Treenuts, Total — Area harvested in Eastern Africa
Eastern Africa: Treenuts, Total — Area harvested was 1.63 million ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Treenuts, Total — Area harvested in Eastern Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Eastern Africa recorded 1.63 million ha for treenuts, total — area harvested in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 31.7% on the previous year and up 156.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, treenuts, total — area harvested in Eastern Africa peaked at 1.63 million ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 164,730 ha, in 1983.
Eastern Africa ranks 9th of 28 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.
Treenuts, Total — Area harvested in Eastern Africa, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 288,200 ha | — |
| 1962 | 323,300 ha | +12.2% |
| 1963 | 345,400 ha | +6.8% |
| 1964 | 371,500 ha | +7.6% |
| 1965 | 364,600 ha | -1.9% |
| 1966 | 353,800 ha | -3.0% |
| 1967 | 369,900 ha | +4.6% |
| 1968 | 503,200 ha | +36.0% |
| 1969 | 469,300 ha | -6.7% |
| 1970 | 560,460 ha | +19.4% |
| 1971 | 596,880 ha | +6.5% |
| 1972 | 571,900 ha | -4.2% |
| 1973 | 662,000 ha | +15.8% |
| 1974 | 602,620 ha | -9.0% |
| 1975 | 572,760 ha | -5.0% |
| 1976 | 425,900 ha | -25.6% |
| 1977 | 415,300 ha | -2.5% |
| 1978 | 323,600 ha | -22.1% |
| 1979 | 286,970 ha | -11.3% |
| 1980 | 262,400 ha | -8.6% |
| 1981 | 287,280 ha | +9.5% |
| 1982 | 235,230 ha | -18.1% |
| 1983 | 164,730 ha | -30.0% |
| 1984 | 170,300 ha | +3.4% |
| 1985 | 206,950 ha | +21.5% |
| 1986 | 202,650 ha | -2.1% |
| 1987 | 202,150 ha | -0.2% |
| 1988 | 228,130 ha | +12.9% |
| 1989 | 238,590 ha | +4.6% |
| 1990 | 181,000 ha | -24.1% |
| 1991 | 226,885 ha | +25.4% |
| 1992 | 251,788 ha | +11.0% |
| 1993 | 204,918 ha | -18.6% |
| 1994 | 201,736 ha | -1.6% |
| 1995 | 217,225 ha | +7.7% |
| 1996 | 259,657 ha | +19.5% |
| 1997 | 240,903 ha | -7.2% |
| 1998 | 266,304 ha | +10.5% |
| 1999 | 276,327 ha | +3.8% |
| 2000 | 329,255 ha | +19.2% |
| 2001 | 387,373 ha | +17.7% |
| 2002 | 418,040 ha | +7.9% |
| 2003 | 459,536 ha | +9.9% |
| 2004 | 478,248 ha | +4.1% |
| 2005 | 411,228 ha | -14.0% |
| 2006 | 525,622 ha | +27.8% |
| 2007 | 614,537 ha | +16.9% |
| 2008 | 437,172 ha | -28.9% |
| 2009 | 593,209 ha | +35.7% |
| 2010 | 484,810 ha | -18.3% |
| 2011 | 675,417 ha | +39.3% |
| 2012 | 623,005 ha | -7.8% |
| 2013 | 629,332 ha | +1.0% |
| 2014 | 636,381 ha | +1.1% |
| 2015 | 707,653 ha | +11.2% |
| 2016 | 639,056 ha | -9.7% |
| 2017 | 808,093 ha | +26.5% |
| 2018 | 1.51 million ha | +86.7% |
| 2019 | 870,264 ha | -42.3% |
| 2020 | 912,082 ha | +4.8% |
| 2021 | 929,678 ha | +1.9% |
| 2022 | 1.00 million ha | +7.8% |
| 2023 | 1.24 million ha | +23.5% |
| 2024 | 1.63 million ha | +31.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 376,578 ha | 288,200 ha | 503,200 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 501,839 ha | 286,970 ha | 662,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 219,841 ha | 164,730 ha | 287,280 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 232,674 ha | 181,000 ha | 276,327 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 465,422 ha | 329,255 ha | 614,537 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 758,266 ha | 484,810 ha | 1.51 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.14 million ha | 912,082 ha | 1.63 million ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Eastern Africa
- 6 Benin 493,004 ha compare
- 6 Viet Nam 287,250 ha compare
- 7 Brazil 459,488 ha compare
- 8 Ghana 418,298 ha compare
- 8 Syrian Arab Republic 137,933 ha compare
- 9 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 58,720 ha compare
- 9 Morocco 254,347 ha compare
- 10 Portugal 227,180 ha compare
- 10 Republic of Moldova 28,002 ha compare
- 11 Burkina Faso 225,628 ha compare
- 11 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 17,450 ha compare
- 12 Tunisia 225,554 ha compare
- 12 Melanesia 10,816 ha compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is treenuts, total — area harvested in Eastern Africa?
- Treenuts, total — area harvested in Eastern Africa was 1.63 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest treenuts, total — area harvested recorded in Eastern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 1.63 million ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest treenuts, total — area harvested recorded in Eastern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 164,730 ha in 1983.
- How does Eastern Africa rank for treenuts, total — area harvested?
- Eastern Africa ranks 9th out of 28 groups with data for 2024.
- Is treenuts, total — area harvested rising or falling in Eastern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 156.0%. 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 Treenuts, 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.