Tomatoes — Area harvested in Uganda
Uganda: Tomatoes — Area harvested was 6,664 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Tomatoes — Area harvested in Uganda, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Uganda recorded 6,664 ha for tomatoes — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.1% on the previous year and up 8.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tomatoes — area harvested in Uganda peaked at 6,813 ha in 2015 and was at its lowest, 500 ha, in 1961.
That places Uganda 64th out of 169 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Tomatoes — Area harvested in Uganda, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 500 ha | — |
| 1962 | 540 ha | +8.0% |
| 1963 | 570 ha | +5.6% |
| 1964 | 600 ha | +5.3% |
| 1965 | 630 ha | +5.0% |
| 1966 | 660 ha | +4.8% |
| 1967 | 690 ha | +4.5% |
| 1968 | 730 ha | +5.8% |
| 1969 | 760 ha | +4.1% |
| 1970 | 790 ha | +3.9% |
| 1971 | 830 ha | +5.1% |
| 1972 | 860 ha | +3.6% |
| 1973 | 890 ha | +3.5% |
| 1974 | 930 ha | +4.5% |
| 1975 | 960 ha | +3.2% |
| 1976 | 990 ha | +3.1% |
| 1977 | 1,000 ha | +1.0% |
| 1978 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 1,050 ha | +5.0% |
| 1982 | 1,100 ha | +4.8% |
| 1983 | 1,200 ha | +9.1% |
| 1984 | 1,300 ha | +8.3% |
| 1985 | 1,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 1,400 ha | +7.7% |
| 1987 | 1,500 ha | +7.1% |
| 1988 | 1,600 ha | +6.7% |
| 1989 | 1,700 ha | +6.2% |
| 1990 | 1,800 ha | +5.9% |
| 1991 | 1,900 ha | +5.6% |
| 1992 | 1,800 ha | -5.3% |
| 1993 | 1,830 ha | +1.7% |
| 1994 | 1,834 ha | +0.2% |
| 1995 | 1,850 ha | +0.9% |
| 1996 | 1,700 ha | -8.1% |
| 1997 | 1,800 ha | +5.9% |
| 1998 | 1,900 ha | +5.6% |
| 1999 | 2,000 ha | +5.3% |
| 2000 | 2,100 ha | +5.0% |
| 2001 | 2,410 ha | +14.8% |
| 2002 | 2,615 ha | +8.5% |
| 2003 | 2,876 ha | +10.0% |
| 2004 | 3,111 ha | +8.2% |
| 2005 | 3,704 ha | +19.1% |
| 2006 | 3,876 ha | +4.6% |
| 2007 | 4,300 ha | +10.9% |
| 2008 | 4,175 ha | -2.9% |
| 2009 | 4,828 ha | +15.6% |
| 2010 | 5,500 ha | +13.9% |
| 2011 | 5,178 ha | -5.9% |
| 2012 | 6,000 ha | +15.9% |
| 2013 | 5,916 ha | -1.4% |
| 2014 | 6,152 ha | +4.0% |
| 2015 | 6,813 ha | +10.7% |
| 2016 | 6,294 ha | -7.6% |
| 2017 | 6,525 ha | +3.7% |
| 2018 | 6,804 ha | +4.3% |
| 2019 | 6,541 ha | -3.9% |
| 2020 | 6,697 ha | +2.4% |
| 2021 | 6,680 ha | -0.3% |
| 2022 | 6,639 ha | -0.6% |
| 2023 | 6,672 ha | +0.5% |
| 2024 | 6,664 ha | -0.1% |
Uganda compared with similar countries
- Uganda's 6,664 ha is below the median for low income countries, which is 11,450 ha, 58% of the median. (14 countries reporting)
- Uganda's 6,664 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 9,251 ha, 72% of the median. (33 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 631.11 ha | 500 ha | 760 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 925 ha | 790 ha | 1,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,315 ha | 1,000 ha | 1,700 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,841 ha | 1,700 ha | 2,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,400 ha | 2,100 ha | 4,828 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 6,172 ha | 5,178 ha | 6,813 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 6,670 ha | 6,639 ha | 6,697 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Uganda
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 22.05 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2613 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 315.24 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.75 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0006 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6806 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 26.1% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 26.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.4% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.2% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tomatoes — area harvested in Uganda?
- Tomatoes — area harvested in Uganda was 6,664 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest tomatoes — area harvested recorded in Uganda?
- The highest recorded value was 6,813 ha in 2015.
- What is the lowest tomatoes — area harvested recorded in Uganda?
- The lowest recorded value was 500 ha in 1961.
- How does Uganda rank for tomatoes — area harvested?
- Uganda ranks 64th out of 169 countries with data for 2024.
- Is tomatoes — area harvested rising or falling in Uganda?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Uganda 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.