Tangerines, mandarins, clementines — Area harvested in Eastern Africa
Eastern Africa: Tangerines, mandarins, clementines — Area harvested was 42,023 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Tangerines, mandarins, clementines — Area harvested in Eastern Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, tangerines, mandarins, clementines — area harvested in Eastern Africa stood at 42,023 ha. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 6.4% on the previous year and up 118.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tangerines, mandarins, clementines — area harvested in Eastern Africa peaked at 42,023 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 2,000 ha, in 1961.
Eastern Africa ranks 15th of 27 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Tangerines, mandarins, clementines — Area harvested in Eastern Africa, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 2,150 ha | +7.5% |
| 1965 | 2,250 ha | +4.7% |
| 1966 | 2,250 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 2,250 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 2,250 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 2,350 ha | +4.4% |
| 1970 | 2,350 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 2,450 ha | +4.3% |
| 1972 | 2,550 ha | +4.1% |
| 1973 | 2,550 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 2,550 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 2,550 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 2,650 ha | +3.9% |
| 1977 | 2,650 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 2,650 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 2,650 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 2,800 ha | +5.7% |
| 1981 | 2,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 2,850 ha | +1.8% |
| 1983 | 2,850 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 2,850 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 2,850 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 3,100 ha | +8.8% |
| 1987 | 3,140 ha | +1.3% |
| 1988 | 3,180 ha | +1.3% |
| 1989 | 3,200 ha | +0.6% |
| 1990 | 3,348 ha | +4.6% |
| 1991 | 3,743 ha | +11.8% |
| 1992 | 3,453 ha | -7.7% |
| 1993 | 3,550 ha | +2.8% |
| 1994 | 3,581 ha | +0.9% |
| 1995 | 3,513 ha | -1.9% |
| 1996 | 3,541 ha | +0.8% |
| 1997 | 3,650 ha | +3.1% |
| 1998 | 3,899 ha | +6.8% |
| 1999 | 3,809 ha | -2.3% |
| 2000 | 3,937 ha | +3.4% |
| 2001 | 4,138 ha | +5.1% |
| 2002 | 4,198 ha | +1.4% |
| 2003 | 4,451 ha | +6.0% |
| 2004 | 4,494 ha | +1.0% |
| 2005 | 4,746 ha | +5.6% |
| 2006 | 4,927 ha | +3.8% |
| 2007 | 5,015 ha | +1.8% |
| 2008 | 5,192 ha | +3.5% |
| 2009 | 5,311 ha | +2.3% |
| 2010 | 5,641 ha | +6.2% |
| 2011 | 5,248 ha | -7.0% |
| 2012 | 6,960 ha | +32.6% |
| 2013 | 7,361 ha | +5.8% |
| 2014 | 19,231 ha | +161.3% |
| 2015 | 20,645 ha | +7.4% |
| 2016 | 19,384 ha | -6.1% |
| 2017 | 21,825 ha | +12.6% |
| 2018 | 23,949 ha | +9.7% |
| 2019 | 33,484 ha | +39.8% |
| 2020 | 32,879 ha | -1.8% |
| 2021 | 37,922 ha | +15.3% |
| 2022 | 39,280 ha | +3.6% |
| 2023 | 39,489 ha | +0.5% |
| 2024 | 42,023 ha | +6.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,167 ha | 2,000 ha | 2,350 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,560 ha | 2,350 ha | 2,650 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,962 ha | 2,800 ha | 3,200 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 3,609 ha | 3,348 ha | 3,899 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 4,641 ha | 3,937 ha | 5,311 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 16,373 ha | 5,248 ha | 33,484 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 38,319 ha | 32,879 ha | 42,023 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Eastern Africa
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Frequently asked questions
- What is tangerines, mandarins, clementines — area harvested in Eastern Africa?
- Tangerines, mandarins, clementines — area harvested in Eastern Africa was 42,023 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest tangerines, mandarins, clementines — area harvested recorded in Eastern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 42,023 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest tangerines, mandarins, clementines — area harvested recorded in Eastern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,000 ha in 1961.
- How does Eastern Africa rank for tangerines, mandarins, clementines — area harvested?
- Eastern Africa ranks 15th out of 27 groups with data for 2024.
- Is tangerines, mandarins, clementines — area harvested rising or falling in Eastern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 118.5%. 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 Tangerines, mandarins, clementines — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.