Vegetables Primary — Area harvested in Eastern Africa

Eastern Africa: Vegetables Primary — Area harvested was 2.22 million ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile

Latest (2024)
2.22 million ha
Change on year
up 0.1%
Rank
9th
of 41 regions
All-time high
2.27 million ha
in 2022
All-time low
432,510 ha
in 1961
Years of data
64
1961–2024

Vegetables Primary — Area harvested in Eastern Africa, 1961–2024

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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 9th of 41 regions on this measure, in the top quarter.

The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest 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

  1. 6 Indonesia 1.19 million ha compare
  2. 7 Philippines 789,007 ha compare
  3. 8 Egypt 727,779 ha compare
  4. 9 Bangladesh 702,137 ha compare
  5. 10 Cameroon 680,510 ha compare
  6. 11 Mexico 670,490 ha compare
  7. 12 Ethiopia 592,759 ha compare

See the full ranking of 240 places →

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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 9th out of 41 regions 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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Indicator
Vegetables Primary — Area harvested
Unit
ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
240 places, 13,973 data points, 1961–2024
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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.