Apples — Area harvested in South Africa
South Africa: Apples — Area harvested was 31,099 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Apples — Area harvested in South Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for apples — area harvested in South Africa is 31,099 ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 9.4% on the previous year and up 49.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, apples — area harvested in South Africa peaked at 31,099 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 7,000 ha, in 1961.
South Africa ranks 25th of 96 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Apples — Area harvested in South Africa, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 7,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 8,000 ha | +14.3% |
| 1963 | 8,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 10,000 ha | +25.0% |
| 1965 | 10,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 12,000 ha | +20.0% |
| 1967 | 12,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 15,000 ha | +25.0% |
| 1969 | 15,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 15,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 17,000 ha | +13.3% |
| 1972 | 18,000 ha | +5.9% |
| 1973 | 18,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 18,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 19,000 ha | +5.6% |
| 1976 | 19,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 19,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 20,000 ha | +5.3% |
| 1979 | 20,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 21,000 ha | +5.0% |
| 1981 | 21,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 21,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 20,000 ha | -4.8% |
| 1984 | 21,000 ha | +5.0% |
| 1985 | 20,000 ha | -4.8% |
| 1986 | 20,900 ha | +4.5% |
| 1987 | 20,000 ha | -4.3% |
| 1988 | 21,100 ha | +5.5% |
| 1989 | 21,300 ha | +0.9% |
| 1990 | 20,500 ha | -3.8% |
| 1991 | 21,200 ha | +3.4% |
| 1992 | 21,700 ha | +2.4% |
| 1993 | 23,800 ha | +9.7% |
| 1994 | 22,500 ha | -5.5% |
| 1995 | 21,000 ha | -6.7% |
| 1996 | 23,000 ha | +9.5% |
| 1997 | 21,000 ha | -8.7% |
| 1998 | 22,000 ha | +4.8% |
| 1999 | 24,000 ha | +9.1% |
| 2000 | 21,522 ha | -10.3% |
| 2001 | 21,476 ha | -0.2% |
| 2002 | 21,204 ha | -1.3% |
| 2003 | 27,126 ha | +27.9% |
| 2004 | 24,845 ha | -8.4% |
| 2005 | 21,326 ha | -14.2% |
| 2006 | 20,633 ha | -3.2% |
| 2007 | 22,000 ha | +6.6% |
| 2008 | 23,000 ha | +4.5% |
| 2009 | 21,000 ha | -8.7% |
| 2010 | 20,449 ha | -2.6% |
| 2011 | 21,919 ha | +7.2% |
| 2012 | 22,900 ha | +4.5% |
| 2013 | 24,819 ha | +8.4% |
| 2014 | 20,829 ha | -16.1% |
| 2015 | 24,626 ha | +18.2% |
| 2016 | 23,757 ha | -3.5% |
| 2017 | 23,727 ha | -0.1% |
| 2018 | 20,870 ha | -12.0% |
| 2019 | 22,164 ha | +6.2% |
| 2020 | 24,429 ha | +10.2% |
| 2021 | 27,612 ha | +13.0% |
| 2022 | 29,542 ha | +7.0% |
| 2023 | 28,416 ha | -3.8% |
| 2024 | 31,099 ha | +9.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 10,778 ha | 7,000 ha | 15,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 18,300 ha | 15,000 ha | 20,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 20,730 ha | 20,000 ha | 21,300 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 22,070 ha | 20,500 ha | 24,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 22,413 ha | 20,633 ha | 27,126 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 22,606 ha | 20,449 ha | 24,819 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 28,220 ha | 24,429 ha | 31,099 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near South Africa
- 22 Brazil 33,054 ha compare
- 23 Afghanistan 32,280 ha compare
- 24 Algeria 31,875 ha compare
- 26 Czechoslovakia 30,842 ha compare
- 27 Serbia and Montenegro 30,025 ha compare
- 28 Kazakhstan 28,678 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for South Africa
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 7.11 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0283 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 186.56 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.812 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3618 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 2.83 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 2.83 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 2.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.0% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is apples — area harvested in South Africa?
- Apples — area harvested in South Africa was 31,099 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest apples — area harvested recorded in South Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 31,099 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest apples — area harvested recorded in South Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 7,000 ha in 1961.
- How does South Africa rank for apples — area harvested?
- South Africa ranks 25th out of 96 countries with data for 2024.
- Is apples — area harvested rising or falling in South Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 49.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this South Africa data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Apples — 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.