Eggplants (aubergines) — Area harvested in Eastern Africa
Eastern Africa: Eggplants (aubergines) — Area harvested was 11,342 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Eggplants (aubergines) — Area harvested in Eastern Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Eastern Africa recorded 11,342 ha for eggplants (aubergines) — area harvested in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 9.0% on the previous year and up 53.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, eggplants (aubergines) — area harvested in Eastern Africa peaked at 11,342 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 101 ha, in 1979.
Eastern Africa ranks 18th of 27 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.
Eggplants (aubergines) — Area harvested in Eastern Africa, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 130 ha | — |
| 1962 | 175 ha | +34.6% |
| 1963 | 175 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 142 ha | -18.9% |
| 1965 | 164 ha | +15.5% |
| 1966 | 185 ha | +12.8% |
| 1967 | 198 ha | +7.0% |
| 1968 | 193 ha | -2.5% |
| 1969 | 236 ha | +22.3% |
| 1970 | 199 ha | -15.7% |
| 1971 | 258 ha | +29.6% |
| 1972 | 185 ha | -28.3% |
| 1973 | 170 ha | -8.1% |
| 1974 | 262 ha | +54.1% |
| 1975 | 236 ha | -9.9% |
| 1976 | 166 ha | -29.7% |
| 1977 | 206 ha | +24.1% |
| 1978 | 198 ha | -3.9% |
| 1979 | 101 ha | -49.0% |
| 1980 | 122 ha | +20.8% |
| 1981 | 205 ha | +68.0% |
| 1982 | 227 ha | +10.7% |
| 1983 | 266 ha | +17.2% |
| 1984 | 327 ha | +22.9% |
| 1985 | 368 ha | +12.5% |
| 1986 | 409 ha | +11.1% |
| 1987 | 486 ha | +18.8% |
| 1988 | 527 ha | +8.4% |
| 1989 | 519 ha | -1.5% |
| 1990 | 588 ha | +13.3% |
| 1991 | 602 ha | +2.4% |
| 1992 | 645 ha | +7.1% |
| 1993 | 664 ha | +2.9% |
| 1994 | 612 ha | -7.8% |
| 1995 | 607 ha | -0.8% |
| 1996 | 624 ha | +2.8% |
| 1997 | 597 ha | -4.3% |
| 1998 | 580 ha | -2.8% |
| 1999 | 522 ha | -10.0% |
| 2000 | 1,194 ha | +128.7% |
| 2001 | 1,350 ha | +13.1% |
| 2002 | 1,664 ha | +23.3% |
| 2003 | 1,931 ha | +16.0% |
| 2004 | 2,736 ha | +41.7% |
| 2005 | 3,403 ha | +24.4% |
| 2006 | 4,164 ha | +22.4% |
| 2007 | 4,714 ha | +13.2% |
| 2008 | 4,663 ha | -1.1% |
| 2009 | 4,734 ha | +1.5% |
| 2010 | 5,553 ha | +17.3% |
| 2011 | 6,460 ha | +16.3% |
| 2012 | 6,646 ha | +2.9% |
| 2013 | 7,343 ha | +10.5% |
| 2014 | 7,392 ha | +0.7% |
| 2015 | 6,912 ha | -6.5% |
| 2016 | 6,824 ha | -1.3% |
| 2017 | 7,821 ha | +14.6% |
| 2018 | 8,604 ha | +10.0% |
| 2019 | 9,369 ha | +8.9% |
| 2020 | 9,405 ha | +0.4% |
| 2021 | 10,400 ha | +10.6% |
| 2022 | 10,260 ha | -1.3% |
| 2023 | 10,401 ha | +1.4% |
| 2024 | 11,342 ha | +9.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 177.56 ha | 130 ha | 236 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 198.1 ha | 101 ha | 262 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 345.6 ha | 122 ha | 527 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 604.1 ha | 522 ha | 664 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,055 ha | 1,194 ha | 4,734 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 7,292 ha | 5,553 ha | 9,369 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 10,362 ha | 9,405 ha | 11,342 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is eggplants (aubergines) — area harvested in Eastern Africa?
- Eggplants (aubergines) — area harvested in Eastern Africa was 11,342 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest eggplants (aubergines) — area harvested recorded in Eastern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 11,342 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest eggplants (aubergines) — area harvested recorded in Eastern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 101 ha in 1979.
- How does Eastern Africa rank for eggplants (aubergines) — area harvested?
- Eastern Africa ranks 18th out of 27 groups with data for 2024.
- Is eggplants (aubergines) — area harvested rising or falling in Eastern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 53.4%. 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 Eggplants (aubergines) — 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.