Fruit Primary — Production in Eastern Africa

Eastern Africa: Fruit Primary — Production was 36.18 million t in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
36.18 million t
Change on year
up 2.8%
Rank
17th
of 29 groups
All-time high
36.18 million t
in 2024
All-time low
8.37 million t
in 1961
Years of data
64
1961–2024

Fruit Primary — Production in Eastern Africa, 1961–2024

10.0M20.0M30.0M40.0M196119922024

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.

Analysis

The most recent figure for fruit primary — production in Eastern Africa is 36.18 million t, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.8% on the previous year and up 47.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, fruit primary — production in Eastern Africa peaked at 36.18 million t in 2024 and was at its lowest, 8.37 million t, in 1961.

That places Eastern Africa 17th out of 29 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.

Fruit Primary — Production in Eastern Africa, year by year

Annual values for Fruit Primary — Production in Eastern Africa, 1961 to 2024.
Year t Change
1961 8.37 million t —
1962 9.14 million t +9.2%
1963 9.12 million t -0.2%
1964 9.76 million t +7.0%
1965 8.50 million t -12.9%
1966 9.15 million t +7.7%
1967 10.42 million t +13.8%
1968 11.22 million t +7.7%
1969 11.84 million t +5.6%
1970 14.31 million t +20.9%
1971 14.11 million t -1.5%
1972 14.12 million t +0.1%
1973 14.96 million t +5.9%
1974 15.98 million t +6.8%
1975 16.09 million t +0.7%
1976 15.45 million t -4.0%
1977 15.94 million t +3.1%
1978 16.10 million t +1.0%
1979 14.08 million t -12.5%
1980 13.78 million t -2.2%
1981 14.48 million t +5.1%
1982 15.35 million t +6.0%
1983 15.20 million t -0.9%
1984 14.67 million t -3.5%
1985 15.53 million t +5.9%
1986 15.76 million t +1.5%
1987 16.43 million t +4.3%
1988 16.92 million t +3.0%
1989 17.79 million t +5.1%
1990 18.36 million t +3.2%
1991 18.35 million t -0.1%
1992 18.74 million t +2.2%
1993 17.88 million t -4.6%
1994 16.94 million t -5.2%
1995 17.76 million t +4.8%
1996 18.31 million t +3.1%
1997 19.41 million t +6.0%
1998 20.54 million t +5.8%
1999 20.70 million t +0.8%
2000 20.43 million t -1.3%
2001 20.70 million t +1.4%
2002 23.53 million t +13.6%
2003 22.71 million t -3.5%
2004 23.64 million t +4.1%
2005 23.29 million t -1.5%
2006 25.06 million t +7.6%
2007 25.02 million t -0.2%
2008 20.11 million t -19.6%
2009 21.81 million t +8.5%
2010 22.40 million t +2.7%
2011 22.20 million t -0.9%
2012 21.79 million t -1.9%
2013 23.05 million t +5.8%
2014 24.56 million t +6.5%
2015 24.46 million t -0.4%
2016 22.99 million t -6.0%
2017 23.88 million t +3.9%
2018 27.91 million t +16.9%
2019 31.20 million t +11.8%
2020 33.88 million t +8.6%
2021 34.49 million t +1.8%
2022 34.88 million t +1.1%
2023 35.20 million t +0.9%
2024 36.18 million t +2.8%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 9.72 million t 8.37 million t 11.84 million t 9
1970s 15.11 million t 14.08 million t 16.10 million t 10
1980s 15.59 million t 13.78 million t 17.79 million t 10
1990s 18.70 million t 16.94 million t 20.70 million t 10
2000s 22.63 million t 20.11 million t 25.06 million t 10
2010s 24.44 million t 21.79 million t 31.20 million t 10
2020s 34.92 million t 33.88 million t 36.18 million t 5

Countries ranked near Eastern Africa

  1. 14 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 1.54 million t compare
  2. 14 Uganda 11.90 million t compare
  3. 15 Ecuador 9.92 million t compare
  4. 15 Lao People's Democratic Republic 1.21 million t compare
  5. 16 Republic of Moldova 1.01 million t compare
  6. 16 Thailand 9.92 million t compare
  7. 17 Dominican Republic 9.23 million t compare
  8. 17 Polynesia 70,967 t compare
  9. 18 South Africa 8.47 million t compare
  10. 18 Timor-Leste 17,791 t compare
  11. 19 Pakistan 8.45 million t compare
  12. 19 Micronesia 12,230 t compare
  13. 20 France 8.32 million t compare
  14. 20 Micronesia (Federated States of) 2,630 t compare

See the full ranking of 241 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is fruit primary — production in Eastern Africa?
Fruit primary — production in Eastern Africa was 36.18 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest fruit primary — production recorded in Eastern Africa?
The highest recorded value was 36.18 million t in 2024.
What is the lowest fruit primary — production recorded in Eastern Africa?
The lowest recorded value was 8.37 million t in 1961.
How does Eastern Africa rank for fruit primary — production?
Eastern Africa ranks 17th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
Is fruit primary — production rising or falling in Eastern Africa?
Over the last ten years it is up 47.3%. 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 Fruit Primary — Production. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Fruit Primary — Production
Unit
t
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
241 places, 14,012 data points, 1961–2024
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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.