Pomelos and grapefruits — Area harvested in Eastern Africa
Eastern Africa: Pomelos and grapefruits — Area harvested was 6,551 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Pomelos and grapefruits — Area harvested in Eastern Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Eastern Africa recorded 6,551 ha for pomelos and grapefruits — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.6% on the previous year and up 4.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pomelos and grapefruits — area harvested in Eastern Africa peaked at 7,834 ha in 1990 and was at its lowest, 2,850 ha, in 1961.
That places Eastern Africa 18th out of 28 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Pomelos and grapefruits — Area harvested in Eastern Africa, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,850 ha | — |
| 1962 | 2,850 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 3,150 ha | +10.5% |
| 1964 | 3,450 ha | +9.5% |
| 1965 | 3,250 ha | -5.8% |
| 1966 | 3,400 ha | +4.6% |
| 1967 | 3,400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 3,500 ha | +2.9% |
| 1969 | 3,990 ha | +14.0% |
| 1970 | 4,090 ha | +2.5% |
| 1971 | 4,640 ha | +13.4% |
| 1972 | 4,640 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 4,690 ha | +1.1% |
| 1974 | 4,690 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 4,490 ha | -4.3% |
| 1976 | 4,490 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 4,730 ha | +5.3% |
| 1978 | 4,735 ha | +0.1% |
| 1979 | 5,240 ha | +10.7% |
| 1980 | 4,860 ha | -7.3% |
| 1981 | 5,114 ha | +5.2% |
| 1982 | 5,014 ha | -2.0% |
| 1983 | 5,000 ha | -0.3% |
| 1984 | 5,050 ha | +1.0% |
| 1985 | 5,190 ha | +2.8% |
| 1986 | 5,360 ha | +3.3% |
| 1987 | 6,490 ha | +21.1% |
| 1988 | 7,460 ha | +14.9% |
| 1989 | 7,480 ha | +0.3% |
| 1990 | 7,834 ha | +4.7% |
| 1991 | 5,572 ha | -28.9% |
| 1992 | 4,497 ha | -19.3% |
| 1993 | 5,984 ha | +33.1% |
| 1994 | 5,917 ha | -1.1% |
| 1995 | 5,497 ha | -7.1% |
| 1996 | 5,749 ha | +4.6% |
| 1997 | 6,040 ha | +5.1% |
| 1998 | 6,086 ha | +0.8% |
| 1999 | 6,169 ha | +1.4% |
| 2000 | 5,672 ha | -8.1% |
| 2001 | 5,488 ha | -3.2% |
| 2002 | 5,301 ha | -3.4% |
| 2003 | 5,788 ha | +9.2% |
| 2004 | 6,014 ha | +3.9% |
| 2005 | 5,818 ha | -3.3% |
| 2006 | 6,095 ha | +4.8% |
| 2007 | 6,096 ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 6,234 ha | +2.3% |
| 2009 | 6,262 ha | +0.4% |
| 2010 | 6,295 ha | +0.5% |
| 2011 | 6,233 ha | -1.0% |
| 2012 | 6,505 ha | +4.4% |
| 2013 | 6,495 ha | -0.2% |
| 2014 | 6,302 ha | -3.0% |
| 2015 | 6,365 ha | +1.0% |
| 2016 | 6,452 ha | +1.4% |
| 2017 | 6,449 ha | -0.0% |
| 2018 | 6,570 ha | +1.9% |
| 2019 | 6,527 ha | -0.7% |
| 2020 | 6,597 ha | +1.1% |
| 2021 | 6,537 ha | -0.9% |
| 2022 | 6,753 ha | +3.3% |
| 2023 | 6,510 ha | -3.6% |
| 2024 | 6,551 ha | +0.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,316 ha | 2,850 ha | 3,990 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 4,644 ha | 4,090 ha | 5,240 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 5,702 ha | 4,860 ha | 7,480 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 5,934 ha | 4,497 ha | 7,834 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 5,877 ha | 5,301 ha | 6,262 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 6,419 ha | 6,233 ha | 6,570 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 6,590 ha | 6,510 ha | 6,753 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Eastern Africa
- 15 Eswatini 4,449 ha compare
- 16 China, Taiwan Province of 4,415 ha compare
- 17 Spain 3,480 ha compare
- 18 Dominica 3,141 ha compare
- 19 Costa Rica 2,667 ha compare
- 20 Mozambique 2,582 ha compare
- 21 Jamaica 1,669 ha compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is pomelos and grapefruits — area harvested in Eastern Africa?
- Pomelos and grapefruits — area harvested in Eastern Africa was 6,551 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pomelos and grapefruits — area harvested recorded in Eastern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 7,834 ha in 1990.
- What is the lowest pomelos and grapefruits — area harvested recorded in Eastern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,850 ha in 1961.
- How does Eastern Africa rank for pomelos and grapefruits — area harvested?
- Eastern Africa ranks 18th out of 28 groups with data for 2024.
- Is pomelos and grapefruits — area harvested rising or falling in Eastern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.0%. 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 Pomelos and grapefruits — 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.