Unmanufactured tobacco — Yield in Eastern Africa
Eastern Africa: Unmanufactured tobacco — Yield was 1,174 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Unmanufactured tobacco — Yield in Eastern Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for unmanufactured tobacco — yield in Eastern Africa is 1,174 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 9.5% on the previous year and up 1.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, unmanufactured tobacco — yield in Eastern Africa peaked at 1,490 kg/ha in 1995 and was at its lowest, 625.1 kg/ha, in 1963.
Eastern Africa ranks 23rd of 27 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Unmanufactured tobacco — Yield in Eastern Africa, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 838.7 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 818.4 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 1963 | 625.1 kg/ha | -23.6% |
| 1964 | 980.5 kg/ha | +56.9% |
| 1965 | 839.8 kg/ha | -14.3% |
| 1966 | 1,095 kg/ha | +30.4% |
| 1967 | 979.3 kg/ha | -10.5% |
| 1968 | 794.5 kg/ha | -18.9% |
| 1969 | 1,210 kg/ha | +52.2% |
| 1970 | 814.4 kg/ha | -32.7% |
| 1971 | 916.3 kg/ha | +12.5% |
| 1972 | 872.4 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 1973 | 930.4 kg/ha | +6.6% |
| 1974 | 862.8 kg/ha | -7.3% |
| 1975 | 929.1 kg/ha | +7.7% |
| 1976 | 1,028 kg/ha | +10.6% |
| 1977 | 972.8 kg/ha | -5.4% |
| 1978 | 907.2 kg/ha | -6.7% |
| 1979 | 1,054 kg/ha | +16.2% |
| 1980 | 1,196 kg/ha | +13.4% |
| 1981 | 1,044 kg/ha | -12.7% |
| 1982 | 1,160 kg/ha | +11.2% |
| 1983 | 1,042 kg/ha | -10.2% |
| 1984 | 1,228 kg/ha | +17.8% |
| 1985 | 1,095 kg/ha | -10.9% |
| 1986 | 1,093 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1987 | 1,130 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1988 | 1,158 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1989 | 1,309 kg/ha | +13.0% |
| 1990 | 1,323 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1991 | 1,382 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 1992 | 1,360 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1993 | 1,302 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 1994 | 1,487 kg/ha | +14.2% |
| 1995 | 1,490 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1996 | 1,463 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1997 | 1,484 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1998 | 1,476 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1999 | 1,228 kg/ha | -16.8% |
| 2000 | 1,298 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 2001 | 1,243 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 2002 | 1,153 kg/ha | -7.2% |
| 2003 | 1,124 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 2004 | 1,084 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 2005 | 1,123 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 2006 | 975.5 kg/ha | -13.1% |
| 2007 | 1,101 kg/ha | +12.8% |
| 2008 | 993.1 kg/ha | -9.8% |
| 2009 | 1,057 kg/ha | +6.4% |
| 2010 | 969.2 kg/ha | -8.3% |
| 2011 | 987.1 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2012 | 1,069 kg/ha | +8.3% |
| 2013 | 1,082 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2014 | 1,155 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 2015 | 1,001 kg/ha | -13.3% |
| 2016 | 1,139 kg/ha | +13.8% |
| 2017 | 1,034 kg/ha | -9.2% |
| 2018 | 1,291 kg/ha | +24.8% |
| 2019 | 1,254 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 2020 | 1,312 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 2021 | 1,271 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 2022 | 1,110 kg/ha | -12.6% |
| 2023 | 1,072 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 2024 | 1,174 kg/ha | +9.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 908.96 kg/ha | 625.1 kg/ha | 1,210 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 928.73 kg/ha | 814.4 kg/ha | 1,054 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,145 kg/ha | 1,042 kg/ha | 1,309 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,400 kg/ha | 1,228 kg/ha | 1,490 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,115 kg/ha | 975.5 kg/ha | 1,298 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,098 kg/ha | 969.2 kg/ha | 1,291 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,188 kg/ha | 1,072 kg/ha | 1,312 kg/ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is unmanufactured tobacco — yield in Eastern Africa?
- Unmanufactured tobacco — yield in Eastern Africa was 1,174 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest unmanufactured tobacco — yield recorded in Eastern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 1,490 kg/ha in 1995.
- What is the lowest unmanufactured tobacco — yield recorded in Eastern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 625.1 kg/ha in 1963.
- How does Eastern Africa rank for unmanufactured tobacco — yield?
- Eastern Africa ranks 23rd out of 27 groups with data for 2024.
- Is unmanufactured tobacco — yield rising or falling in Eastern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.7%. 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 — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.