Oil palm fruit — Area harvested in Eastern Africa
Eastern Africa: Oil palm fruit — Area harvested was 16,258 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Oil palm fruit — 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 oil palm fruit — area harvested in Eastern Africa is 16,258 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.1% on the previous year and up 3.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oil palm fruit — area harvested in Eastern Africa peaked at 16,324 ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 1,900 ha, in 1961.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Oil palm fruit — Area harvested in Eastern Africa, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,900 ha | — |
| 1962 | 2,800 ha | +47.4% |
| 1963 | 2,550 ha | -8.9% |
| 1964 | 2,550 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 2,000 ha | -21.6% |
| 1966 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 2,100 ha | +5.0% |
| 1969 | 2,300 ha | +9.5% |
| 1970 | 2,400 ha | +4.3% |
| 1971 | 5,200 ha | +116.7% |
| 1972 | 5,100 ha | -1.9% |
| 1973 | 5,550 ha | +8.8% |
| 1974 | 5,450 ha | -1.8% |
| 1975 | 6,500 ha | +19.3% |
| 1976 | 6,200 ha | -4.6% |
| 1977 | 6,300 ha | +1.6% |
| 1978 | 6,700 ha | +6.3% |
| 1979 | 6,300 ha | -6.0% |
| 1980 | 6,500 ha | +3.2% |
| 1981 | 6,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 6,750 ha | +3.8% |
| 1983 | 6,750 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 6,750 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 6,800 ha | +0.7% |
| 1986 | 7,000 ha | +2.9% |
| 1987 | 7,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 7,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 7,350 ha | +5.0% |
| 1990 | 7,400 ha | +0.7% |
| 1991 | 7,400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 7,500 ha | +1.4% |
| 1993 | 7,550 ha | +0.7% |
| 1994 | 7,450 ha | -1.3% |
| 1995 | 7,450 ha | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 7,450 ha | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 7,450 ha | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 7,550 ha | +1.3% |
| 1999 | 7,550 ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 7,500 ha | -0.7% |
| 2001 | 7,250 ha | -3.3% |
| 2002 | 7,400 ha | +2.1% |
| 2003 | 7,800 ha | +5.4% |
| 2004 | 8,300 ha | +6.4% |
| 2005 | 9,600 ha | +15.7% |
| 2006 | 11,800 ha | +22.9% |
| 2007 | 14,800 ha | +25.4% |
| 2008 | 15,810 ha | +6.8% |
| 2009 | 15,310 ha | -3.2% |
| 2010 | 15,020 ha | -1.9% |
| 2011 | 13,820 ha | -8.0% |
| 2012 | 14,250 ha | +3.1% |
| 2013 | 14,950 ha | +4.9% |
| 2014 | 15,655 ha | +4.7% |
| 2015 | 15,848 ha | +1.2% |
| 2016 | 15,925 ha | +0.5% |
| 2017 | 16,027 ha | +0.6% |
| 2018 | 16,135 ha | +0.7% |
| 2019 | 16,228 ha | +0.6% |
| 2020 | 16,324 ha | +0.6% |
| 2021 | 16,229 ha | -0.6% |
| 2022 | 16,265 ha | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 16,276 ha | +0.1% |
| 2024 | 16,258 ha | -0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,244 ha | 1,900 ha | 2,800 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 5,570 ha | 2,400 ha | 6,700 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 6,840 ha | 6,500 ha | 7,350 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 7,475 ha | 7,400 ha | 7,550 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 10,557 ha | 7,250 ha | 15,810 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 15,386 ha | 13,820 ha | 16,228 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 16,270 ha | 16,229 ha | 16,324 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is oil palm fruit — area harvested in Eastern Africa?
- Oil palm fruit — area harvested in Eastern Africa was 16,258 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oil palm fruit — area harvested recorded in Eastern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 16,324 ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest oil palm fruit — area harvested recorded in Eastern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,900 ha in 1961.
- How does Eastern Africa rank for oil palm fruit — area harvested?
- Eastern Africa ranks 15th out of 15 groups with data for 2024.
- Is oil palm fruit — area harvested rising or falling in Eastern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Eastern Africa data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Oil palm fruit — 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.