Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested in Uganda
Uganda: Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested was 1.19 million ha in 2024. ▬ Flat
Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested in Uganda, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested in Uganda stood at 1.19 million ha.
That represents a change of up 0.3% on the previous year and up 15.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested in Uganda peaked at 1.52 million ha in 1972 and was at its lowest, 313,000 ha, in 1981.
Uganda ranks 40th of 186 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested in Uganda, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1.20 million ha | — |
| 1962 | 1.06 million ha | -11.1% |
| 1963 | 1.16 million ha | +9.1% |
| 1964 | 1.23 million ha | +6.2% |
| 1965 | 1.27 million ha | +3.1% |
| 1966 | 1.26 million ha | -0.6% |
| 1967 | 1.25 million ha | -1.0% |
| 1968 | 1.19 million ha | -5.0% |
| 1969 | 1.19 million ha | -0.3% |
| 1970 | 1.21 million ha | +2.0% |
| 1971 | 1.45 million ha | +19.8% |
| 1972 | 1.52 million ha | +5.0% |
| 1973 | 1.44 million ha | -5.1% |
| 1974 | 882,400 ha | -38.8% |
| 1975 | 949,650 ha | +7.6% |
| 1976 | 839,057 ha | -11.6% |
| 1977 | 784,554 ha | -6.5% |
| 1978 | 1.06 million ha | +35.2% |
| 1979 | 609,650 ha | -42.5% |
| 1980 | 483,050 ha | -20.8% |
| 1981 | 313,000 ha | -35.2% |
| 1982 | 363,200 ha | +16.0% |
| 1983 | 401,800 ha | +10.6% |
| 1984 | 451,600 ha | +12.4% |
| 1985 | 390,200 ha | -13.6% |
| 1986 | 457,581 ha | +17.3% |
| 1987 | 380,000 ha | -17.0% |
| 1988 | 383,900 ha | +1.0% |
| 1989 | 413,015 ha | +7.6% |
| 1990 | 471,799 ha | +14.2% |
| 1991 | 589,984 ha | +25.0% |
| 1992 | 648,267 ha | +9.9% |
| 1993 | 614,877 ha | -5.2% |
| 1994 | 620,310 ha | +0.9% |
| 1995 | 635,410 ha | +2.4% |
| 1996 | 652,862 ha | +2.7% |
| 1997 | 667,627 ha | +2.3% |
| 1998 | 740,441 ha | +10.9% |
| 1999 | 830,530 ha | +12.2% |
| 2000 | 871,854 ha | +5.0% |
| 2001 | 909,943 ha | +4.4% |
| 2002 | 921,745 ha | +1.3% |
| 2003 | 1.03 million ha | +11.9% |
| 2004 | 995,246 ha | -3.5% |
| 2005 | 951,175 ha | -4.4% |
| 2006 | 954,895 ha | +0.4% |
| 2007 | 980,898 ha | +2.7% |
| 2008 | 822,176 ha | -16.2% |
| 2009 | 920,465 ha | +12.0% |
| 2010 | 974,626 ha | +5.9% |
| 2011 | 1.09 million ha | +11.8% |
| 2012 | 1.03 million ha | -5.3% |
| 2013 | 1.02 million ha | -1.1% |
| 2014 | 1.04 million ha | +1.6% |
| 2015 | 1.05 million ha | +1.5% |
| 2016 | 1.06 million ha | +0.5% |
| 2017 | 1.09 million ha | +2.9% |
| 2018 | 1.10 million ha | +1.0% |
| 2019 | 1.16 million ha | +5.6% |
| 2020 | 1.20 million ha | +3.2% |
| 2021 | 1.18 million ha | -1.7% |
| 2022 | 1.33 million ha | +13.4% |
| 2023 | 1.19 million ha | -11.1% |
| 2024 | 1.19 million ha | +0.3% |
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 | 609,650 ha | 1.52 million ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 403,735 ha | 313,000 ha | 483,050 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 647,211 ha | 471,799 ha | 830,530 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 935,998 ha | 822,176 ha | 1.03 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.06 million ha | 974,626 ha | 1.16 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.22 million ha | 1.18 million ha | 1.33 million ha | 5 |
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- 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)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0006 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6806 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 26.13 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 26.13 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.4% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.2% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested in Uganda?
- Oilcrops, oil 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, oil equivalent — area harvested recorded in Uganda?
- The highest recorded value was 1.52 million ha in 1972.
- What is the lowest oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested recorded in Uganda?
- The lowest recorded value was 313,000 ha in 1981.
- How does Uganda rank for oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested?
- Uganda ranks 40th out of 186 countries with data for 2024.
- Is oilcrops, oil 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, Oil 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.