Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Eastern Africa
Eastern Africa: Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested was 7.72 million ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Eastern Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Eastern Africa stood at 7.72 million ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 4.0% on the previous year and up 14.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Eastern Africa peaked at 8.04 million ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 2.75 million ha, in 1966.
That places Eastern Africa 6th out of 29 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Eastern Africa, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2.77 million ha | — |
| 1962 | 2.78 million ha | +0.2% |
| 1963 | 2.85 million ha | +2.6% |
| 1964 | 2.77 million ha | -2.7% |
| 1965 | 2.91 million ha | +4.8% |
| 1966 | 2.75 million ha | -5.4% |
| 1967 | 2.84 million ha | +3.2% |
| 1968 | 2.89 million ha | +1.8% |
| 1969 | 3.19 million ha | +10.5% |
| 1970 | 3.62 million ha | +13.3% |
| 1971 | 3.66 million ha | +1.2% |
| 1972 | 3.63 million ha | -0.8% |
| 1973 | 3.78 million ha | +4.2% |
| 1974 | 4.01 million ha | +6.1% |
| 1975 | 4.11 million ha | +2.5% |
| 1976 | 3.98 million ha | -3.3% |
| 1977 | 3.81 million ha | -4.3% |
| 1978 | 3.93 million ha | +3.4% |
| 1979 | 3.58 million ha | -8.9% |
| 1980 | 3.60 million ha | +0.5% |
| 1981 | 3.71 million ha | +3.1% |
| 1982 | 4.03 million ha | +8.6% |
| 1983 | 4.26 million ha | +5.7% |
| 1984 | 4.20 million ha | -1.4% |
| 1985 | 4.43 million ha | +5.3% |
| 1986 | 4.47 million ha | +0.9% |
| 1987 | 4.37 million ha | -2.4% |
| 1988 | 4.41 million ha | +1.0% |
| 1989 | 4.63 million ha | +5.0% |
| 1990 | 4.79 million ha | +3.4% |
| 1991 | 4.86 million ha | +1.4% |
| 1992 | 4.81 million ha | -0.9% |
| 1993 | 4.36 million ha | -9.4% |
| 1994 | 4.45 million ha | +1.9% |
| 1995 | 4.41 million ha | -0.8% |
| 1996 | 4.58 million ha | +3.8% |
| 1997 | 4.78 million ha | +4.4% |
| 1998 | 5.08 million ha | +6.4% |
| 1999 | 5.12 million ha | +0.7% |
| 2000 | 5.49 million ha | +7.3% |
| 2001 | 5.58 million ha | +1.5% |
| 2002 | 5.18 million ha | -7.1% |
| 2003 | 5.58 million ha | +7.6% |
| 2004 | 6.17 million ha | +10.6% |
| 2005 | 6.04 million ha | -2.2% |
| 2006 | 5.91 million ha | -2.1% |
| 2007 | 5.74 million ha | -3.0% |
| 2008 | 5.41 million ha | -5.6% |
| 2009 | 6.65 million ha | +22.8% |
| 2010 | 6.43 million ha | -3.4% |
| 2011 | 6.51 million ha | +1.3% |
| 2012 | 6.74 million ha | +3.5% |
| 2013 | 7.06 million ha | +4.8% |
| 2014 | 6.73 million ha | -4.6% |
| 2015 | 7.00 million ha | +4.0% |
| 2016 | 6.99 million ha | -0.2% |
| 2017 | 7.82 million ha | +11.9% |
| 2018 | 7.69 million ha | -1.7% |
| 2019 | 6.99 million ha | -9.1% |
| 2020 | 6.78 million ha | -3.0% |
| 2021 | 7.78 million ha | +14.8% |
| 2022 | 7.94 million ha | +2.1% |
| 2023 | 8.04 million ha | +1.2% |
| 2024 | 7.72 million ha | -4.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2.86 million ha | 2.75 million ha | 3.19 million ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3.81 million ha | 3.58 million ha | 4.11 million ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 4.21 million ha | 3.60 million ha | 4.63 million ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 4.72 million ha | 4.36 million ha | 5.12 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 5.78 million ha | 5.18 million ha | 6.65 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 6.99 million ha | 6.43 million ha | 7.82 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 7.65 million ha | 6.78 million ha | 8.04 million ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Eastern Africa
- 3 China, mainland 7.28 million ha compare
- 4 Democratic Republic of the Congo 6.03 million ha compare
- 4 USSR 6.01 million ha compare
- 5 India 2.65 million ha compare
- 5 United Republic of Tanzania 2.05 million ha compare
- 6 Ghana 1.94 million ha compare
- 7 Thailand 1.45 million ha compare
- 7 Viet Nam 618,234 ha compare
- 8 Brazil 1.45 million ha compare
- 8 Lao People's Democratic Republic 450,543 ha compare
- 9 Angola 1.35 million ha compare
- 9 Melanesia 279,372 ha compare
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- Edible offal of pigs, fresh, chilled or frozen — Production, annual 5.82 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cabbages — Production, annual growth rate -1.7 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cabbages — Yield, annual growth rate -3.03 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cabbages — Area harvested, annual growth rate 1.37 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables Primary — Area harvested, annual growth rate 0.0923 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sugar Crops Primary — Yield, annual growth rate 1.21 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sugar Crops Primary — Production, annual growth rate 10.98 % change on previous year (2024)
- Edible offal of pigs, fresh, chilled or frozen — Producing -4.63 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables Primary — Yield, annual growth rate -0.2095 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Eastern Africa?
- Roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Eastern Africa was 7.72 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest roots and tubers, total — area harvested recorded in Eastern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 8.04 million ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest roots and tubers, total — area harvested recorded in Eastern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.75 million ha in 1966.
- How does Eastern Africa rank for roots and tubers, total — area harvested?
- Eastern Africa ranks 6th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is roots and tubers, total — area harvested rising or falling in Eastern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 14.7%. 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 Roots and Tubers, Total — 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.