Tomatoes — Area harvested in Eastern Africa
Eastern Africa: Tomatoes — Area harvested was 205,889 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Tomatoes — Area harvested in Eastern Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for tomatoes — area harvested in Eastern Africa is 205,889 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 0.2% on the previous year and up 31.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tomatoes — area harvested in Eastern Africa peaked at 230,109 ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 12,107 ha, in 1961.
Eastern Africa ranks 11th of 37 regions 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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 15,211 ha | 12,107 ha | 17,850 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 22,252 ha | 18,478 ha | 25,924 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 33,370 ha | 25,897 ha | 40,553 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 52,207 ha | 45,808 ha | 61,856 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 88,747 ha | 61,115 ha | 119,129 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 159,556 ha | 123,876 ha | 203,527 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 214,600 ha | 205,889 ha | 230,109 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Eastern Africa
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- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 641,088 t (2024)
- Bananas — Area harvested 1.08 million ha (2024)
- Swine / pigs — Stocks 29.04 million An (2024)
- Bananas — Production 12.53 million t (2024)
- Tomatoes — Production 3.49 million t (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield 16,968 kg/ha (2024)
- Fat of pigs — Producing Animals/Slaughtered 23.97 million An (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production 1.01 million t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tomatoes — area harvested in Eastern Africa?
- Tomatoes — area harvested in Eastern Africa was 205,889 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest tomatoes — area harvested recorded in Eastern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 230,109 ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest tomatoes — area harvested recorded in Eastern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 12,107 ha in 1961.
- How does Eastern Africa rank for tomatoes — area harvested?
- Eastern Africa ranks 11th out of 37 regions with data for 2024.
- Is tomatoes — area harvested rising or falling in Eastern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 31.0%. 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 Tomatoes — 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.