Bees — Stocks in Southern Africa
Southern Africa: Bees — Stocks was 72,470 No in 2024. ▲ Rising
Bees — Stocks in Southern Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in No.
Analysis
The most recent figure for bees — stocks in Southern Africa is 72,470 No, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.5% on the previous year and up 6.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bees — stocks in Southern Africa peaked at 72,470 No in 2024 and was at its lowest, 45,000 No, in 1961.
That places Southern Africa 27th out of 27 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Bees — Stocks in Southern Africa, year by year
| Year | No | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 45,000 No | — |
| 1962 | 46,000 No | +2.2% |
| 1963 | 46,000 No | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 48,000 No | +4.3% |
| 1965 | 48,000 No | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 48,000 No | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 50,000 No | +4.2% |
| 1968 | 50,000 No | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 50,000 No | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 51,000 No | +2.0% |
| 1971 | 51,250 No | +0.5% |
| 1972 | 51,000 No | -0.5% |
| 1973 | 51,000 No | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 51,000 No | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 51,000 No | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 51,000 No | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 52,000 No | +2.0% |
| 1978 | 52,000 No | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 52,000 No | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 52,000 No | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 52,000 No | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 52,000 No | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 52,000 No | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 52,000 No | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 52,000 No | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 52,000 No | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 52,000 No | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 52,000 No | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 52,000 No | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 52,000 No | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 52,000 No | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 52,000 No | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 52,000 No | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 52,000 No | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 52,000 No | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 52,000 No | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 52,000 No | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 52,000 No | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 52,000 No | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 52,000 No | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 52,000 No | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 52,000 No | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 52,000 No | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 52,000 No | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 60,000 No | +15.4% |
| 2006 | 60,000 No | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 60,000 No | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 60,000 No | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 65,000 No | +8.3% |
| 2010 | 65,000 No | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 67,000 No | +3.1% |
| 2012 | 67,000 No | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 68,000 No | +1.5% |
| 2014 | 68,000 No | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 68,850 No | +1.2% |
| 2016 | 69,762 No | +1.3% |
| 2017 | 70,230 No | +0.7% |
| 2018 | 70,407 No | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 70,515 No | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 70,643 No | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 71,529 No | +1.3% |
| 2022 | 71,769 No | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 72,119 No | +0.5% |
| 2024 | 72,470 No | +0.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 47,889 No | 45,000 No | 50,000 No | 9 |
| 1970s | 51,325 No | 51,000 No | 52,000 No | 10 |
| 1980s | 52,000 No | 52,000 No | 52,000 No | 10 |
| 1990s | 52,000 No | 52,000 No | 52,000 No | 10 |
| 2000s | 56,500 No | 52,000 No | 65,000 No | 10 |
| 2010s | 68,476 No | 65,000 No | 70,515 No | 10 |
| 2020s | 71,706 No | 70,643 No | 72,470 No | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is bees — stocks in Southern Africa?
- Bees — stocks in Southern Africa was 72,470 No in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest bees — stocks recorded in Southern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 72,470 No in 2024.
- What is the lowest bees — stocks recorded in Southern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 45,000 No in 1961.
- How does Southern Africa rank for bees — stocks?
- Southern Africa ranks 27th out of 27 groups with data for 2024.
- Is bees — stocks rising or falling in Southern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Southern Africa data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Bees — Stocks. 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.