Avocados — Area harvested in Southern Africa
Southern Africa: Avocados — Area harvested was 24,442 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Avocados — Area harvested in Southern Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Southern Africa recorded 24,442 ha for avocados — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is up 13.8% on the previous year and up 21.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, avocados — area harvested in Southern Africa peaked at 25,486 ha in 2018 and was at its lowest, 1,000 ha, in 1961.
That places Southern Africa 17th out of 27 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Avocados — Area harvested in Southern 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 | 6,048 ha | -13.6% |
| 1998 | 10,835 ha | +79.2% |
| 1999 | 11,474 ha | +5.9% |
| 2000 | 12,431 ha | +8.3% |
| 2001 | 11,024 ha | -11.3% |
| 2002 | 12,986 ha | +17.8% |
| 2003 | 13,060 ha | +0.6% |
| 2004 | 12,806 ha | -1.9% |
| 2005 | 14,055 ha | +9.8% |
| 2006 | 12,580 ha | -10.5% |
| 2007 | 13,100 ha | +4.1% |
| 2008 | 16,123 ha | +23.1% |
| 2009 | 14,620 ha | -9.3% |
| 2010 | 15,125 ha | +3.5% |
| 2011 | 13,930 ha | -7.9% |
| 2012 | 16,630 ha | +19.4% |
| 2013 | 16,136 ha | -3.0% |
| 2014 | 20,137 ha | +24.8% |
| 2015 | 16,690 ha | -17.1% |
| 2016 | 17,682 ha | +5.9% |
| 2017 | 12,466 ha | -29.5% |
| 2018 | 25,486 ha | +104.4% |
| 2019 | 16,962 ha | -33.4% |
| 2020 | 17,065 ha | +0.6% |
| 2021 | 16,474 ha | -3.5% |
| 2022 | 20,374 ha | +23.7% |
| 2023 | 21,487 ha | +5.5% |
| 2024 | 24,442 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 | 7,697 ha | 5,300 ha | 11,474 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 13,278 ha | 11,024 ha | 16,123 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 17,124 ha | 12,466 ha | 25,486 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 19,968 ha | 16,474 ha | 24,442 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is avocados — area harvested in Southern Africa?
- Avocados — area harvested in Southern Africa was 24,442 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest avocados — area harvested recorded in Southern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 25,486 ha in 2018.
- What is the lowest avocados — area harvested recorded in Southern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,000 ha in 1961.
- How does Southern Africa rank for avocados — area harvested?
- Southern Africa ranks 17th out of 27 groups with data for 2024.
- Is avocados — area harvested rising or falling in Southern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 21.4%. 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 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.