Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested in Eastern Africa
Eastern Africa: Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested was 631,396 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested in Eastern Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Eastern Africa recorded 631,396 ha for sugar crops primary — area harvested in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 9.7% on the previous year and up 16.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar crops primary — area harvested in Eastern Africa peaked at 631,396 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 223,018 ha, in 1961.
That places Eastern Africa 18th out of 29 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.
Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested in Eastern Africa, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 223,018 ha | — |
| 1962 | 235,369 ha | +5.5% |
| 1963 | 241,394 ha | +2.6% |
| 1964 | 249,031 ha | +3.2% |
| 1965 | 256,292 ha | +2.9% |
| 1966 | 270,353 ha | +5.5% |
| 1967 | 278,359 ha | +3.0% |
| 1968 | 292,983 ha | +5.3% |
| 1969 | 311,106 ha | +6.2% |
| 1970 | 329,286 ha | +5.8% |
| 1971 | 323,800 ha | -1.7% |
| 1972 | 327,643 ha | +1.2% |
| 1973 | 329,930 ha | +0.7% |
| 1974 | 332,679 ha | +0.8% |
| 1975 | 340,002 ha | +2.2% |
| 1976 | 350,809 ha | +3.2% |
| 1977 | 345,515 ha | -1.5% |
| 1978 | 345,221 ha | -0.1% |
| 1979 | 362,655 ha | +5.1% |
| 1980 | 358,602 ha | -1.1% |
| 1981 | 378,528 ha | +5.6% |
| 1982 | 368,374 ha | -2.7% |
| 1983 | 367,141 ha | -0.3% |
| 1984 | 361,587 ha | -1.5% |
| 1985 | 376,020 ha | +4.0% |
| 1986 | 366,220 ha | -2.6% |
| 1987 | 365,028 ha | -0.3% |
| 1988 | 361,040 ha | -1.1% |
| 1989 | 362,576 ha | +0.4% |
| 1990 | 366,122 ha | +1.0% |
| 1991 | 364,943 ha | -0.3% |
| 1992 | 312,033 ha | -14.5% |
| 1993 | 320,520 ha | +2.7% |
| 1994 | 354,590 ha | +10.6% |
| 1995 | 359,880 ha | +1.5% |
| 1996 | 371,404 ha | +3.2% |
| 1997 | 378,759 ha | +2.0% |
| 1998 | 381,225 ha | +0.7% |
| 1999 | 390,495 ha | +2.4% |
| 2000 | 396,004 ha | +1.4% |
| 2001 | 398,531 ha | +0.6% |
| 2002 | 417,794 ha | +4.8% |
| 2003 | 429,253 ha | +2.7% |
| 2004 | 429,285 ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 439,092 ha | +2.3% |
| 2006 | 444,829 ha | +1.3% |
| 2007 | 421,602 ha | -5.2% |
| 2008 | 418,316 ha | -0.8% |
| 2009 | 472,885 ha | +13.0% |
| 2010 | 491,811 ha | +4.0% |
| 2011 | 518,712 ha | +5.5% |
| 2012 | 550,283 ha | +6.1% |
| 2013 | 566,404 ha | +2.9% |
| 2014 | 542,986 ha | -4.1% |
| 2015 | 550,935 ha | +1.5% |
| 2016 | 559,874 ha | +1.6% |
| 2017 | 562,302 ha | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 577,787 ha | +2.8% |
| 2019 | 599,563 ha | +3.8% |
| 2020 | 596,981 ha | -0.4% |
| 2021 | 597,201 ha | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 620,512 ha | +3.9% |
| 2023 | 575,827 ha | -7.2% |
| 2024 | 631,396 ha | +9.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 261,989 ha | 223,018 ha | 311,106 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 338,754 ha | 323,800 ha | 362,655 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 366,512 ha | 358,602 ha | 378,528 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 359,997 ha | 312,033 ha | 390,495 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 426,759 ha | 396,004 ha | 472,885 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 552,066 ha | 491,811 ha | 599,563 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 604,383 ha | 575,827 ha | 631,396 ha | 5 |
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- 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)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is sugar crops primary — area harvested in Eastern Africa?
- Sugar crops primary — area harvested in Eastern Africa was 631,396 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar crops primary — area harvested recorded in Eastern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 631,396 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest sugar crops primary — area harvested recorded in Eastern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 223,018 ha in 1961.
- How does Eastern Africa rank for sugar crops primary — area harvested?
- Eastern Africa ranks 18th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is sugar crops primary — area harvested rising or falling in Eastern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 16.3%. 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 Sugar Crops Primary — 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.