Cereals excluding rice — Production in Eastern Africa

Eastern Africa: Cereals excluding rice — Production was 54.45 million t in 2023. ◆ Volatile

Latest (2023)
54.45 million t
Change on year
up 0.3%
Rank
18th
of 29 groups
All-time high
54.72 million t
in 2021
All-time low
10.33 million t
in 1961
Years of data
63
1961–2023

Cereals excluding rice — Production in Eastern Africa, 1961–2023

10.0M20.0M30.0M40.0M50.0M196119922023

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.

Analysis

Eastern Africa recorded 54.45 million t for cereals excluding rice — production in 2023.

The figure is up 0.3% on the previous year and up 23.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, cereals excluding rice — production in Eastern Africa peaked at 54.72 million t in 2021 and was at its lowest, 10.33 million t, in 1961.

Eastern Africa ranks 18th 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.

Cereals excluding rice — Production in Eastern Africa, year by year

Annual values for Cereals excluding rice — Production in Eastern Africa, 1961 to 2023.
Year t Change
1961 10.33 million t —
1962 10.57 million t +2.3%
1963 10.58 million t +0.1%
1964 10.85 million t +2.5%
1965 11.38 million t +4.9%
1966 11.78 million t +3.5%
1967 13.15 million t +11.7%
1968 12.42 million t -5.5%
1969 13.74 million t +10.6%
1970 12.73 million t -7.4%
1971 14.26 million t +12.0%
1972 15.44 million t +8.3%
1973 13.47 million t -12.7%
1974 14.68 million t +8.9%
1975 15.28 million t +4.1%
1976 17.38 million t +13.7%
1977 17.07 million t -1.8%
1978 16.11 million t -5.6%
1979 15.89 million t -1.4%
1980 16.54 million t +4.1%
1981 17.51 million t +5.8%
1982 17.02 million t -2.8%
1983 17.04 million t +0.1%
1984 15.31 million t -10.1%
1985 18.43 million t +20.4%
1986 19.21 million t +4.2%
1987 17.71 million t -7.8%
1988 21.17 million t +19.5%
1989 21.17 million t -0.0%
1990 19.37 million t -8.5%
1991 18.01 million t -7.0%
1992 14.43 million t -19.9%
1993 19.51 million t +35.2%
1994 18.38 million t -5.8%
1995 20.17 million t +9.7%
1996 23.92 million t +18.6%
1997 21.34 million t -10.8%
1998 21.25 million t -0.4%
1999 23.14 million t +8.9%
2000 21.89 million t -5.4%
2001 24.22 million t +10.6%
2002 23.62 million t -2.4%
2003 23.73 million t +0.4%
2004 27.39 million t +15.4%
2005 26.40 million t -3.6%
2006 31.12 million t +17.9%
2007 31.53 million t +1.3%
2008 30.91 million t -2.0%
2009 33.78 million t +9.3%
2010 40.38 million t +19.5%
2011 41.31 million t +2.3%
2012 44.23 million t +7.1%
2013 44.28 million t +0.1%
2014 48.41 million t +9.3%
2015 46.11 million t -4.7%
2016 45.57 million t -1.2%
2017 50.91 million t +11.7%
2018 49.88 million t -2.0%
2019 48.86 million t -2.1%
2020 53.50 million t +9.5%
2021 54.72 million t +2.3%
2022 54.30 million t -0.8%
2023 54.45 million t +0.3%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 11.64 million t 10.33 million t 13.74 million t 9
1970s 15.23 million t 12.73 million t 17.38 million t 10
1980s 18.11 million t 15.31 million t 21.17 million t 10
1990s 19.95 million t 14.43 million t 23.92 million t 10
2000s 27.46 million t 21.89 million t 33.78 million t 10
2010s 45.99 million t 40.38 million t 50.91 million t 10
2020s 54.25 million t 53.50 million t 54.72 million t 4

Countries ranked near Eastern Africa

  1. 15 Lao People's Democratic Republic 450,000 t compare
  2. 15 Mexico 36.74 million t compare
  3. 16 Poland 28.80 million t compare
  4. 16 Timor-Leste 85,000 t compare
  5. 17 Ethiopia 23.41 million t compare
  6. 17 Melanesia 23,761 t compare
  7. 18 Micronesia (Federated States of) 107.83 t compare
  8. 18 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 21.96 million t compare
  9. 18 Micronesia 107.83 t compare
  10. 19 Romania 20.57 million t compare
  11. 20 Indonesia 19.99 million t compare
  12. 21 Yugoslav SFR 19.22 million t compare

See the full ranking of 222 places →

More climate change data for Eastern Africa

All data for Eastern Africa →

Frequently asked questions

What is cereals excluding rice — production in Eastern Africa?
Cereals excluding rice — production in Eastern Africa was 54.45 million t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest cereals excluding rice — production recorded in Eastern Africa?
The highest recorded value was 54.72 million t in 2021.
What is the lowest cereals excluding rice — production recorded in Eastern Africa?
The lowest recorded value was 10.33 million t in 1961.
How does Eastern Africa rank for cereals excluding rice — production?
Eastern Africa ranks 18th out of 29 groups with data for 2023.
Is cereals excluding rice — production rising or falling in Eastern Africa?
Over the last ten years it is up 23.0%. 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 Cereals excluding rice — Production. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 63 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO).

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Cereals excluding rice — Production in Eastern Africa. Statizoid, drawing on Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Retrieved 29 September 2026, from https://climate.statizoid.com/stat/cereals-excluding-rice-production/eastern-africa/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://climate.statizoid.com/stat/cereals-excluding-rice-production/eastern-africa/">Cereals excluding rice — Production in Eastern Africa</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Cereals excluding rice — Production
Unit
t
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
222 places, 12,527 data points, 1961–2023
Last refreshed

The FAOSTAT domain on Emissions intensities contains analytical data on the intensity of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by agricultural commodity. This indicator is defined as greenhouse gas emissions per kg of product. Data are available for a set of agricultural commodities (e.g. rice and other cereals, meat, milk, eggs), by country, with global coverage.