Beans, dry — Area harvested in Eswatini
Eswatini: Beans, dry — Area harvested was 1,514 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Beans, dry — Area harvested in Eswatini, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, beans, dry — area harvested in Eswatini stood at 1,514 ha.
That represents a change of down 36.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, beans, dry — area harvested in Eswatini peaked at 7,518 ha in 1990 and was at its lowest, 1,058 ha, in 1985.
Eswatini ranks 99th of 129 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Beans, dry — Area harvested in Eswatini, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,121 ha | — |
| 1962 | 2,000 ha | -5.7% |
| 1963 | 1,643 ha | -17.8% |
| 1964 | 1,845 ha | +12.3% |
| 1965 | 1,500 ha | -18.7% |
| 1966 | 1,861 ha | +24.1% |
| 1967 | 1,942 ha | +4.4% |
| 1968 | 1,800 ha | -7.3% |
| 1969 | 2,266 ha | +25.9% |
| 1970 | 2,300 ha | +1.5% |
| 1971 | 2,432 ha | +5.7% |
| 1972 | 2,460 ha | +1.2% |
| 1973 | 1,989 ha | -19.1% |
| 1974 | 1,438 ha | -27.7% |
| 1975 | 1,682 ha | +17.0% |
| 1976 | 2,167 ha | +28.8% |
| 1977 | 2,116 ha | -2.4% |
| 1978 | 2,116 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 1,138 ha | -46.2% |
| 1980 | 1,138 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 1,768 ha | +55.4% |
| 1982 | 2,071 ha | +17.1% |
| 1983 | 1,448 ha | -30.1% |
| 1984 | 1,387 ha | -4.2% |
| 1985 | 1,058 ha | -23.7% |
| 1986 | 3,000 ha | +183.6% |
| 1987 | 4,000 ha | +33.3% |
| 1988 | 6,091 ha | +52.3% |
| 1989 | 5,580 ha | -8.4% |
| 1990 | 7,518 ha | +34.7% |
| 1991 | 2,900 ha | -61.4% |
| 1992 | 3,000 ha | +3.4% |
| 1993 | 3,500 ha | +16.7% |
| 1994 | 3,800 ha | +8.6% |
| 1995 | 4,538 ha | +19.4% |
| 1996 | 4,400 ha | -3.0% |
| 1997 | 4,189 ha | -4.8% |
| 1998 | 4,300 ha | +2.6% |
| 1999 | 4,500 ha | +4.7% |
| 2000 | 4,680 ha | +4.0% |
| 2001 | 3,800 ha | -18.8% |
| 2002 | 3,300 ha | -13.2% |
| 2003 | 2,828 ha | -14.3% |
| 2004 | 2,250 ha | -20.4% |
| 2005 | 2,500 ha | +11.1% |
| 2006 | 3,385 ha | +35.4% |
| 2007 | 2,908 ha | -14.1% |
| 2008 | 3,050 ha | +4.9% |
| 2009 | 3,300 ha | +8.2% |
| 2010 | 3,500 ha | +6.1% |
| 2011 | 3,234 ha | -7.6% |
| 2012 | 3,000 ha | -7.2% |
| 2013 | 3,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 2,371 ha | -21.0% |
| 2015 | 1,776 ha | -25.1% |
| 2016 | 1,400 ha | -21.2% |
| 2017 | 1,500 ha | +7.1% |
| 2018 | 1,559 ha | +3.9% |
| 2019 | 1,486 ha | -4.7% |
| 2020 | 1,515 ha | +2.0% |
| 2021 | 1,520 ha | +0.3% |
| 2022 | 1,507 ha | -0.9% |
| 2023 | 1,514 ha | +0.5% |
| 2024 | 1,514 ha | +0.0% |
Eswatini compared with similar countries
- Eswatini's 1,514 ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 58,254 ha, 3% of the median. (30 countries reporting)
- Eswatini's 1,514 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 91,234 ha, 2% of the median. (28 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Beans, dry — Area harvested in Eswatini changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | +183.6% | 1,058 ha | 3,000 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,886 ha | 1,500 ha | 2,266 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,984 ha | 1,138 ha | 2,460 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,754 ha | 1,058 ha | 6,091 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 4,264 ha | 2,900 ha | 7,518 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,200 ha | 2,250 ha | 4,680 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,283 ha | 1,400 ha | 3,500 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,514 ha | 1,507 ha | 1,520 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Eswatini
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 5.08 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0641 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 263.26 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.4281 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.7328 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 6.4% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 6.4% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 6.2% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.9% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is beans, dry — area harvested in Eswatini?
- Beans, dry — area harvested in Eswatini was 1,514 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest beans, dry — area harvested recorded in Eswatini?
- The highest recorded value was 7,518 ha in 1990.
- What is the lowest beans, dry — area harvested recorded in Eswatini?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,058 ha in 1985.
- How does Eswatini rank for beans, dry — area harvested?
- Eswatini ranks 99th out of 129 countries with data for 2024.
- Is beans, dry — area harvested rising or falling in Eswatini?
- Over the last ten years it is down 36.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Eswatini data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Beans, dry — 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.