Asparagus — Production in Southern Africa
Southern Africa: Asparagus — Production was 836 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Asparagus — Production in Southern Africa, 1986–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for asparagus — production in Southern Africa is 836 t, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 3.5% on the previous year and up 157.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, asparagus — production in Southern Africa peaked at 7,126 t in 1987 and was at its lowest, 235 t, in 2021.
Southern Africa ranks 21st of 24 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 6,254 t | 5,668 t | 7,126 t | 4 |
| 1990s | 5,118 t | 3,912 t | 6,181 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,366 t | 622 t | 6,360 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 384.4 t | 255 t | 544 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 486.4 t | 235 t | 836 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Southern Africa
More agriculture & rural data for Southern Africa
- Tomatoes — Production 528,091 t (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested 4,427 ha (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Producing 3.93 million An (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production 374,875 t (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight 95 kg/An (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 11,393 t (2024)
- Bananas — Area harvested 11,906 ha (2024)
- Bananas — Production 461,288 t (2024)
- Swine / pigs — Stocks 1.50 million An (2024)
- Tomatoes — Area harvested 9,790 ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is asparagus — production in Southern Africa?
- Asparagus — production in Southern Africa was 836 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest asparagus — production recorded in Southern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 7,126 t in 1987.
- What is the lowest asparagus — production recorded in Southern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 235 t in 2021.
- How does Southern Africa rank for asparagus — production?
- Southern Africa ranks 21st out of 24 groups with data for 2024.
- Is asparagus — production rising or falling in Southern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 157.2%. 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 — Production. 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.