Potatoes — Area harvested in Eastern Africa
Eastern Africa: Potatoes — Area harvested was 1.03 million ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Potatoes — Area harvested in Eastern Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, potatoes — area harvested in Eastern Africa stood at 1.03 million ha. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.5% on the previous year and up 37.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, potatoes — area harvested in Eastern Africa peaked at 1.03 million ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 122,799 ha, in 1961.
Eastern Africa ranks 8th of 37 regions on this measure, in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 132,653 ha | 122,799 ha | 145,626 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 224,421 ha | 157,136 ha | 279,401 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 332,161 ha | 279,058 ha | 382,462 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 443,581 ha | 361,868 ha | 575,137 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 735,864 ha | 615,921 ha | 828,312 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 915,806 ha | 746,643 ha | 1.01 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 994,161 ha | 911,126 ha | 1.03 million ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Eastern Africa
- 5 Ukraine 1.21 million ha compare
- 6 Russian Federation 1.05 million ha compare
- 7 Bangladesh 456,979 ha compare
- 8 Pakistan 338,715 ha compare
- 9 Peru 337,281 ha compare
- 10 Ethiopia, The Federal Democratic Republic of 332,146 ha compare
- 11 Nigeria 327,188 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Eastern Africa
- Fat of pigs — Production 63,544 t (2024)
- Bananas — Area harvested 1.08 million ha (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 641,088 t (2024)
- Bananas — Production 12.53 million t (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested 546,014 ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Production 3.49 million t (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield 16,968 kg/ha (2024)
- Fat of pigs — Producing Animals/Slaughtered 23.97 million An (2024)
- Edible offal of pigs, fresh, chilled or frozen — Producing 23.97 million An (2024)
- Swine / pigs — Stocks 29.04 million An (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is potatoes — area harvested in Eastern Africa?
- Potatoes — area harvested in Eastern Africa was 1.03 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest potatoes — area harvested recorded in Eastern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 1.03 million ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest potatoes — area harvested recorded in Eastern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 122,799 ha in 1961.
- How does Eastern Africa rank for potatoes — area harvested?
- Eastern Africa ranks 8th out of 37 regions with data for 2024.
- Is potatoes — area harvested rising or falling in Eastern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 37.3%. 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 Potatoes — 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.