Avocados — Area harvested in South Africa
South Africa: Avocados — Area harvested was 24,294 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Avocados — Area harvested in South Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, avocados — area harvested in South Africa stood at 24,294 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 13.8% on the previous year and up 21.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, avocados — area harvested in South Africa peaked at 25,340 ha in 2018 and was at its lowest, 1,000 ha, in 1961.
That places South Africa 13th out of 91 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Avocados — Area harvested in South Africa, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,200 ha | +20.0% |
| 1963 | 1,000 ha | -16.7% |
| 1964 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 1,300 ha | +30.0% |
| 1968 | 1,500 ha | +15.4% |
| 1969 | 2,000 ha | +33.3% |
| 1970 | 1,800 ha | -10.0% |
| 1971 | 2,000 ha | +11.1% |
| 1972 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 2,500 ha | +25.0% |
| 1974 | 2,800 ha | +12.0% |
| 1975 | 3,000 ha | +7.1% |
| 1976 | 3,300 ha | +10.0% |
| 1977 | 3,500 ha | +6.1% |
| 1978 | 3,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 4,000 ha | +14.3% |
| 1980 | 4,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 4,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 4,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 4,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 4,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 4,300 ha | +7.5% |
| 1986 | 5,300 ha | +23.3% |
| 1987 | 5,400 ha | +1.9% |
| 1988 | 5,400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 6,000 ha | +11.1% |
| 1990 | 6,010 ha | +0.2% |
| 1991 | 7,000 ha | +16.5% |
| 1992 | 5,600 ha | -20.0% |
| 1993 | 5,300 ha | -5.4% |
| 1994 | 9,000 ha | +69.8% |
| 1995 | 8,700 ha | -3.3% |
| 1996 | 7,000 ha | -19.5% |
| 1997 | 6,000 ha | -14.3% |
| 1998 | 10,790 ha | +79.8% |
| 1999 | 11,450 ha | +6.1% |
| 2000 | 12,380 ha | +8.1% |
| 2001 | 11,000 ha | -11.1% |
| 2002 | 12,950 ha | +17.7% |
| 2003 | 13,000 ha | +0.4% |
| 2004 | 12,750 ha | -1.9% |
| 2005 | 14,000 ha | +9.8% |
| 2006 | 12,500 ha | -10.7% |
| 2007 | 13,000 ha | +4.0% |
| 2008 | 16,000 ha | +23.1% |
| 2009 | 14,500 ha | -9.4% |
| 2010 | 15,000 ha | +3.4% |
| 2011 | 13,800 ha | -8.0% |
| 2012 | 16,500 ha | +19.6% |
| 2013 | 16,000 ha | -3.0% |
| 2014 | 20,000 ha | +25.0% |
| 2015 | 16,536 ha | -17.3% |
| 2016 | 17,540 ha | +6.1% |
| 2017 | 12,323 ha | -29.7% |
| 2018 | 25,340 ha | +105.6% |
| 2019 | 16,814 ha | -33.6% |
| 2020 | 16,916 ha | +0.6% |
| 2021 | 16,327 ha | -3.5% |
| 2022 | 20,226 ha | +23.9% |
| 2023 | 21,339 ha | +5.5% |
| 2024 | 24,294 ha | +13.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,222 ha | 1,000 ha | 2,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,840 ha | 1,800 ha | 4,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 4,640 ha | 4,000 ha | 6,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 7,685 ha | 5,300 ha | 11,450 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 13,208 ha | 11,000 ha | 16,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 16,985 ha | 12,323 ha | 25,340 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 19,820 ha | 16,327 ha | 24,294 ha | 5 |
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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 avocados — area harvested in South Africa?
- Avocados — area harvested in South Africa was 24,294 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest avocados — area harvested recorded in South Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 25,340 ha in 2018.
- What is the lowest avocados — area harvested recorded in South Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,000 ha in 1961.
- How does South Africa rank for avocados — area harvested?
- South Africa ranks 13th out of 91 countries with data for 2024.
- Is avocados — area harvested rising or falling in South Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 21.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this South Africa data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Avocados — 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.