Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested in Eritrea
Eritrea: Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested was 89,731 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested in Eritrea, 1993–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested in Eritrea is 89,731 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.4% on the previous year and up 6.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested in Eritrea peaked at 100,851 ha in 2005 and was at its lowest, 49,079 ha, in 2002.
Eritrea ranks 96th of 184 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 32 years of available data.
Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested in Eritrea, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 72,100 ha | — |
| 1994 | 61,700 ha | -14.4% |
| 1995 | 62,266 ha | +0.9% |
| 1996 | 56,900 ha | -8.6% |
| 1997 | 55,003 ha | -3.3% |
| 1998 | 53,449 ha | -2.8% |
| 1999 | 55,325 ha | +3.5% |
| 2000 | 57,032 ha | +3.1% |
| 2001 | 58,715 ha | +3.0% |
| 2002 | 49,079 ha | -16.4% |
| 2003 | 77,371 ha | +57.6% |
| 2004 | 81,689 ha | +5.6% |
| 2005 | 100,851 ha | +23.5% |
| 2006 | 67,150 ha | -33.4% |
| 2007 | 78,311 ha | +16.6% |
| 2008 | 55,485 ha | -29.1% |
| 2009 | 55,994 ha | +0.9% |
| 2010 | 81,245 ha | +45.1% |
| 2011 | 76,899 ha | -5.3% |
| 2012 | 83,800 ha | +9.0% |
| 2013 | 80,845 ha | -3.5% |
| 2014 | 84,253 ha | +4.2% |
| 2015 | 86,123 ha | +2.2% |
| 2016 | 84,945 ha | -1.4% |
| 2017 | 88,341 ha | +4.0% |
| 2018 | 86,501 ha | -2.1% |
| 2019 | 89,820 ha | +3.8% |
| 2020 | 90,450 ha | +0.7% |
| 2021 | 89,767 ha | -0.8% |
| 2022 | 89,172 ha | -0.7% |
| 2023 | 89,347 ha | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 89,731 ha | +0.4% |
Eritrea compared with similar countries
- Eritrea's 89,731 ha is below the median for low income countries, which is 322,934 ha, 28% of the median. (22 countries reporting)
- Eritrea's 89,731 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 348,823 ha, 26% of the median. (43 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested in Eritrea 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | +57.6% | 49,079 ha | 77,371 ha |
| 2010 | +45.1% | 55,994 ha | 81,245 ha |
| 2006 | -33.4% | 100,851 ha | 67,150 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 59,535 ha | 53,449 ha | 72,100 ha | 7 |
| 2000s | 68,168 ha | 49,079 ha | 100,851 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 84,277 ha | 76,899 ha | 89,820 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 89,693 ha | 89,172 ha | 90,450 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Eritrea
More agriculture & rural data for Eritrea
- Cropland extent over the long-term, annual growth rate 0.8871 % change on previous year (2025)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0.0005 hectares per US$ of GDP (2011)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per capita 0.3071 hectares per person (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, annual growth rate 0.1218 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0.0038 hectares per US$ of GDP (2011)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per capita 2.22 hectares per person (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.26 % change on previous year (2009)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1412 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2009)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 90.81 current US$ per person (2009)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 2.01 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested in Eritrea?
- Oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested in Eritrea was 89,731 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested recorded in Eritrea?
- The highest recorded value was 100,851 ha in 2005.
- What is the lowest oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested recorded in Eritrea?
- The lowest recorded value was 49,079 ha in 2002.
- How does Eritrea rank for oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested?
- Eritrea ranks 96th out of 184 countries with data for 2024.
- Is oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested rising or falling in Eritrea?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Eritrea data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — 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.