Country area — Area in Eastern Africa
Eastern Africa: Country area — Area was 705,273 1000 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Country area — Area in Eastern Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
Eastern Africa recorded 705,273 1000 ha for country area — area in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.1% on the previous year and up 0.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, country area — area in Eastern Africa peaked at 705,273 1000 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 636,166 1000 ha, in 1961.
Eastern Africa ranks 19th of 36 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 636,166 1000 ha | 636,166 1000 ha | 636,166 1000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 636,166 1000 ha | 636,166 1000 ha | 636,166 1000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 636,166 1000 ha | 636,166 1000 ha | 636,166 1000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 636,166 1000 ha | 636,166 1000 ha | 636,166 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 637,939 1000 ha | 636,166 1000 ha | 639,121 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 690,892 1000 ha | 639,122 1000 ha | 703,832 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 704,904 1000 ha | 704,811 1000 ha | 705,273 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Eastern Africa
More environment data for Eastern Africa
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per value of agricultural production 1.47 g/Int$ (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Use per capita 2.85 kg/cap (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Use per area of cropland 13.08 kg/ha (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per area of cropland 1.6 kg/ha (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per capita 0.35 kg/cap (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Export quantity 66,446 t (2024)
- Land area — Area 684,012 1000 ha (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Import quantity 1.60 million t (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Use per value of agricultural production 12.06 g/Int$ (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Agricultural Use 1.42 million t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is country area — area in Eastern Africa?
- Country area — area in Eastern Africa was 705,273 1000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest country area — area recorded in Eastern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 705,273 1000 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest country area — area recorded in Eastern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 636,166 1000 ha in 1961.
- How does Eastern Africa rank for country area — area?
- Eastern Africa ranks 19th out of 36 groups with data for 2024.
- Is country area — area rising or falling in Eastern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.2%. 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 Country area — Area. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The FAOSTAT Land Use domain contains data on twenty-one land use categories and twenty-three categories of irrigation and agricultural practices. Data are available yearly and by country, regional and global levels. The domain includes Land Use Indicators providing information on the percentage share of agricultural and forest land, and their sub-components, including irrigated areas and areas under organic agriculture, within a country land use matrix. Data are available at country, regional and global level, for the following elements: (in percentage) i) Share in Land area; ii) Share in Agricultural land, iii) Share in Cropland; and iv) Share in Forest land; (in ha/pc) v) Area per capita.