Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested in Eastern Africa
Eastern Africa: Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested was 546,014 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested in Eastern Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, unmanufactured tobacco — area harvested in Eastern Africa stood at 546,014 ha.
That represents a change of down 0.7% on the previous year and up 9.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, unmanufactured tobacco — area harvested in Eastern Africa peaked at 601,332 ha in 2011 and was at its lowest, 131,314 ha, in 1969.
Eastern Africa ranks 6th of 28 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested in Eastern Africa, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 166,227 ha | — |
| 1962 | 170,207 ha | +2.4% |
| 1963 | 199,682 ha | +17.3% |
| 1964 | 197,536 ha | -1.1% |
| 1965 | 198,688 ha | +0.6% |
| 1966 | 144,494 ha | -27.3% |
| 1967 | 132,113 ha | -8.6% |
| 1968 | 132,125 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 131,314 ha | -0.6% |
| 1970 | 135,032 ha | +2.8% |
| 1971 | 143,891 ha | +6.6% |
| 1972 | 156,881 ha | +9.0% |
| 1973 | 155,682 ha | -0.8% |
| 1974 | 168,355 ha | +8.1% |
| 1975 | 173,113 ha | +2.8% |
| 1976 | 187,890 ha | +8.5% |
| 1977 | 183,233 ha | -2.5% |
| 1978 | 192,580 ha | +5.1% |
| 1979 | 199,101 ha | +3.4% |
| 1980 | 184,132 ha | -7.5% |
| 1981 | 156,115 ha | -15.2% |
| 1982 | 160,733 ha | +3.0% |
| 1983 | 200,240 ha | +24.6% |
| 1984 | 196,891 ha | -1.7% |
| 1985 | 201,820 ha | +2.5% |
| 1986 | 206,956 ha | +2.5% |
| 1987 | 210,355 ha | +1.6% |
| 1988 | 201,811 ha | -4.1% |
| 1989 | 202,988 ha | +0.6% |
| 1990 | 214,481 ha | +5.7% |
| 1991 | 255,412 ha | +19.1% |
| 1992 | 290,982 ha | +13.9% |
| 1993 | 307,181 ha | +5.6% |
| 1994 | 230,479 ha | -25.0% |
| 1995 | 248,385 ha | +7.8% |
| 1996 | 266,349 ha | +7.2% |
| 1997 | 277,707 ha | +4.3% |
| 1998 | 278,904 ha | +0.4% |
| 1999 | 290,421 ha | +4.1% |
| 2000 | 297,223 ha | +2.3% |
| 2001 | 275,005 ha | -7.5% |
| 2002 | 291,168 ha | +5.9% |
| 2003 | 298,763 ha | +2.6% |
| 2004 | 341,249 ha | +14.2% |
| 2005 | 368,278 ha | +7.9% |
| 2006 | 351,378 ha | -4.6% |
| 2007 | 373,667 ha | +6.3% |
| 2008 | 458,025 ha | +22.6% |
| 2009 | 495,171 ha | +8.1% |
| 2010 | 510,835 ha | +3.2% |
| 2011 | 601,332 ha | +17.7% |
| 2012 | 440,720 ha | -26.7% |
| 2013 | 484,922 ha | +10.0% |
| 2014 | 498,673 ha | +2.8% |
| 2015 | 552,588 ha | +10.8% |
| 2016 | 442,537 ha | -19.9% |
| 2017 | 405,565 ha | -8.4% |
| 2018 | 447,134 ha | +10.2% |
| 2019 | 472,563 ha | +5.7% |
| 2020 | 393,453 ha | -16.7% |
| 2021 | 384,174 ha | -2.4% |
| 2022 | 445,430 ha | +15.9% |
| 2023 | 549,811 ha | +23.4% |
| 2024 | 546,014 ha | -0.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 163,598 ha | 131,314 ha | 199,682 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 169,576 ha | 135,032 ha | 199,101 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 192,204 ha | 156,115 ha | 210,355 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 266,030 ha | 214,481 ha | 307,181 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 354,993 ha | 275,005 ha | 495,171 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 485,687 ha | 405,565 ha | 601,332 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 463,776 ha | 384,174 ha | 549,811 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Eastern Africa
- 3 India 414,334 ha compare
- 3 United Republic of Tanzania 157,664 ha compare
- 4 Brazil 331,730 ha compare
- 4 Türkiye 78,033 ha compare
- 5 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 59,294 ha compare
- 5 Indonesia 253,333 ha compare
- 6 Zimbabwe 136,126 ha compare
- 7 Malawi 114,292 ha compare
- 7 Viet Nam 17,931 ha compare
- 8 USSR 105,000 ha compare
- 9 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 10,582 ha compare
- 9 Mozambique 69,856 ha compare
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- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production, annual 7.96 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sheep and Goats — Stocks, annual growth rate 7.06 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Producing -4.63 % change on previous year (2024)
- Swine / pigs — Stocks, annual growth rate 6.26 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, annual growth 5.25 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sheep and Goat Meat — Production, annual growth rate 7.92 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sheep and Goat Meat — Yield/Carcass Weight, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Pulses, Total — Production, annual growth rate -2.22 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tomatoes — Production, annual growth rate -0.4094 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is unmanufactured tobacco — area harvested in Eastern Africa?
- Unmanufactured tobacco — area harvested in Eastern Africa was 546,014 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest unmanufactured tobacco — area harvested recorded in Eastern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 601,332 ha in 2011.
- What is the lowest unmanufactured tobacco — area harvested recorded in Eastern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 131,314 ha in 1969.
- How does Eastern Africa rank for unmanufactured tobacco — area harvested?
- Eastern Africa ranks 6th out of 28 groups with data for 2024.
- Is unmanufactured tobacco — area harvested rising or falling in Eastern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.5%. 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 Unmanufactured tobacco — 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.