Beans, dry — Area harvested in South Africa
South Africa: Beans, dry — Area harvested was 39,550 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Beans, dry — Area harvested in South Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
South Africa recorded 39,550 ha for beans, dry — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 7.9% on the previous year and down 29.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, beans, dry — area harvested in South Africa peaked at 132,000 ha in 1979 and was at its lowest, 34,400 ha, in 2016.
South Africa ranks 51st of 129 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Beans, dry — Area harvested in South Africa, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 73,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 56,000 ha | -23.3% |
| 1963 | 63,000 ha | +12.5% |
| 1964 | 65,000 ha | +3.2% |
| 1965 | 66,000 ha | +1.5% |
| 1966 | 65,000 ha | -1.5% |
| 1967 | 77,000 ha | +18.5% |
| 1968 | 70,000 ha | -9.1% |
| 1969 | 61,000 ha | -12.9% |
| 1970 | 58,000 ha | -4.9% |
| 1971 | 58,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 63,000 ha | +8.6% |
| 1973 | 70,000 ha | +11.1% |
| 1974 | 72,000 ha | +2.9% |
| 1975 | 107,000 ha | +48.6% |
| 1976 | 104,000 ha | -2.8% |
| 1977 | 93,000 ha | -10.6% |
| 1978 | 104,000 ha | +11.8% |
| 1979 | 132,000 ha | +26.9% |
| 1980 | 80,000 ha | -39.4% |
| 1981 | 73,000 ha | -8.8% |
| 1982 | 71,000 ha | -2.7% |
| 1983 | 79,000 ha | +11.3% |
| 1984 | 86,000 ha | +8.9% |
| 1985 | 67,000 ha | -22.1% |
| 1986 | 81,000 ha | +20.9% |
| 1987 | 87,000 ha | +7.4% |
| 1988 | 77,000 ha | -11.5% |
| 1989 | 80,000 ha | +3.9% |
| 1990 | 87,000 ha | +8.8% |
| 1991 | 78,277 ha | -10.0% |
| 1992 | 53,594 ha | -31.5% |
| 1993 | 46,888 ha | -12.5% |
| 1994 | 54,500 ha | +16.2% |
| 1995 | 59,052 ha | +8.4% |
| 1996 | 56,431 ha | -4.4% |
| 1997 | 47,000 ha | -16.7% |
| 1998 | 38,805 ha | -17.4% |
| 1999 | 64,800 ha | +67.0% |
| 2000 | 71,800 ha | +10.8% |
| 2001 | 77,950 ha | +8.6% |
| 2002 | 44,900 ha | -42.4% |
| 2003 | 51,010 ha | +13.6% |
| 2004 | 56,200 ha | +10.2% |
| 2005 | 49,300 ha | -12.3% |
| 2006 | 54,880 ha | +11.3% |
| 2007 | 50,725 ha | -7.6% |
| 2008 | 43,800 ha | -13.7% |
| 2009 | 43,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 44,100 ha | +0.7% |
| 2011 | 41,900 ha | -5.0% |
| 2012 | 39,750 ha | -5.1% |
| 2013 | 43,550 ha | +9.6% |
| 2014 | 55,820 ha | +28.2% |
| 2015 | 64,000 ha | +14.7% |
| 2016 | 34,400 ha | -46.2% |
| 2017 | 45,050 ha | +31.0% |
| 2018 | 53,360 ha | +18.4% |
| 2019 | 59,300 ha | +11.1% |
| 2020 | 50,150 ha | -15.4% |
| 2021 | 47,390 ha | -5.5% |
| 2022 | 42,900 ha | -9.5% |
| 2023 | 36,650 ha | -14.6% |
| 2024 | 39,550 ha | +7.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 66,222 ha | 56,000 ha | 77,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 86,100 ha | 58,000 ha | 132,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 78,100 ha | 67,000 ha | 87,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 58,635 ha | 38,805 ha | 87,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 54,436 ha | 43,800 ha | 77,950 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 48,123 ha | 34,400 ha | 64,000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 43,328 ha | 36,650 ha | 50,150 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 beans, dry — area harvested in South Africa?
- Beans, dry — area harvested in South Africa was 39,550 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest beans, dry — area harvested recorded in South Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 132,000 ha in 1979.
- What is the lowest beans, dry — area harvested recorded in South Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 34,400 ha in 2016.
- How does South Africa rank for beans, dry — area harvested?
- South Africa ranks 51st out of 129 countries with data for 2024.
- Is beans, dry — area harvested rising or falling in South Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 29.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this South Africa 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.