Millet — Production in Eastern Africa

Eastern Africa: Millet — Production was 1.83 million t in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
1.83 million t
Change on year
down 0.6%
Rank
11th
of 31 groups
All-time high
2.00 million t
in 2020
All-time low
1.00 million t
in 1984
Years of data
64
1961–2024

Millet — Production in Eastern Africa, 1961–2024

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

Analysis

Eastern Africa recorded 1.83 million t for millet — production in 2024.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.6% on the previous year and up 2.8% over ten years.

Over the whole period, millet — production in Eastern Africa peaked at 2.00 million t in 2020 and was at its lowest, 1.00 million t, in 1984.

Eastern Africa ranks 11th of 31 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 1.25 million t 1.11 million t 1.51 million t 9
1970s 1.42 million t 1.20 million t 1.58 million t 10
1980s 1.23 million t 1.00 million t 1.41 million t 10
1990s 1.28 million t 1.17 million t 1.45 million t 10
2000s 1.41 million t 1.11 million t 1.78 million t 10
2010s 1.72 million t 1.49 million t 1.93 million t 10
2020s 1.85 million t 1.68 million t 2.00 million t 5

Countries ranked near Eastern Africa

  1. 8 Ethiopia 1.12 million t compare
  2. 9 Senegal 1.11 million t compare
  3. 10 Burkina Faso 931,109 t compare
  4. 11 Sudan 792,943 t compare
  5. 12 Sudan (former) 634,000 t compare
  6. 13 Chad 618,925 t compare
  7. 14 Russian Federation 325,000 t compare
  8. 14 United Republic of Tanzania 325,000 t compare

See the full ranking of 124 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is millet — production in Eastern Africa?
Millet — production in Eastern Africa was 1.83 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest millet — production recorded in Eastern Africa?
The highest recorded value was 2.00 million t in 2020.
What is the lowest millet — production recorded in Eastern Africa?
The lowest recorded value was 1.00 million t in 1984.
How does Eastern Africa rank for millet — production?
Eastern Africa ranks 11th out of 31 groups with data for 2024.
Is millet — production rising or falling in Eastern Africa?
Over the last ten years it is up 2.8%. 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 Millet — Production. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Millet — Production
Unit
t
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
124 places, 6,730 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.