Vegetables Primary — Area harvested in Eastern Africa
Eastern Africa: Vegetables Primary — Area harvested was 2.22 million ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Vegetables Primary — Area harvested in Eastern Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Eastern Africa recorded 2.22 million ha for vegetables primary — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.1% on the previous year and up 21.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, vegetables primary — area harvested in Eastern Africa peaked at 2.27 million ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 432,510 ha, in 1961.
Eastern Africa ranks 12th of 29 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.
Vegetables Primary — Area harvested in Eastern Africa, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 432,510 ha | — |
| 1962 | 442,391 ha | +2.3% |
| 1963 | 451,741 ha | +2.1% |
| 1964 | 465,051 ha | +2.9% |
| 1965 | 474,665 ha | +2.1% |
| 1966 | 493,719 ha | +4.0% |
| 1967 | 498,842 ha | +1.0% |
| 1968 | 508,331 ha | +1.9% |
| 1969 | 520,843 ha | +2.5% |
| 1970 | 539,739 ha | +3.6% |
| 1971 | 552,613 ha | +2.4% |
| 1972 | 571,647 ha | +3.4% |
| 1973 | 579,200 ha | +1.3% |
| 1974 | 588,143 ha | +1.5% |
| 1975 | 599,711 ha | +2.0% |
| 1976 | 620,487 ha | +3.5% |
| 1977 | 635,907 ha | +2.5% |
| 1978 | 643,687 ha | +1.2% |
| 1979 | 656,737 ha | +2.0% |
| 1980 | 668,150 ha | +1.7% |
| 1981 | 674,305 ha | +0.9% |
| 1982 | 686,042 ha | +1.7% |
| 1983 | 701,052 ha | +2.2% |
| 1984 | 716,568 ha | +2.2% |
| 1985 | 743,204 ha | +3.7% |
| 1986 | 747,069 ha | +0.5% |
| 1987 | 747,684 ha | +0.1% |
| 1988 | 751,742 ha | +0.5% |
| 1989 | 750,075 ha | -0.2% |
| 1990 | 812,441 ha | +8.3% |
| 1991 | 814,113 ha | +0.2% |
| 1992 | 821,477 ha | +0.9% |
| 1993 | 879,233 ha | +7.0% |
| 1994 | 900,738 ha | +2.4% |
| 1995 | 905,706 ha | +0.6% |
| 1996 | 921,207 ha | +1.7% |
| 1997 | 927,135 ha | +0.6% |
| 1998 | 940,459 ha | +1.4% |
| 1999 | 969,928 ha | +3.1% |
| 2000 | 974,452 ha | +0.5% |
| 2001 | 990,586 ha | +1.7% |
| 2002 | 1.04 million ha | +4.9% |
| 2003 | 1.07 million ha | +3.3% |
| 2004 | 1.10 million ha | +2.3% |
| 2005 | 1.17 million ha | +6.1% |
| 2006 | 1.25 million ha | +7.6% |
| 2007 | 1.28 million ha | +1.9% |
| 2008 | 1.37 million ha | +7.3% |
| 2009 | 1.46 million ha | +6.2% |
| 2010 | 1.61 million ha | +10.8% |
| 2011 | 1.62 million ha | +0.1% |
| 2012 | 1.72 million ha | +6.8% |
| 2013 | 1.81 million ha | +4.8% |
| 2014 | 1.84 million ha | +1.6% |
| 2015 | 1.86 million ha | +1.1% |
| 2016 | 1.93 million ha | +4.2% |
| 2017 | 2.08 million ha | +7.5% |
| 2018 | 2.12 million ha | +2.1% |
| 2019 | 2.18 million ha | +2.8% |
| 2020 | 2.23 million ha | +2.2% |
| 2021 | 2.20 million ha | -1.3% |
| 2022 | 2.27 million ha | +3.4% |
| 2023 | 2.22 million ha | -2.4% |
| 2024 | 2.22 million ha | +0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 476,455 ha | 432,510 ha | 520,843 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 598,787 ha | 539,739 ha | 656,737 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 718,589 ha | 668,150 ha | 751,742 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 889,244 ha | 812,441 ha | 969,928 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.17 million ha | 974,452 ha | 1.46 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.88 million ha | 1.61 million ha | 2.18 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.23 million ha | 2.20 million ha | 2.27 million ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Eastern Africa
- 9 Bangladesh 702,137 ha compare
- 9 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 272,954 ha compare
- 10 Cameroon 680,510 ha compare
- 10 Lao People's Democratic Republic 192,215 ha compare
- 11 Mexico 670,490 ha compare
- 11 Syrian Arab Republic 99,761 ha compare
- 12 Democratic Republic of the Congo 92,238 ha compare
- 12 Ethiopia 592,759 ha compare
- 13 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 85,859 ha compare
- 13 Russian Federation 462,245 ha compare
- 14 Guinea 445,689 ha compare
- 14 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 64,997 ha compare
- 15 Pakistan 426,309 ha compare
- 15 Melanesia 64,242 ha compare
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- Sugar Crops Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 10.98 % change on previous year (2024)
- Crops — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand US$) 0.3517 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is vegetables primary — area harvested in Eastern Africa?
- Vegetables primary — area harvested in Eastern Africa was 2.22 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest vegetables primary — area harvested recorded in Eastern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 2.27 million ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest vegetables primary — area harvested recorded in Eastern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 432,510 ha in 1961.
- How does Eastern Africa rank for vegetables primary — area harvested?
- Eastern Africa ranks 12th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is vegetables primary — area harvested rising or falling in Eastern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 21.1%. 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 Vegetables Primary — 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.