Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested in Uganda
Uganda: Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested was 1.19 million ha in 2024. ▬ Flat
Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested in Uganda, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested in Uganda stood at 1.19 million ha.
The figure is up 0.3% on the previous year and up 15.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested in Uganda peaked at 1.52 million ha in 1972 and was at its lowest, 310,600 ha, in 1981.
Uganda ranks 36th of 184 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested in Uganda, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1.19 million ha | — |
| 1962 | 1.06 million ha | -11.3% |
| 1963 | 1.16 million ha | +9.1% |
| 1964 | 1.23 million ha | +6.4% |
| 1965 | 1.27 million ha | +3.1% |
| 1966 | 1.26 million ha | -0.6% |
| 1967 | 1.25 million ha | -1.0% |
| 1968 | 1.18 million ha | -5.0% |
| 1969 | 1.18 million ha | -0.3% |
| 1970 | 1.21 million ha | +2.1% |
| 1971 | 1.44 million ha | +19.8% |
| 1972 | 1.52 million ha | +5.0% |
| 1973 | 1.44 million ha | -5.1% |
| 1974 | 878,600 ha | -38.9% |
| 1975 | 947,250 ha | +7.8% |
| 1976 | 836,657 ha | -11.7% |
| 1977 | 782,154 ha | -6.5% |
| 1978 | 1.06 million ha | +35.3% |
| 1979 | 607,250 ha | -42.6% |
| 1980 | 480,650 ha | -20.8% |
| 1981 | 310,600 ha | -35.4% |
| 1982 | 360,800 ha | +16.2% |
| 1983 | 399,300 ha | +10.7% |
| 1984 | 449,100 ha | +12.5% |
| 1985 | 387,700 ha | -13.7% |
| 1986 | 454,581 ha | +17.3% |
| 1987 | 377,000 ha | -17.1% |
| 1988 | 380,900 ha | +1.0% |
| 1989 | 410,015 ha | +7.6% |
| 1990 | 468,716 ha | +14.3% |
| 1991 | 586,946 ha | +25.2% |
| 1992 | 645,767 ha | +10.0% |
| 1993 | 611,877 ha | -5.2% |
| 1994 | 617,599 ha | +0.9% |
| 1995 | 633,000 ha | +2.5% |
| 1996 | 650,154 ha | +2.7% |
| 1997 | 664,856 ha | +2.3% |
| 1998 | 737,601 ha | +10.9% |
| 1999 | 827,700 ha | +12.2% |
| 2000 | 869,000 ha | +5.0% |
| 2001 | 907,062 ha | +4.4% |
| 2002 | 918,847 ha | +1.3% |
| 2003 | 1.03 million ha | +11.9% |
| 2004 | 992,246 ha | -3.5% |
| 2005 | 948,175 ha | -4.4% |
| 2006 | 951,895 ha | +0.4% |
| 2007 | 977,898 ha | +2.7% |
| 2008 | 819,176 ha | -16.2% |
| 2009 | 917,465 ha | +12.0% |
| 2010 | 971,626 ha | +5.9% |
| 2011 | 1.09 million ha | +11.8% |
| 2012 | 1.03 million ha | -5.4% |
| 2013 | 1.02 million ha | -1.1% |
| 2014 | 1.03 million ha | +1.6% |
| 2015 | 1.05 million ha | +1.6% |
| 2016 | 1.05 million ha | +0.5% |
| 2017 | 1.08 million ha | +2.9% |
| 2018 | 1.10 million ha | +1.0% |
| 2019 | 1.16 million ha | +5.6% |
| 2020 | 1.19 million ha | +3.2% |
| 2021 | 1.17 million ha | -1.7% |
| 2022 | 1.33 million ha | +13.5% |
| 2023 | 1.18 million ha | -11.1% |
| 2024 | 1.19 million ha | +0.3% |
Uganda compared with similar countries
- Uganda's 1.19 million ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 322,934 ha, 3.7× the median. (22 countries reporting)
- Uganda's 1.19 million ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 348,823 ha, 3.4× the median. (43 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.20 million ha | 1.06 million ha | 1.27 million ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1.07 million ha | 607,250 ha | 1.52 million ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 401,065 ha | 310,600 ha | 480,650 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 644,422 ha | 468,716 ha | 827,700 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 933,034 ha | 819,176 ha | 1.03 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.06 million ha | 971,626 ha | 1.16 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.21 million ha | 1.17 million ha | 1.33 million ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Uganda
More agriculture & rural data for Uganda
- Cropland extent over the long-term, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0.0001 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per capita 0.1771 hectares per person (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0.0002 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per capita 0.2805 hectares per person (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 22.05 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2613 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 315.24 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.75 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested in Uganda?
- Oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested in Uganda was 1.19 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested recorded in Uganda?
- The highest recorded value was 1.52 million ha in 1972.
- What is the lowest oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested recorded in Uganda?
- The lowest recorded value was 310,600 ha in 1981.
- How does Uganda rank for oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested?
- Uganda ranks 36th out of 184 countries with data for 2024.
- Is oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested rising or falling in Uganda?
- Over the last ten years it is up 15.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Uganda 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.