Oats — Area harvested in Eastern Africa
Eastern Africa: Oats — Area harvested was 32,122 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Oats — Area harvested in Eastern Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, oats — area harvested in Eastern Africa stood at 32,122 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.9% on the previous year and down 32.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oats — area harvested in Eastern Africa peaked at 86,900 ha in 1982 and was at its lowest, 14,212 ha, in 1980.
Eastern Africa ranks 22nd of 24 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Oats — Area harvested in Eastern Africa, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 21,331 ha | — |
| 1962 | 19,996 ha | -6.3% |
| 1963 | 17,729 ha | -11.3% |
| 1964 | 16,677 ha | -5.9% |
| 1965 | 15,180 ha | -9.0% |
| 1966 | 14,775 ha | -2.7% |
| 1967 | 15,382 ha | +4.1% |
| 1968 | 15,302 ha | -0.5% |
| 1969 | 14,614 ha | -4.5% |
| 1970 | 15,000 ha | +2.6% |
| 1971 | 15,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 16,000 ha | +6.7% |
| 1973 | 19,000 ha | +18.8% |
| 1974 | 21,000 ha | +10.5% |
| 1975 | 23,000 ha | +9.5% |
| 1976 | 23,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 23,200 ha | +0.9% |
| 1978 | 22,500 ha | -3.0% |
| 1979 | 20,793 ha | -7.6% |
| 1980 | 14,212 ha | -31.7% |
| 1981 | 42,700 ha | +200.5% |
| 1982 | 86,900 ha | +103.5% |
| 1983 | 59,687 ha | -31.3% |
| 1984 | 28,807 ha | -51.7% |
| 1985 | 41,129 ha | +42.8% |
| 1986 | 43,190 ha | +5.0% |
| 1987 | 46,685 ha | +8.1% |
| 1988 | 56,847 ha | +21.8% |
| 1989 | 46,220 ha | -18.7% |
| 1990 | 45,935 ha | -0.6% |
| 1991 | 48,626 ha | +5.9% |
| 1992 | 44,283 ha | -8.9% |
| 1993 | 32,940 ha | -25.6% |
| 1994 | 37,552 ha | +14.0% |
| 1995 | 49,330 ha | +31.4% |
| 1996 | 67,202 ha | +36.2% |
| 1997 | 65,684 ha | -2.3% |
| 1998 | 59,150 ha | -9.9% |
| 1999 | 63,105 ha | +6.7% |
| 2000 | 55,058 ha | -12.8% |
| 2001 | 56,197 ha | +2.1% |
| 2002 | 33,798 ha | -39.9% |
| 2003 | 33,951 ha | +0.5% |
| 2004 | 33,854 ha | -0.3% |
| 2005 | 49,285 ha | +45.6% |
| 2006 | 48,214 ha | -2.2% |
| 2007 | 44,991 ha | -6.7% |
| 2008 | 47,333 ha | +5.2% |
| 2009 | 42,278 ha | -10.7% |
| 2010 | 47,437 ha | +12.2% |
| 2011 | 48,044 ha | +1.3% |
| 2012 | 41,764 ha | -13.1% |
| 2013 | 47,040 ha | +12.6% |
| 2014 | 47,647 ha | +1.3% |
| 2015 | 37,349 ha | -21.6% |
| 2016 | 33,324 ha | -10.8% |
| 2017 | 33,779 ha | +1.4% |
| 2018 | 24,425 ha | -27.7% |
| 2019 | 25,320 ha | +3.7% |
| 2020 | 31,059 ha | +22.7% |
| 2021 | 25,880 ha | -16.7% |
| 2022 | 42,380 ha | +63.8% |
| 2023 | 33,070 ha | -22.0% |
| 2024 | 32,122 ha | -2.9% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Oats — Area harvested in Eastern Africa 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | +200.5% | 14,212 ha | 42,700 ha |
| 1982 | +103.5% | 42,700 ha | 86,900 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 16,776 ha | 14,614 ha | 21,331 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 19,849 ha | 15,000 ha | 23,200 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 46,638 ha | 14,212 ha | 86,900 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 51,381 ha | 32,940 ha | 67,202 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 44,496 ha | 33,798 ha | 56,197 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 38,613 ha | 24,425 ha | 48,044 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 32,902 ha | 25,880 ha | 42,380 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Eastern Africa
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Frequently asked questions
- What is oats — area harvested in Eastern Africa?
- Oats — area harvested in Eastern Africa was 32,122 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oats — area harvested recorded in Eastern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 86,900 ha in 1982.
- What is the lowest oats — area harvested recorded in Eastern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 14,212 ha in 1980.
- How does Eastern Africa rank for oats — area harvested?
- Eastern Africa ranks 22nd out of 24 groups with data for 2024.
- Is oats — area harvested rising or falling in Eastern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 32.6%. 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 Oats — 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.