Vetches — Area harvested in Eastern Africa
Eastern Africa: Vetches — Area harvested was 142,843 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Vetches — Area harvested in Eastern Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Eastern Africa recorded 142,843 ha for vetches — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is down 2.7% on the previous year and up 1.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, vetches — area harvested in Eastern Africa peaked at 208,374 ha in 2012 and was at its lowest, 27,700 ha, in 1984.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Vetches — Area harvested in Eastern Africa, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 30,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 30,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 31,000 ha | +3.3% |
| 1964 | 32,000 ha | +3.2% |
| 1965 | 33,000 ha | +3.1% |
| 1966 | 35,000 ha | +6.1% |
| 1967 | 35,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 33,000 ha | -5.7% |
| 1969 | 33,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 33,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 35,000 ha | +6.1% |
| 1972 | 38,000 ha | +8.6% |
| 1973 | 40,000 ha | +5.3% |
| 1974 | 32,000 ha | -20.0% |
| 1975 | 29,400 ha | -8.1% |
| 1976 | 31,500 ha | +7.1% |
| 1977 | 50,200 ha | +59.4% |
| 1978 | 49,300 ha | -1.8% |
| 1979 | 57,500 ha | +16.6% |
| 1980 | 74,930 ha | +30.3% |
| 1981 | 37,390 ha | -50.1% |
| 1982 | 32,290 ha | -13.6% |
| 1983 | 32,310 ha | +0.1% |
| 1984 | 27,700 ha | -14.3% |
| 1985 | 41,470 ha | +49.7% |
| 1986 | 65,460 ha | +57.8% |
| 1987 | 41,060 ha | -37.3% |
| 1988 | 61,420 ha | +49.6% |
| 1989 | 58,650 ha | -4.5% |
| 1990 | 50,190 ha | -14.4% |
| 1991 | 65,080 ha | +29.7% |
| 1992 | 75,750 ha | +16.4% |
| 1993 | 78,510 ha | +3.6% |
| 1994 | 97,670 ha | +24.4% |
| 1995 | 95,330 ha | -2.4% |
| 1996 | 88,680 ha | -7.0% |
| 1997 | 90,970 ha | +2.6% |
| 1998 | 104,000 ha | +14.3% |
| 1999 | 105,050 ha | +1.0% |
| 2000 | 119,540 ha | +13.8% |
| 2001 | 122,823 ha | +2.7% |
| 2002 | 92,789 ha | -24.5% |
| 2003 | 91,317 ha | -1.6% |
| 2004 | 90,878 ha | -0.5% |
| 2005 | 122,925 ha | +35.3% |
| 2006 | 127,997 ha | +4.1% |
| 2007 | 127,782 ha | -0.2% |
| 2008 | 147,401 ha | +15.4% |
| 2009 | 139,349 ha | -5.5% |
| 2010 | 135,066 ha | -3.1% |
| 2011 | 183,773 ha | +36.1% |
| 2012 | 208,374 ha | +13.4% |
| 2013 | 172,541 ha | -17.2% |
| 2014 | 140,249 ha | -18.7% |
| 2015 | 162,233 ha | +15.7% |
| 2016 | 154,320 ha | -4.9% |
| 2017 | 146,223 ha | -5.2% |
| 2018 | 133,582 ha | -8.6% |
| 2019 | 148,613 ha | +11.3% |
| 2020 | 146,932 ha | -1.1% |
| 2021 | 151,604 ha | +3.2% |
| 2022 | 160,682 ha | +6.0% |
| 2023 | 146,832 ha | -8.6% |
| 2024 | 142,843 ha | -2.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 32,444 ha | 30,000 ha | 35,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 39,590 ha | 29,400 ha | 57,500 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 47,268 ha | 27,700 ha | 74,930 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 85,123 ha | 50,190 ha | 105,050 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 118,280 ha | 90,878 ha | 147,401 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 158,497 ha | 133,582 ha | 208,374 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 149,779 ha | 142,843 ha | 160,682 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Eastern Africa
- 3 Spain 127,005 ha compare
- 4 Russian Federation 78,047 ha compare
- 5 Ethiopia PDR 75,750 ha compare
- 6 Australia 36,895 ha compare
- 6 Australia and New Zealand 36,895 ha compare
- 8 Greece 31,977 ha compare
- 9 Belarus 11,325 ha compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is vetches — area harvested in Eastern Africa?
- Vetches — area harvested in Eastern Africa was 142,843 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest vetches — area harvested recorded in Eastern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 208,374 ha in 2012.
- What is the lowest vetches — area harvested recorded in Eastern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 27,700 ha in 1984.
- How does Eastern Africa rank for vetches — area harvested?
- Eastern Africa ranks 6th out of 17 groups with data for 2024.
- Is vetches — area harvested rising or falling in Eastern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.8%. 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 Vetches — 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.