Beans, dry — Area harvested in Southern Africa
Southern Africa: Beans, dry — Area harvested was 50,100 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Beans, dry — Area harvested in Southern Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for beans, dry — area harvested in Southern Africa is 50,100 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 13.7% on the previous year and down 34.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, beans, dry — area harvested in Southern Africa peaked at 143,289 ha in 1979 and was at its lowest, 39,218 ha, in 2016.
Southern Africa ranks 25th of 28 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Beans, dry — Area harvested in Southern Africa, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 80,121 ha | — |
| 1962 | 63,000 ha | -21.4% |
| 1963 | 69,643 ha | +10.5% |
| 1964 | 74,845 ha | +7.5% |
| 1965 | 73,200 ha | -2.2% |
| 1966 | 73,161 ha | -0.1% |
| 1967 | 86,842 ha | +18.7% |
| 1968 | 81,123 ha | -6.6% |
| 1969 | 75,449 ha | -7.0% |
| 1970 | 76,646 ha | +1.6% |
| 1971 | 77,432 ha | +1.0% |
| 1972 | 75,460 ha | -2.5% |
| 1973 | 85,989 ha | +14.0% |
| 1974 | 93,138 ha | +8.3% |
| 1975 | 136,745 ha | +46.8% |
| 1976 | 135,823 ha | -0.7% |
| 1977 | 109,758 ha | -19.2% |
| 1978 | 117,182 ha | +6.8% |
| 1979 | 143,289 ha | +22.3% |
| 1980 | 88,057 ha | -38.5% |
| 1981 | 82,142 ha | -6.7% |
| 1982 | 86,623 ha | +5.5% |
| 1983 | 85,139 ha | -1.7% |
| 1984 | 95,589 ha | +12.3% |
| 1985 | 75,338 ha | -21.2% |
| 1986 | 100,943 ha | +34.0% |
| 1987 | 103,878 ha | +2.9% |
| 1988 | 106,414 ha | +2.4% |
| 1989 | 103,491 ha | -2.7% |
| 1990 | 98,994 ha | -4.3% |
| 1991 | 88,522 ha | -10.6% |
| 1992 | 61,060 ha | -31.0% |
| 1993 | 54,988 ha | -9.9% |
| 1994 | 66,666 ha | +21.2% |
| 1995 | 67,225 ha | +0.8% |
| 1996 | 70,845 ha | +5.4% |
| 1997 | 64,885 ha | -8.4% |
| 1998 | 50,605 ha | -22.0% |
| 1999 | 80,940 ha | +59.9% |
| 2000 | 89,913 ha | +11.1% |
| 2001 | 94,128 ha | +4.7% |
| 2002 | 55,456 ha | -41.1% |
| 2003 | 65,034 ha | +17.3% |
| 2004 | 67,060 ha | +3.1% |
| 2005 | 60,638 ha | -9.6% |
| 2006 | 86,075 ha | +41.9% |
| 2007 | 76,751 ha | -10.8% |
| 2008 | 59,133 ha | -23.0% |
| 2009 | 55,153 ha | -6.7% |
| 2010 | 74,572 ha | +35.2% |
| 2011 | 62,860 ha | -15.7% |
| 2012 | 57,909 ha | -7.9% |
| 2013 | 65,480 ha | +13.1% |
| 2014 | 76,334 ha | +16.6% |
| 2015 | 83,154 ha | +8.9% |
| 2016 | 39,218 ha | -52.8% |
| 2017 | 67,943 ha | +73.2% |
| 2018 | 77,840 ha | +14.6% |
| 2019 | 63,146 ha | -18.9% |
| 2020 | 60,304 ha | -4.5% |
| 2021 | 89,051 ha | +47.7% |
| 2022 | 64,255 ha | -27.8% |
| 2023 | 58,074 ha | -9.6% |
| 2024 | 50,100 ha | -13.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 75,265 ha | 63,000 ha | 86,842 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 105,146 ha | 75,460 ha | 143,289 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 92,761 ha | 75,338 ha | 106,414 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 70,473 ha | 50,605 ha | 98,994 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 70,934 ha | 55,153 ha | 94,128 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 66,846 ha | 39,218 ha | 83,154 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 64,357 ha | 50,100 ha | 89,051 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is beans, dry — area harvested in Southern Africa?
- Beans, dry — area harvested in Southern Africa was 50,100 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest beans, dry — area harvested recorded in Southern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 143,289 ha in 1979.
- What is the lowest beans, dry — area harvested recorded in Southern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 39,218 ha in 2016.
- How does Southern Africa rank for beans, dry — area harvested?
- Southern Africa ranks 25th out of 28 groups with data for 2024.
- Is beans, dry — area harvested rising or falling in Southern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 34.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Southern 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.