value was 86,675 ha in 1976.
- What is the lowest cow peas, dry — area harvested recorded in Uganda?
- The lowest recorded value was 17,000 ha in 2008.
- How does Uganda rank for cow peas, dry — area harvested?
- Uganda ranks 19th out of 47 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cow peas, dry — area harvested rising or falling in Uganda?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Uganda 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.