Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested in Eritrea
Eritrea: Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested was 3,071 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested in Eritrea, 1993–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in Eritrea is 3,071 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 1.1% on the previous year and up 5.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in Eritrea peaked at 5,475 ha in 2007 and was at its lowest, 1,320 ha, in 2002.
That places Eritrea 68th out of 112 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 32 years of available data.
Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested in Eritrea, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 5,000 ha | — |
| 1994 | 2,400 ha | -52.0% |
| 1995 | 1,890 ha | -21.2% |
| 1996 | 1,900 ha | +0.5% |
| 1997 | 2,325 ha | +22.4% |
| 1998 | 1,973 ha | -15.1% |
| 1999 | 2,382 ha | +20.7% |
| 2000 | 1,433 ha | -39.8% |
| 2001 | 1,412 ha | -1.5% |
| 2002 | 1,320 ha | -6.5% |
| 2003 | 1,500 ha | +13.6% |
| 2004 | 1,600 ha | +6.7% |
| 2005 | 2,621 ha | +63.8% |
| 2006 | 2,375 ha | -9.4% |
| 2007 | 5,475 ha | +130.5% |
| 2008 | 2,202 ha | -59.8% |
| 2009 | 2,077 ha | -5.7% |
| 2010 | 2,986 ha | +43.8% |
| 2011 | 2,867 ha | -4.0% |
| 2012 | 2,864 ha | -0.1% |
| 2013 | 2,918 ha | +1.9% |
| 2014 | 2,919 ha | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 2,919 ha | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 2,975 ha | +1.9% |
| 2017 | 3,005 ha | +1.0% |
| 2018 | 2,997 ha | -0.3% |
| 2019 | 3,071 ha | +2.5% |
| 2020 | 3,108 ha | +1.2% |
| 2021 | 3,097 ha | -0.4% |
| 2022 | 3,006 ha | -2.9% |
| 2023 | 3,038 ha | +1.1% |
| 2024 | 3,071 ha | +1.1% |
Eritrea compared with similar countries
- Eritrea's 3,071 ha is below the median for low income countries, which is 130,659 ha, 2% of the median. (21 countries reporting)
- Eritrea's 3,071 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 107,211 ha, 3% of the median. (40 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested in Eritrea 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | +130.5% | 2,375 ha | 5,475 ha |
| 2005 | +63.8% | 1,600 ha | 2,621 ha |
| 2008 | -59.8% | 5,475 ha | 2,202 ha |
| 1994 | -52.0% | 5,000 ha | 2,400 ha |
| 2010 | +43.8% | 2,077 ha | 2,986 ha |
| 2000 | -39.8% | 2,382 ha | 1,433 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 2,553 ha | 1,890 ha | 5,000 ha | 7 |
| 2000s | 2,202 ha | 1,320 ha | 5,475 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,952 ha | 2,864 ha | 3,071 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,064 ha | 3,006 ha | 3,108 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Eritrea
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.26 % change on previous year (2009)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1412 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2009)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 90.81 current US$ per person (2009)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 2.01 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0009 units per US$ of GDP (2011)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6546 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 14.1% (2009)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 14.1% (2009)
- Rural population 65.5% (2025)
- Rural population growth 2.0% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in Eritrea?
- Groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in Eritrea was 3,071 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested recorded in Eritrea?
- The highest recorded value was 5,475 ha in 2007.
- What is the lowest groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested recorded in Eritrea?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,320 ha in 2002.
- How does Eritrea rank for groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested?
- Eritrea ranks 68th out of 112 countries with data for 2024.
- Is groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested rising or falling in Eritrea?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Eritrea data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Groundnuts, excluding shelled — 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.