Pears — Area harvested in Eastern Africa
Eastern Africa: Pears — Area harvested was 2,403 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Pears — Area harvested in Eastern Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Eastern Africa recorded 2,403 ha for pears — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.9% on the previous year and down 1.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pears — area harvested in Eastern Africa peaked at 2,544 ha in 2015 and was at its lowest, 80 ha, in 1961.
That places Eastern Africa 24th out of 25 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Pears — Area harvested in Eastern Africa, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 80 ha | — |
| 1962 | 80 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 80 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 100 ha | +25.0% |
| 1965 | 100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 200 ha | +100.0% |
| 1968 | 200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 180 ha | -10.0% |
| 1972 | 150 ha | -16.7% |
| 1973 | 140 ha | -6.7% |
| 1974 | 150 ha | +7.1% |
| 1975 | 145 ha | -3.3% |
| 1976 | 155 ha | +6.9% |
| 1977 | 345 ha | +122.6% |
| 1978 | 400 ha | +15.9% |
| 1979 | 355 ha | -11.2% |
| 1980 | 430 ha | +21.1% |
| 1981 | 341 ha | -20.7% |
| 1982 | 341 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 360 ha | +5.6% |
| 1984 | 405 ha | +12.5% |
| 1985 | 835 ha | +106.2% |
| 1986 | 775 ha | -7.2% |
| 1987 | 895 ha | +15.5% |
| 1988 | 975 ha | +8.9% |
| 1989 | 1,035 ha | +6.2% |
| 1990 | 1,104 ha | +6.7% |
| 1991 | 1,550 ha | +40.4% |
| 1992 | 1,489 ha | -3.9% |
| 1993 | 1,570 ha | +5.4% |
| 1994 | 1,470 ha | -6.4% |
| 1995 | 1,465 ha | -0.3% |
| 1996 | 1,545 ha | +5.5% |
| 1997 | 1,555 ha | +0.6% |
| 1998 | 1,633 ha | +5.0% |
| 1999 | 2,063 ha | +26.3% |
| 2000 | 2,158 ha | +4.6% |
| 2001 | 1,766 ha | -18.2% |
| 2002 | 1,891 ha | +7.1% |
| 2003 | 1,979 ha | +4.7% |
| 2004 | 2,040 ha | +3.1% |
| 2005 | 2,129 ha | +4.4% |
| 2006 | 2,184 ha | +2.6% |
| 2007 | 2,027 ha | -7.2% |
| 2008 | 1,938 ha | -4.4% |
| 2009 | 1,988 ha | +2.6% |
| 2010 | 2,018 ha | +1.5% |
| 2011 | 2,209 ha | +9.5% |
| 2012 | 2,272 ha | +2.9% |
| 2013 | 2,390 ha | +5.2% |
| 2014 | 2,431 ha | +1.7% |
| 2015 | 2,544 ha | +4.6% |
| 2016 | 2,434 ha | -4.3% |
| 2017 | 2,449 ha | +0.6% |
| 2018 | 2,463 ha | +0.6% |
| 2019 | 2,453 ha | -0.4% |
| 2020 | 2,473 ha | +0.8% |
| 2021 | 2,465 ha | -0.3% |
| 2022 | 2,345 ha | -4.9% |
| 2023 | 2,336 ha | -0.4% |
| 2024 | 2,403 ha | +2.9% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Pears — Area harvested in Eastern Africa 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | +122.6% | 155 ha | 345 ha |
| 1985 | +106.2% | 405 ha | 835 ha |
| 1967 | +100.0% | 100 ha | 200 ha |
| 1991 | +40.4% | 1,104 ha | 1,550 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 126.67 ha | 80 ha | 200 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 222 ha | 140 ha | 400 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 639.2 ha | 341 ha | 1,035 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,544 ha | 1,104 ha | 2,063 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,010 ha | 1,766 ha | 2,184 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,366 ha | 2,018 ha | 2,544 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,404 ha | 2,336 ha | 2,473 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Eastern Africa
- 21 France 6,220 ha compare
- 22 Bosnia and Herzegovina 6,192 ha compare
- 23 Poland 5,900 ha compare
- 24 Egypt 5,734 ha compare
- 25 Azerbaijan 5,694 ha compare
- 25 Caribbean 55 ha compare
- 26 Australia and New Zealand 5,393 ha compare
- 27 Belgium-Luxembourg 5,359 ha compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is pears — area harvested in Eastern Africa?
- Pears — area harvested in Eastern Africa was 2,403 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pears — area harvested recorded in Eastern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 2,544 ha in 2015.
- What is the lowest pears — area harvested recorded in Eastern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 80 ha in 1961.
- How does Eastern Africa rank for pears — area harvested?
- Eastern Africa ranks 24th out of 25 groups with data for 2024.
- Is pears — area harvested rising or falling in Eastern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.2%. 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 Pears — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.