Pigeon peas, dry — Area harvested in Eastern Africa
Eastern Africa: Pigeon peas, dry — Area harvested was 643,554 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Pigeon peas, dry — Area harvested in Eastern Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, pigeon peas, dry — area harvested in Eastern Africa stood at 643,554 ha.
That represents a change of down 24.4% on the previous year and down 18.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pigeon peas, dry — area harvested in Eastern Africa peaked at 851,542 ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 154,755 ha, in 1961.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Pigeon peas, dry — Area harvested in Eastern Africa, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 154,755 ha | — |
| 1962 | 159,264 ha | +2.9% |
| 1963 | 194,543 ha | +22.2% |
| 1964 | 194,020 ha | -0.3% |
| 1965 | 184,100 ha | -5.1% |
| 1966 | 169,160 ha | -8.1% |
| 1967 | 185,100 ha | +9.4% |
| 1968 | 211,300 ha | +14.2% |
| 1969 | 225,000 ha | +6.5% |
| 1970 | 220,100 ha | -2.2% |
| 1971 | 230,100 ha | +4.5% |
| 1972 | 252,200 ha | +9.6% |
| 1973 | 212,300 ha | -15.8% |
| 1974 | 250,700 ha | +18.1% |
| 1975 | 200,900 ha | -19.9% |
| 1976 | 239,717 ha | +19.3% |
| 1977 | 257,767 ha | +7.5% |
| 1978 | 256,908 ha | -0.3% |
| 1979 | 205,875 ha | -19.9% |
| 1980 | 202,629 ha | -1.6% |
| 1981 | 212,182 ha | +4.7% |
| 1982 | 223,185 ha | +5.2% |
| 1983 | 230,688 ha | +3.4% |
| 1984 | 240,891 ha | +4.4% |
| 1985 | 234,094 ha | -2.8% |
| 1986 | 247,410 ha | +5.7% |
| 1987 | 245,500 ha | -0.8% |
| 1988 | 254,204 ha | +3.5% |
| 1989 | 409,907 ha | +61.3% |
| 1990 | 409,356 ha | -0.1% |
| 1991 | 405,963 ha | -0.8% |
| 1992 | 422,661 ha | +4.1% |
| 1993 | 406,815 ha | -3.7% |
| 1994 | 392,018 ha | -3.6% |
| 1995 | 400,943 ha | +2.3% |
| 1996 | 446,228 ha | +11.3% |
| 1997 | 431,503 ha | -3.3% |
| 1998 | 471,607 ha | +9.3% |
| 1999 | 474,603 ha | +0.6% |
| 2000 | 518,452 ha | +9.2% |
| 2001 | 516,373 ha | -0.4% |
| 2002 | 527,489 ha | +2.2% |
| 2003 | 561,512 ha | +6.4% |
| 2004 | 562,840 ha | +0.2% |
| 2005 | 586,501 ha | +4.2% |
| 2006 | 598,143 ha | +2.0% |
| 2007 | 555,193 ha | -7.2% |
| 2008 | 518,203 ha | -6.7% |
| 2009 | 442,372 ha | -14.6% |
| 2010 | 572,831 ha | +29.5% |
| 2011 | 661,756 ha | +15.5% |
| 2012 | 775,631 ha | +17.2% |
| 2013 | 799,390 ha | +3.1% |
| 2014 | 792,235 ha | -0.9% |
| 2015 | 660,734 ha | -16.6% |
| 2016 | 701,778 ha | +6.2% |
| 2017 | 751,945 ha | +7.1% |
| 2018 | 489,723 ha | -34.9% |
| 2019 | 514,000 ha | +5.0% |
| 2020 | 639,186 ha | +24.4% |
| 2021 | 577,726 ha | -9.6% |
| 2022 | 640,069 ha | +10.8% |
| 2023 | 851,542 ha | +33.0% |
| 2024 | 643,554 ha | -24.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 186,360 ha | 154,755 ha | 225,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 232,657 ha | 200,900 ha | 257,767 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 250,069 ha | 202,629 ha | 409,907 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 426,170 ha | 392,018 ha | 474,603 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 538,708 ha | 442,372 ha | 598,143 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 672,002 ha | 489,723 ha | 799,390 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 670,415 ha | 577,726 ha | 851,542 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is pigeon peas, dry — area harvested in Eastern Africa?
- Pigeon peas, dry — area harvested in Eastern Africa was 643,554 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pigeon peas, dry — area harvested recorded in Eastern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 851,542 ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest pigeon peas, dry — area harvested recorded in Eastern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 154,755 ha in 1961.
- How does Eastern Africa rank for pigeon peas, dry — area harvested?
- Eastern Africa ranks 6th out of 13 groups with data for 2024.
- Is pigeon peas, dry — area harvested rising or falling in Eastern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 18.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Eastern Africa data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Pigeon peas, dry — 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.