Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested in Uganda
Uganda: Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested was 23,274 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested in Uganda, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for unmanufactured tobacco — area harvested in Uganda is 23,274 ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.0% on the previous year and up 7.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, unmanufactured tobacco — area harvested in Uganda peaked at 23,274 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 600 ha, in 1981.
That places Uganda 15th out of 139 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested in Uganda, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 12,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 8,000 ha | -33.3% |
| 1963 | 5,000 ha | -37.5% |
| 1964 | 6,000 ha | +20.0% |
| 1965 | 6,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 4,856 ha | -19.1% |
| 1967 | 6,475 ha | +33.3% |
| 1968 | 7,284 ha | +12.5% |
| 1969 | 7,284 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 6,880 ha | -5.5% |
| 1971 | 6,070 ha | -11.8% |
| 1972 | 6,900 ha | +13.7% |
| 1973 | 6,500 ha | -5.8% |
| 1974 | 6,900 ha | +6.2% |
| 1975 | 7,200 ha | +4.3% |
| 1976 | 4,670 ha | -35.1% |
| 1977 | 5,557 ha | +19.0% |
| 1978 | 4,100 ha | -26.2% |
| 1979 | 3,700 ha | -9.8% |
| 1980 | 3,300 ha | -10.8% |
| 1981 | 600 ha | -81.8% |
| 1982 | 1,100 ha | +83.3% |
| 1983 | 3,800 ha | +245.5% |
| 1984 | 3,200 ha | -15.8% |
| 1985 | 2,900 ha | -9.4% |
| 1986 | 1,400 ha | -51.7% |
| 1987 | 2,100 ha | +50.0% |
| 1988 | 2,700 ha | +28.6% |
| 1989 | 3,690 ha | +36.7% |
| 1990 | 4,280 ha | +16.0% |
| 1991 | 7,000 ha | +63.6% |
| 1992 | 8,500 ha | +21.4% |
| 1993 | 7,000 ha | -17.6% |
| 1994 | 7,500 ha | +7.1% |
| 1995 | 7,525 ha | +0.3% |
| 1996 | 7,525 ha | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 7,525 ha | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 7,525 ha | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 13,500 ha | +79.4% |
| 2000 | 14,092 ha | +4.4% |
| 2001 | 12,804 ha | -9.1% |
| 2002 | 18,000 ha | +40.6% |
| 2003 | 17,257 ha | -4.1% |
| 2004 | 17,856 ha | +3.5% |
| 2005 | 18,048 ha | +1.1% |
| 2006 | 9,552 ha | -47.1% |
| 2007 | 16,864 ha | +76.5% |
| 2008 | 20,000 ha | +18.6% |
| 2009 | 14,000 ha | -30.0% |
| 2010 | 20,359 ha | +45.4% |
| 2011 | 19,289 ha | -5.3% |
| 2012 | 21,383 ha | +10.9% |
| 2013 | 21,703 ha | +1.5% |
| 2014 | 21,634 ha | -0.3% |
| 2015 | 23,137 ha | +6.9% |
| 2016 | 22,158 ha | -4.2% |
| 2017 | 22,310 ha | +0.7% |
| 2018 | 22,393 ha | +0.4% |
| 2019 | 22,456 ha | +0.3% |
| 2020 | 22,620 ha | +0.7% |
| 2021 | 22,951 ha | +1.5% |
| 2022 | 23,068 ha | +0.5% |
| 2023 | 23,051 ha | -0.1% |
| 2024 | 23,274 ha | +1.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6,989 ha | 4,856 ha | 12,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 5,848 ha | 3,700 ha | 7,200 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,479 ha | 600 ha | 3,800 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 7,788 ha | 4,280 ha | 13,500 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 15,847 ha | 9,552 ha | 20,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 21,682 ha | 19,289 ha | 23,137 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 22,993 ha | 22,620 ha | 23,274 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Uganda
- 12 Yugoslav SFR 45,102 ha compare
- 13 Bangladesh 40,915 ha compare
- 14 Philippines 31,325 ha compare
- 16 Kenya 21,399 ha compare
- 17 Thailand 19,859 ha compare
- 18 North Macedonia 14,873 ha compare
- 18 Timor-Leste 0 ha compare
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- 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 unmanufactured tobacco — area harvested in Uganda?
- Unmanufactured tobacco — area harvested in Uganda was 23,274 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest unmanufactured tobacco — area harvested recorded in Uganda?
- The highest recorded value was 23,274 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest unmanufactured tobacco — area harvested recorded in Uganda?
- The lowest recorded value was 600 ha in 1981.
- How does Uganda rank for unmanufactured tobacco — area harvested?
- Uganda ranks 15th out of 139 countries with data for 2024.
- Is unmanufactured tobacco — area harvested rising or falling in Uganda?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.6%. 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 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.