Wheat — Area harvested in United Republic of Tanzania
United Republic of Tanzania: Wheat — Area harvested was 86,500 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Wheat — Area harvested in United Republic of Tanzania, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, wheat — area harvested in United Republic of Tanzania stood at 86,500 ha.
The figure is up 44.2% on the previous year and down 14.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, wheat — area harvested in United Republic of Tanzania peaked at 149,200 ha in 2009 and was at its lowest, 8,000 ha, in 1961.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Wheat — Area harvested in United Republic of Tanzania, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 8,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 18,000 ha | +125.0% |
| 1963 | 22,000 ha | +22.2% |
| 1964 | 25,000 ha | +13.6% |
| 1965 | 33,000 ha | +32.0% |
| 1966 | 34,000 ha | +3.0% |
| 1967 | 31,000 ha | -8.8% |
| 1968 | 38,000 ha | +22.6% |
| 1969 | 38,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 60,000 ha | +57.9% |
| 1971 | 78,308 ha | +30.5% |
| 1972 | 91,302 ha | +16.6% |
| 1973 | 55,372 ha | -39.4% |
| 1974 | 46,000 ha | -16.9% |
| 1975 | 56,000 ha | +21.7% |
| 1976 | 49,000 ha | -12.5% |
| 1977 | 28,500 ha | -41.8% |
| 1978 | 52,000 ha | +82.5% |
| 1979 | 54,500 ha | +4.8% |
| 1980 | 64,000 ha | +17.4% |
| 1981 | 51,000 ha | -20.3% |
| 1982 | 45,350 ha | -11.1% |
| 1983 | 47,620 ha | +5.0% |
| 1984 | 52,010 ha | +9.2% |
| 1985 | 42,450 ha | -18.4% |
| 1986 | 39,500 ha | -6.9% |
| 1987 | 39,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 53,700 ha | +35.9% |
| 1989 | 57,850 ha | +7.7% |
| 1990 | 52,010 ha | -10.1% |
| 1991 | 50,300 ha | -3.3% |
| 1992 | 43,970 ha | -12.6% |
| 1993 | 43,965 ha | -0.0% |
| 1994 | 48,800 ha | +11.0% |
| 1995 | 54,500 ha | +11.7% |
| 1996 | 59,900 ha | +9.9% |
| 1997 | 56,600 ha | -5.5% |
| 1998 | 99,400 ha | +75.6% |
| 1999 | 57,370 ha | -42.3% |
| 2000 | 71,700 ha | +25.0% |
| 2001 | 52,120 ha | -27.3% |
| 2002 | 30,670 ha | -41.2% |
| 2003 | 26,890 ha | -12.3% |
| 2004 | 34,380 ha | +27.9% |
| 2005 | 35,370 ha | +2.9% |
| 2006 | 53,224 ha | +50.5% |
| 2007 | 75,369 ha | +41.6% |
| 2008 | 43,160 ha | -42.7% |
| 2009 | 149,200 ha | +245.7% |
| 2010 | 54,570 ha | -63.4% |
| 2011 | 108,287 ha | +98.4% |
| 2012 | 109,816 ha | +1.4% |
| 2013 | 107,189 ha | -2.4% |
| 2014 | 100,764 ha | -6.0% |
| 2015 | 85,599 ha | -15.1% |
| 2016 | 68,507 ha | -20.0% |
| 2017 | 42,629 ha | -37.8% |
| 2018 | 51,968 ha | +21.9% |
| 2019 | 42,177 ha | -18.8% |
| 2020 | 60,000 ha | +42.3% |
| 2021 | 70,000 ha | +16.7% |
| 2022 | 60,000 ha | -14.3% |
| 2023 | 60,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 86,500 ha | +44.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 27,444 ha | 8,000 ha | 38,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 57,098 ha | 28,500 ha | 91,302 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 49,298 ha | 39,500 ha | 64,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 56,682 ha | 43,965 ha | 99,400 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 57,208 ha | 26,890 ha | 149,200 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 77,151 ha | 42,177 ha | 109,816 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 67,300 ha | 60,000 ha | 86,500 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near United Republic of Tanzania
- 5 China, mainland 23.59 million ha compare
- 5 Syrian Arab Republic 1.28 million ha compare
- 6 Republic of Moldova 368,254 ha compare
- 6 Australia and New Zealand 13.11 million ha compare
- 7 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 203,162 ha compare
- 7 Kazakhstan 13.07 million ha compare
- 8 Australia 13.06 million ha compare
- 9 Canada 10.65 million ha compare
- 9 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 75,001 ha compare
- 10 Pakistan 9.73 million ha compare
- 11 Argentina 6.34 million ha compare
- 11 Democratic Republic of the Congo 8,000 ha compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is wheat — area harvested in United Republic of Tanzania?
- Wheat — area harvested in United Republic of Tanzania was 86,500 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest wheat — area harvested recorded in United Republic of Tanzania?
- The highest recorded value was 149,200 ha in 2009.
- What is the lowest wheat — area harvested recorded in United Republic of Tanzania?
- The lowest recorded value was 8,000 ha in 1961.
- How does United Republic of Tanzania rank for wheat — area harvested?
- United Republic of Tanzania ranks 8th out of 14 countries with data for 2024.
- Is wheat — area harvested rising or falling in United Republic of Tanzania?
- Over the last ten years it is down 14.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this United Republic of Tanzania data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Wheat — 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.