Kenaf, and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted — Area harvested in Eastern Africa
Eastern Africa: Kenaf, and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted — Area harvested was 9,492 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Kenaf, and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted — Area harvested in Eastern Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for kenaf, and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted — area harvested in Eastern Africa is 9,492 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.3% on the previous year and up 1.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, kenaf, and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted — area harvested in Eastern Africa peaked at 10,405 ha in 1969 and was at its lowest, 3,000 ha, in 1961.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Kenaf, and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted — Area harvested in Eastern Africa, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 3,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 3,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 3,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 4,245 ha | +41.5% |
| 1965 | 6,160 ha | +45.1% |
| 1966 | 7,000 ha | +13.6% |
| 1967 | 6,065 ha | -13.4% |
| 1968 | 7,035 ha | +16.0% |
| 1969 | 10,405 ha | +47.9% |
| 1970 | 9,480 ha | -8.9% |
| 1971 | 8,545 ha | -9.9% |
| 1972 | 6,640 ha | -22.3% |
| 1973 | 9,645 ha | +45.3% |
| 1974 | 7,585 ha | -21.4% |
| 1975 | 7,985 ha | +5.3% |
| 1976 | 6,395 ha | -19.9% |
| 1977 | 6,400 ha | +0.1% |
| 1978 | 6,550 ha | +2.3% |
| 1979 | 6,730 ha | +2.7% |
| 1980 | 6,730 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 6,735 ha | +0.1% |
| 1982 | 6,756 ha | +0.3% |
| 1983 | 6,850 ha | +1.4% |
| 1984 | 7,415 ha | +8.2% |
| 1985 | 8,038 ha | +8.4% |
| 1986 | 7,392 ha | -8.0% |
| 1987 | 8,353 ha | +13.0% |
| 1988 | 8,310 ha | -0.5% |
| 1989 | 8,310 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 9,204 ha | +10.8% |
| 1991 | 8,320 ha | -9.6% |
| 1992 | 6,322 ha | -24.0% |
| 1993 | 8,330 ha | +31.8% |
| 1994 | 7,750 ha | -7.0% |
| 1995 | 8,307 ha | +7.2% |
| 1996 | 9,280 ha | +11.7% |
| 1997 | 9,678 ha | +4.3% |
| 1998 | 9,369 ha | -3.2% |
| 1999 | 9,467 ha | +1.0% |
| 2000 | 8,260 ha | -12.7% |
| 2001 | 8,561 ha | +3.6% |
| 2002 | 8,659 ha | +1.1% |
| 2003 | 8,756 ha | +1.1% |
| 2004 | 8,856 ha | +1.1% |
| 2005 | 8,260 ha | -6.7% |
| 2006 | 8,660 ha | +4.8% |
| 2007 | 8,260 ha | -4.6% |
| 2008 | 8,720 ha | +5.6% |
| 2009 | 9,397 ha | +7.8% |
| 2010 | 9,350 ha | -0.5% |
| 2011 | 9,550 ha | +2.1% |
| 2012 | 9,500 ha | -0.5% |
| 2013 | 9,510 ha | +0.1% |
| 2014 | 9,376 ha | -1.4% |
| 2015 | 9,302 ha | -0.8% |
| 2016 | 9,345 ha | +0.5% |
| 2017 | 9,426 ha | +0.9% |
| 2018 | 9,445 ha | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 9,598 ha | +1.6% |
| 2020 | 9,518 ha | -0.8% |
| 2021 | 9,501 ha | -0.2% |
| 2022 | 9,444 ha | -0.6% |
| 2023 | 9,466 ha | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 9,492 ha | +0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5,546 ha | 3,000 ha | 10,405 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 7,596 ha | 6,395 ha | 9,645 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 7,489 ha | 6,730 ha | 8,353 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 8,603 ha | 6,322 ha | 9,678 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 8,639 ha | 8,260 ha | 9,397 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 9,440 ha | 9,302 ha | 9,598 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 9,484 ha | 9,444 ha | 9,518 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is kenaf, and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted — area harvested in Eastern Africa?
- Kenaf, and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted — area harvested in Eastern Africa was 9,492 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest kenaf, and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted — area harvested recorded in Eastern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 10,405 ha in 1969.
- What is the lowest kenaf, and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted — area harvested recorded in Eastern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,000 ha in 1961.
- How does Eastern Africa rank for kenaf, and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted — area harvested?
- Eastern Africa ranks 10th out of 19 groups with data for 2024.
- Is kenaf, and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted — area harvested rising or falling in Eastern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.2%. 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 Kenaf, and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted — 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.