Millet — Area harvested in Uganda
Uganda: Millet — Area harvested was 88,368 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Millet — Area harvested in Uganda, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for millet — area harvested in Uganda is 88,368 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.8% on the previous year and down 49.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, millet — area harvested in Uganda peaked at 730,000 ha in 1969 and was at its lowest, 50,243 ha, in 2020.
That places Uganda 25th out of 86 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Millet — Area harvested in Uganda, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 519,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 530,000 ha | +2.1% |
| 1963 | 528,000 ha | -0.4% |
| 1964 | 529,000 ha | +0.2% |
| 1965 | 567,700 ha | +7.3% |
| 1966 | 573,100 ha | +1.0% |
| 1967 | 613,600 ha | +7.1% |
| 1968 | 690,000 ha | +12.5% |
| 1969 | 730,000 ha | +5.8% |
| 1970 | 582,000 ha | -20.3% |
| 1971 | 716,000 ha | +23.0% |
| 1972 | 497,000 ha | -30.6% |
| 1973 | 636,000 ha | +28.0% |
| 1974 | 510,000 ha | -19.8% |
| 1975 | 484,200 ha | -5.1% |
| 1976 | 498,300 ha | +2.9% |
| 1977 | 527,428 ha | +5.8% |
| 1978 | 510,000 ha | -3.3% |
| 1979 | 313,000 ha | -38.6% |
| 1980 | 279,000 ha | -10.9% |
| 1981 | 300,000 ha | +7.5% |
| 1982 | 330,000 ha | +10.0% |
| 1983 | 341,000 ha | +3.3% |
| 1984 | 332,000 ha | -2.6% |
| 1985 | 299,830 ha | -9.7% |
| 1986 | 341,699 ha | +14.0% |
| 1987 | 324,000 ha | -5.2% |
| 1988 | 371,000 ha | +14.5% |
| 1989 | 381,240 ha | +2.8% |
| 1990 | 373,000 ha | -2.2% |
| 1991 | 384,000 ha | +2.9% |
| 1992 | 396,000 ha | +3.1% |
| 1993 | 404,000 ha | +2.0% |
| 1994 | 412,000 ha | +2.0% |
| 1995 | 395,000 ha | -4.1% |
| 1996 | 400,000 ha | +1.3% |
| 1997 | 395,000 ha | -1.2% |
| 1998 | 401,000 ha | +1.5% |
| 1999 | 376,000 ha | -6.2% |
| 2000 | 384,000 ha | +2.1% |
| 2001 | 389,000 ha | +1.3% |
| 2002 | 396,000 ha | +1.8% |
| 2003 | 400,000 ha | +1.0% |
| 2004 | 412,000 ha | +3.0% |
| 2005 | 420,000 ha | +1.9% |
| 2006 | 429,000 ha | +2.1% |
| 2007 | 437,000 ha | +1.9% |
| 2008 | 200,000 ha | -54.2% |
| 2009 | 192,000 ha | -4.0% |
| 2010 | 167,000 ha | -13.0% |
| 2011 | 172,000 ha | +3.0% |
| 2012 | 175,000 ha | +1.7% |
| 2013 | 175,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 175,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 175,173 ha | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 138,122 ha | -21.2% |
| 2017 | 130,061 ha | -5.8% |
| 2018 | 99,311 ha | -23.6% |
| 2019 | 51,305 ha | -48.3% |
| 2020 | 50,243 ha | -2.1% |
| 2021 | 50,613 ha | +0.7% |
| 2022 | 93,981 ha | +85.7% |
| 2023 | 90,000 ha | -4.2% |
| 2024 | 88,368 ha | -1.8% |
Uganda compared with similar countries
- Uganda's 88,368 ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 69,059 ha, 1.3× the median. (19 countries reporting)
- Uganda's 88,368 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 72,000 ha, 1.2× the median. (33 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Millet — Area harvested 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | +85.7% | 50,613 ha | 93,981 ha |
| 2008 | -54.2% | 437,000 ha | 200,000 ha |
| 2019 | -48.3% | 99,311 ha | 51,305 ha |
| 1979 | -38.6% | 510,000 ha | 313,000 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 586,711 ha | 519,000 ha | 730,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 527,393 ha | 313,000 ha | 716,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 329,977 ha | 279,000 ha | 381,240 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 393,600 ha | 373,000 ha | 412,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 365,900 ha | 192,000 ha | 437,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 145,797 ha | 51,305 ha | 175,173 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 74,641 ha | 50,243 ha | 93,981 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Uganda
- 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)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0006 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6806 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 26.1% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 26.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.4% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.2% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is millet — area harvested in Uganda?
- Millet — area harvested in Uganda was 88,368 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest millet — area harvested recorded in Uganda?
- The highest recorded value was 730,000 ha in 1969.
- What is the lowest millet — area harvested recorded in Uganda?
- The lowest recorded value was 50,243 ha in 2020.
- How does Uganda rank for millet — area harvested?
- Uganda ranks 25th out of 86 countries with data for 2024.
- Is millet — area harvested rising or falling in Uganda?
- Over the last ten years it is down 49.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Uganda data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Millet — 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.