Rape or colza seed — Area harvested in Eastern Africa
Eastern Africa: Rape or colza seed — Area harvested was 17,313 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Rape or colza seed — Area harvested in Eastern Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Eastern Africa recorded 17,313 ha for rape or colza seed — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is up 4.9% on the previous year and down 66.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rape or colza seed — area harvested in Eastern Africa peaked at 186,216 ha in 1992 and was at its lowest, 10,100 ha, in 1998.
Eastern Africa ranks 23rd of 24 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Rape or colza seed — Area harvested in Eastern Africa, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 50,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 50,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 50,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 50,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 50,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 50,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 50,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 50,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 50,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 51,000 ha | +2.0% |
| 1971 | 51,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 51,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 52,000 ha | +2.0% |
| 1974 | 52,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 52,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 50,000 ha | -3.8% |
| 1977 | 50,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 45,000 ha | -10.0% |
| 1979 | 38,000 ha | -15.6% |
| 1980 | 20,000 ha | -47.4% |
| 1981 | 30,000 ha | +50.0% |
| 1982 | 40,000 ha | +33.3% |
| 1983 | 53,000 ha | +32.5% |
| 1984 | 40,000 ha | -24.5% |
| 1985 | 45,000 ha | +12.5% |
| 1986 | 53,000 ha | +17.8% |
| 1987 | 70,000 ha | +32.1% |
| 1988 | 110,000 ha | +57.1% |
| 1989 | 130,000 ha | +18.2% |
| 1990 | 140,000 ha | +7.7% |
| 1991 | 150,000 ha | +7.1% |
| 1992 | 186,216 ha | +24.1% |
| 1993 | 13,000 ha | -93.0% |
| 1994 | 14,000 ha | +7.7% |
| 1995 | 14,190 ha | +1.4% |
| 1996 | 22,740 ha | +60.3% |
| 1997 | 12,670 ha | -44.3% |
| 1998 | 10,100 ha | -20.3% |
| 1999 | 10,440 ha | +3.4% |
| 2000 | 20,380 ha | +95.2% |
| 2001 | 24,990 ha | +22.6% |
| 2002 | 15,044 ha | -39.8% |
| 2003 | 17,257 ha | +14.7% |
| 2004 | 26,021 ha | +50.8% |
| 2005 | 41,881 ha | +61.0% |
| 2006 | 25,001 ha | -40.3% |
| 2007 | 30,637 ha | +22.5% |
| 2008 | 34,584 ha | +12.9% |
| 2009 | 21,247 ha | -38.6% |
| 2010 | 24,700 ha | +16.3% |
| 2011 | 45,168 ha | +82.9% |
| 2012 | 52,510 ha | +16.3% |
| 2013 | 53,290 ha | +1.5% |
| 2014 | 51,200 ha | -3.9% |
| 2015 | 34,970 ha | -31.7% |
| 2016 | 34,864 ha | -0.3% |
| 2017 | 27,870 ha | -20.1% |
| 2018 | 65,990 ha | +136.8% |
| 2019 | 23,046 ha | -65.1% |
| 2020 | 53,259 ha | +131.1% |
| 2021 | 16,531 ha | -69.0% |
| 2022 | 17,416 ha | +5.4% |
| 2023 | 16,509 ha | -5.2% |
| 2024 | 17,313 ha | +4.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 50,000 ha | 50,000 ha | 50,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 49,200 ha | 38,000 ha | 52,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 59,100 ha | 20,000 ha | 130,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 57,336 ha | 10,100 ha | 186,216 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 25,704 ha | 15,044 ha | 41,881 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 41,361 ha | 23,046 ha | 65,990 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 24,206 ha | 16,509 ha | 53,259 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Eastern Africa
- 20 Brazil 211,800 ha compare
- 21 Ethiopia PDR 186,216 ha compare
- 22 Denmark 180,800 ha compare
- 23 Hungary 172,430 ha compare
- 24 South Africa 165,750 ha compare
- 25 Czechoslovakia 162,969 ha compare
- 26 Kazakhstan 149,215 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Eastern Africa
- Tomatoes — Production, annual growth rate -0.4094 % change on previous year (2024)
- Oranges — Area harvested 87,521 ha (2024)
- Raw hides and skins of goats or kids — Yield/Carcass Weight 3 kg/An (2024)
- Raw hides and skins of goats or kids — Production 135,663 t (2024)
- Raw hides and skins of goats or kids — Producing Animals/Slaughtered 50.84 million An (2024)
- Raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs — Yield/Carcass Weight 3 kg/An (2024)
- Raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs — Production 69,790 t (2024)
- Oranges — Production 1.05 million t (2024)
- Raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs — Producing Animals/Slaughtered 25.89 million An (2024)
- Raw milk of cattle — Production 22.11 million t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is rape or colza seed — area harvested in Eastern Africa?
- Rape or colza seed — area harvested in Eastern Africa was 17,313 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest rape or colza seed — area harvested recorded in Eastern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 186,216 ha in 1992.
- What is the lowest rape or colza seed — area harvested recorded in Eastern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 10,100 ha in 1998.
- How does Eastern Africa rank for rape or colza seed — area harvested?
- Eastern Africa ranks 23rd out of 24 groups with data for 2024.
- Is rape or colza seed — area harvested rising or falling in Eastern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 66.2%. 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 Rape or colza seed — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 64 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO).
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.