Asparagus — Area harvested in Southern Africa
Southern Africa: Asparagus — Area harvested was 197 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Asparagus — Area harvested in Southern Africa, 1991–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Southern Africa recorded 197 ha for asparagus — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of up 4.2% on the previous year and up 146.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, asparagus — area harvested in Southern Africa peaked at 1,400 ha in 1997 and was at its lowest, 50 ha, in 2021.
That places Southern Africa 21st out of 24 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Asparagus — Area harvested in Southern Africa, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 1,250 ha | — |
| 1992 | 950 ha | -24.0% |
| 1993 | 1,200 ha | +26.3% |
| 1994 | 1,300 ha | +8.3% |
| 1995 | 1,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 1,100 ha | -15.4% |
| 1997 | 1,400 ha | +27.3% |
| 1998 | 1,150 ha | -17.9% |
| 1999 | 1,300 ha | +13.0% |
| 2000 | 1,400 ha | +7.7% |
| 2001 | 800 ha | -42.9% |
| 2002 | 700 ha | -12.5% |
| 2003 | 600 ha | -14.3% |
| 2004 | 600 ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 450 ha | -25.0% |
| 2006 | 250 ha | -44.4% |
| 2007 | 200 ha | -20.0% |
| 2008 | 170 ha | -15.0% |
| 2009 | 140 ha | -17.6% |
| 2010 | 120 ha | -14.3% |
| 2011 | 120 ha | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 110 ha | -8.3% |
| 2013 | 110 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 80 ha | -27.3% |
| 2015 | 60 ha | -25.0% |
| 2016 | 60 ha | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 80 ha | +33.3% |
| 2018 | 80 ha | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 80 ha | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 60 ha | -25.0% |
| 2021 | 50 ha | -16.7% |
| 2022 | 69 ha | +38.0% |
| 2023 | 189 ha | +173.9% |
| 2024 | 197 ha | +4.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1,217 ha | 950 ha | 1,400 ha | 9 |
| 2000s | 531 ha | 140 ha | 1,400 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 90 ha | 60 ha | 120 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 113 ha | 50 ha | 197 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is asparagus — area harvested in Southern Africa?
- Asparagus — area harvested in Southern Africa was 197 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest asparagus — area harvested recorded in Southern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 1,400 ha in 1997.
- What is the lowest asparagus — area harvested recorded in Southern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 50 ha in 2021.
- How does Southern Africa rank for asparagus — area harvested?
- Southern Africa ranks 21st out of 24 groups with data for 2024.
- Is asparagus — area harvested rising or falling in Southern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 146.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Southern Africa data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Asparagus — 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.