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 14th of 23 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
| 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
More agriculture & rural data for Eastern Africa
- Fat of pigs — Producing Animals/Slaughtered 23.97 million An (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 641,088 t (2024)
- Bananas — Area harvested 1.08 million ha (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested 546,014 ha (2024)
- Bananas — Production 12.53 million t (2024)
- Tomatoes — Production 3.49 million t (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield 16,968 kg/ha (2024)
- Fat of pigs — Production 63,544 t (2024)
- Edible offal of pigs, fresh, chilled or frozen — Production 54,812 t (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight 42 kg/An (2024)
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 14th out of 23 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.