Cabbages — Area harvested in South Africa
South Africa: Cabbages — Area harvested was 3,536 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Cabbages — Area harvested in South Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, cabbages — area harvested in South Africa stood at 3,536 ha.
That represents a change of down 0.3% on the previous year and up 39.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cabbages — area harvested in South Africa peaked at 6,741 ha in 1993 and was at its lowest, 2,389 ha, in 2012.
That places South Africa 51st out of 148 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Cabbages — Area harvested in South Africa, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,500 ha | — |
| 1962 | 2,600 ha | +4.0% |
| 1963 | 2,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 2,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 2,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 2,800 ha | +7.7% |
| 1967 | 2,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 3,000 ha | +7.1% |
| 1969 | 3,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 3,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 3,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 3,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 3,300 ha | +10.0% |
| 1974 | 3,100 ha | -6.1% |
| 1975 | 3,500 ha | +12.9% |
| 1976 | 3,700 ha | +5.7% |
| 1977 | 3,800 ha | +2.7% |
| 1978 | 4,000 ha | +5.3% |
| 1979 | 4,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 5,000 ha | +25.0% |
| 1981 | 6,000 ha | +20.0% |
| 1982 | 6,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 6,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 6,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 6,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 6,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 6,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 6,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 6,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 6,417 ha | +7.0% |
| 1991 | 5,891 ha | -8.2% |
| 1992 | 6,500 ha | +10.3% |
| 1993 | 6,741 ha | +3.7% |
| 1994 | 6,400 ha | -5.1% |
| 1995 | 6,500 ha | +1.6% |
| 1996 | 6,000 ha | -7.7% |
| 1997 | 4,888 ha | -18.5% |
| 1998 | 3,960 ha | -19.0% |
| 1999 | 3,300 ha | -16.7% |
| 2000 | 3,100 ha | -6.1% |
| 2001 | 3,200 ha | +3.2% |
| 2002 | 2,936 ha | -8.2% |
| 2003 | 2,856 ha | -2.7% |
| 2004 | 2,888 ha | +1.1% |
| 2005 | 2,719 ha | -5.9% |
| 2006 | 2,500 ha | -8.1% |
| 2007 | 2,550 ha | +2.0% |
| 2008 | 2,700 ha | +5.9% |
| 2009 | 2,400 ha | -11.1% |
| 2010 | 2,650 ha | +10.4% |
| 2011 | 2,528 ha | -4.6% |
| 2012 | 2,389 ha | -5.5% |
| 2013 | 2,480 ha | +3.8% |
| 2014 | 2,528 ha | +1.9% |
| 2015 | 2,517 ha | -0.4% |
| 2016 | 2,591 ha | +2.9% |
| 2017 | 2,597 ha | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 2,753 ha | +6.0% |
| 2019 | 2,827 ha | +2.7% |
| 2020 | 2,786 ha | -1.5% |
| 2021 | 3,173 ha | +13.9% |
| 2022 | 3,183 ha | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 3,547 ha | +11.4% |
| 2024 | 3,536 ha | -0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,722 ha | 2,500 ha | 3,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,440 ha | 3,000 ha | 4,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 5,900 ha | 5,000 ha | 6,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 5,660 ha | 3,300 ha | 6,741 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,785 ha | 2,400 ha | 3,200 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,586 ha | 2,389 ha | 2,827 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,245 ha | 2,786 ha | 3,547 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near South Africa
- 48 Pakistan 4,485 ha compare
- 49 Belgium 4,150 ha compare
- 50 Turkmenistan 4,017 ha compare
- 52 Azerbaijan 3,450 ha compare
- 53 Ethiopia PDR 3,300 ha compare
- 54 Belgium-Luxembourg 3,231 ha compare
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 cabbages — area harvested in South Africa?
- Cabbages — area harvested in South Africa was 3,536 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cabbages — area harvested recorded in South Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 6,741 ha in 1993.
- What is the lowest cabbages — area harvested recorded in South Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,389 ha in 2012.
- How does South Africa rank for cabbages — area harvested?
- South Africa ranks 51st out of 148 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cabbages — area harvested rising or falling in South Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 39.9%. 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 Cabbages — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.