Fruit Primary — Production in Uganda
Uganda: Fruit Primary — Production was 11.90 million t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Fruit Primary — Production in Uganda, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Uganda recorded 11.90 million t for fruit primary — production in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.9% on the previous year and up 156.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fruit primary — production in Uganda peaked at 11.90 million t in 2024 and was at its lowest, 3.33 million t, in 1965.
That places Uganda 14th out of 192 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.
Fruit Primary — Production in Uganda, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 3.93 million t | — |
| 1962 | 4.13 million t | +5.1% |
| 1963 | 4.53 million t | +9.7% |
| 1964 | 4.73 million t | +4.4% |
| 1965 | 3.33 million t | -29.6% |
| 1966 | 3.77 million t | +13.1% |
| 1967 | 4.84 million t | +28.7% |
| 1968 | 5.56 million t | +14.7% |
| 1969 | 5.86 million t | +5.4% |
| 1970 | 8.02 million t | +36.8% |
| 1971 | 7.87 million t | -1.9% |
| 1972 | 7.97 million t | +1.3% |
| 1973 | 8.47 million t | +6.3% |
| 1974 | 9.23 million t | +9.0% |
| 1975 | 9.47 million t | +2.6% |
| 1976 | 8.51 million t | -10.1% |
| 1977 | 8.91 million t | +4.7% |
| 1978 | 9.24 million t | +3.6% |
| 1979 | 6.49 million t | -29.8% |
| 1980 | 6.11 million t | -5.9% |
| 1981 | 6.31 million t | +3.3% |
| 1982 | 7.04 million t | +11.5% |
| 1983 | 6.94 million t | -1.4% |
| 1984 | 6.69 million t | -3.5% |
| 1985 | 6.94 million t | +3.7% |
| 1986 | 7.05 million t | +1.6% |
| 1987 | 7.54 million t | +7.0% |
| 1988 | 7.82 million t | +3.6% |
| 1989 | 8.01 million t | +2.4% |
| 1990 | 8.45 million t | +5.5% |
| 1991 | 8.13 million t | -3.8% |
| 1992 | 7.85 million t | -3.4% |
| 1993 | 8.27 million t | +5.3% |
| 1994 | 8.55 million t | +3.4% |
| 1995 | 9.06 million t | +6.0% |
| 1996 | 9.19 million t | +1.4% |
| 1997 | 9.35 million t | +1.7% |
| 1998 | 9.37 million t | +0.2% |
| 1999 | 9.00 million t | -3.9% |
| 2000 | 9.48 million t | +5.3% |
| 2001 | 9.79 million t | +3.2% |
| 2002 | 9.94 million t | +1.6% |
| 2003 | 9.75 million t | -1.9% |
| 2004 | 9.74 million t | -0.1% |
| 2005 | 9.10 million t | -6.6% |
| 2006 | 9.11 million t | +0.1% |
| 2007 | 9.29 million t | +2.0% |
| 2008 | 4.28 million t | -53.9% |
| 2009 | 4.58 million t | +6.8% |
| 2010 | 4.75 million t | +3.8% |
| 2011 | 4.75 million t | +0.1% |
| 2012 | 4.56 million t | -4.1% |
| 2013 | 4.43 million t | -2.8% |
| 2014 | 4.63 million t | +4.6% |
| 2015 | 4.68 million t | +1.0% |
| 2016 | 3.45 million t | -26.2% |
| 2017 | 4.67 million t | +35.4% |
| 2018 | 6.55 million t | +40.2% |
| 2019 | 9.46 million t | +44.4% |
| 2020 | 11.82 million t | +25.0% |
| 2021 | 11.24 million t | -4.9% |
| 2022 | 11.29 million t | +0.5% |
| 2023 | 11.68 million t | +3.4% |
| 2024 | 11.90 million t | +1.9% |
Uganda compared with similar countries
- Uganda's 11.90 million t is above the median for low income countries, which is 1.24 million t, 9.6× the median. (22 countries reporting)
- Uganda's 11.90 million t is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 459,726 t, 25.9× the median. (44 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Fruit Primary — Production 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 | -53.9% | 9.29 million t | 4.28 million t |
| 2019 | +44.4% | 6.55 million t | 9.46 million t |
| 2018 | +40.2% | 4.67 million t | 6.55 million t |
| 1970 | +36.8% | 5.86 million t | 8.02 million t |
| 2017 | +35.4% | 3.45 million t | 4.67 million t |
| 1965 | -29.6% | 4.73 million t | 3.33 million t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4.52 million t | 3.33 million t | 5.86 million t | 9 |
| 1970s | 8.42 million t | 6.49 million t | 9.47 million t | 10 |
| 1980s | 7.04 million t | 6.11 million t | 8.01 million t | 10 |
| 1990s | 8.72 million t | 7.85 million t | 9.37 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 8.51 million t | 4.28 million t | 9.94 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 5.19 million t | 3.45 million t | 9.46 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 11.58 million t | 11.24 million t | 11.90 million t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Uganda
- 11 Philippines 16.33 million t compare
- 11 Melanesia 2.89 million t compare
- 12 Nigeria 15.81 million t compare
- 12 Syrian Arab Republic 2.00 million t compare
- 13 Colombia 11.97 million t compare
- 13 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 1.82 million t compare
- 14 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 1.54 million t compare
- 15 Ecuador 9.92 million t compare
- 15 Lao People's Democratic Republic 1.21 million t compare
- 16 Republic of Moldova 1.01 million t compare
- 16 Thailand 9.92 million t compare
- 17 Dominican Republic 9.23 million t compare
- 17 Polynesia 70,967 t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Uganda
- Cropland extent over the long-term, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0.0001 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per capita 0.1771 hectares per person (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0.0002 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per capita 0.2805 hectares per person (2025)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is fruit primary — production in Uganda?
- Fruit primary — production in Uganda was 11.90 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest fruit primary — production recorded in Uganda?
- The highest recorded value was 11.90 million t in 2024.
- What is the lowest fruit primary — production recorded in Uganda?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.33 million t in 1965.
- How does Uganda rank for fruit primary — production?
- Uganda ranks 14th out of 192 countries with data for 2024.
- Is fruit primary — production rising or falling in Uganda?
- Over the last ten years it is up 156.7%. 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 Fruit Primary — Production. 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.