Apricots — Area harvested in Southern Africa
Southern Africa: Apricots — Area harvested was 2,952 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Apricots — Area harvested in Southern Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Southern Africa recorded 2,952 ha for apricots — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is down 0.4% on the previous year and down 25.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, apricots — area harvested in Southern Africa peaked at 7,182 ha in 2003 and was at its lowest, 2,553 ha, in 2020.
Southern Africa ranks 19th of 24 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Apricots — Area harvested in Southern Africa, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,800 ha | — |
| 1962 | 3,000 ha | +7.1% |
| 1963 | 3,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 3,400 ha | +13.3% |
| 1965 | 3,000 ha | -11.8% |
| 1966 | 2,800 ha | -6.7% |
| 1967 | 2,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 3,000 ha | +7.1% |
| 1969 | 2,700 ha | -10.0% |
| 1970 | 2,900 ha | +7.4% |
| 1971 | 2,900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 2,900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 2,900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 3,500 ha | +20.7% |
| 1975 | 3,000 ha | -14.3% |
| 1976 | 4,000 ha | +33.3% |
| 1977 | 3,500 ha | -12.5% |
| 1978 | 4,000 ha | +14.3% |
| 1979 | 4,500 ha | +12.5% |
| 1980 | 4,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 4,700 ha | +4.4% |
| 1982 | 3,600 ha | -23.4% |
| 1983 | 4,000 ha | +11.1% |
| 1984 | 4,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 3,300 ha | -17.5% |
| 1986 | 5,000 ha | +51.5% |
| 1987 | 5,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 5,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 5,200 ha | +4.0% |
| 1990 | 4,200 ha | -19.2% |
| 1991 | 4,800 ha | +14.3% |
| 1992 | 4,239 ha | -11.7% |
| 1993 | 4,069 ha | -4.0% |
| 1994 | 4,247 ha | +4.4% |
| 1995 | 5,500 ha | +29.5% |
| 1996 | 5,200 ha | -5.5% |
| 1997 | 5,800 ha | +11.5% |
| 1998 | 5,422 ha | -6.5% |
| 1999 | 4,964 ha | -8.4% |
| 2000 | 5,357 ha | +7.9% |
| 2001 | 6,000 ha | +12.0% |
| 2002 | 4,199 ha | -30.0% |
| 2003 | 7,182 ha | +71.0% |
| 2004 | 7,000 ha | -2.5% |
| 2005 | 4,533 ha | -35.2% |
| 2006 | 7,000 ha | +54.4% |
| 2007 | 5,500 ha | -21.4% |
| 2008 | 6,100 ha | +10.9% |
| 2009 | 5,000 ha | -18.0% |
| 2010 | 4,870 ha | -2.6% |
| 2011 | 6,301 ha | +29.4% |
| 2012 | 5,650 ha | -10.3% |
| 2013 | 4,517 ha | -20.1% |
| 2014 | 3,966 ha | -12.2% |
| 2015 | 5,517 ha | +39.1% |
| 2016 | 2,954 ha | -46.5% |
| 2017 | 3,486 ha | +18.0% |
| 2018 | 3,039 ha | -12.8% |
| 2019 | 3,944 ha | +29.8% |
| 2020 | 2,553 ha | -35.3% |
| 2021 | 4,678 ha | +83.2% |
| 2022 | 3,463 ha | -26.0% |
| 2023 | 2,965 ha | -14.4% |
| 2024 | 2,952 ha | -0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,944 ha | 2,700 ha | 3,400 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,410 ha | 2,900 ha | 4,500 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 4,430 ha | 3,300 ha | 5,200 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 4,844 ha | 4,069 ha | 5,800 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 5,787 ha | 4,199 ha | 7,182 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 4,424 ha | 2,954 ha | 6,301 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,322 ha | 2,553 ha | 4,678 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is apricots — area harvested in Southern Africa?
- Apricots — area harvested in Southern Africa was 2,952 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest apricots — area harvested recorded in Southern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 7,182 ha in 2003.
- What is the lowest apricots — area harvested recorded in Southern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,553 ha in 2020.
- How does Southern Africa rank for apricots — area harvested?
- Southern Africa ranks 19th out of 24 groups with data for 2024.
- Is apricots — area harvested rising or falling in Southern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 25.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Southern Africa data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Apricots — 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.