Rape or colza seed — Production in Eastern Africa
Eastern Africa: Rape or colza seed — Production was 36,385 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Rape or colza seed — Production in Eastern Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Eastern Africa recorded 36,385 t for rape or colza seed — production in 2024.
The figure is up 5.1% on the previous year and down 48.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rape or colza seed — production in Eastern Africa peaked at 84,750 t in 2012 and was at its lowest, 7,690 t, in 1980.
That places Eastern Africa 22nd out of 24 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.
Rape or colza seed — Production in Eastern Africa, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 20,000 t | — |
| 1962 | 20,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 20,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 20,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 20,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 20,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 20,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 20,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 20,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 20,500 t | +2.5% |
| 1971 | 20,500 t | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 20,500 t | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 21,000 t | +2.4% |
| 1974 | 21,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 21,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 20,000 t | -4.8% |
| 1977 | 20,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 18,000 t | -10.0% |
| 1979 | 15,000 t | -16.7% |
| 1980 | 7,690 t | -48.7% |
| 1981 | 15,150 t | +97.0% |
| 1982 | 15,100 t | -0.3% |
| 1983 | 23,630 t | +56.5% |
| 1984 | 15,110 t | -36.1% |
| 1985 | 16,010 t | +6.0% |
| 1986 | 19,510 t | +21.9% |
| 1987 | 40,990 t | +110.1% |
| 1988 | 63,170 t | +54.1% |
| 1989 | 74,030 t | +17.2% |
| 1990 | 78,300 t | +5.8% |
| 1991 | 80,000 t | +2.2% |
| 1992 | 81,000 t | +1.2% |
| 1993 | 9,000 t | -88.9% |
| 1994 | 9,500 t | +5.6% |
| 1995 | 12,714 t | +33.8% |
| 1996 | 40,234 t | +216.5% |
| 1997 | 8,694 t | -78.4% |
| 1998 | 9,964 t | +14.6% |
| 1999 | 8,417 t | -15.5% |
| 2000 | 13,905 t | +65.2% |
| 2001 | 14,736 t | +6.0% |
| 2002 | 16,943 t | +15.0% |
| 2003 | 19,850 t | +17.2% |
| 2004 | 29,284 t | +47.5% |
| 2005 | 35,838 t | +22.4% |
| 2006 | 24,351 t | -32.1% |
| 2007 | 29,206 t | +19.9% |
| 2008 | 47,721 t | +63.4% |
| 2009 | 22,628 t | -52.6% |
| 2010 | 25,680 t | +13.5% |
| 2011 | 74,666 t | +190.8% |
| 2012 | 84,750 t | +13.5% |
| 2013 | 82,980 t | -2.1% |
| 2014 | 70,880 t | -14.6% |
| 2015 | 60,960 t | -14.0% |
| 2016 | 62,474 t | +2.5% |
| 2017 | 50,397 t | -19.3% |
| 2018 | 45,059 t | -10.6% |
| 2019 | 42,046 t | -6.7% |
| 2020 | 48,870 t | +16.2% |
| 2021 | 33,503 t | -31.4% |
| 2022 | 34,664 t | +3.5% |
| 2023 | 34,603 t | -0.2% |
| 2024 | 36,385 t | +5.1% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Rape or colza seed — Production 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | +216.5% | 12,714 t | 40,234 t |
| 2011 | +190.8% | 25,680 t | 74,666 t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 20,000 t | 20,000 t | 20,000 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 19,750 t | 15,000 t | 21,000 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 29,039 t | 7,690 t | 74,030 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 33,782 t | 8,417 t | 81,000 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 25,446 t | 13,905 t | 47,721 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 59,989 t | 25,680 t | 84,750 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 37,605 t | 33,503 t | 48,870 t | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is rape or colza seed — production in Eastern Africa?
- Rape or colza seed — production in Eastern Africa was 36,385 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest rape or colza seed — production recorded in Eastern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 84,750 t in 2012.
- What is the lowest rape or colza seed — production recorded in Eastern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 7,690 t in 1980.
- How does Eastern Africa rank for rape or colza seed — production?
- Eastern Africa ranks 22nd out of 24 groups with data for 2024.
- Is rape or colza seed — production rising or falling in Eastern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 48.7%. 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 — Production. 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.