Cabbages — Area harvested in Southern Africa
Southern Africa: Cabbages — Area harvested was 4,044 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Cabbages — 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 cabbages — area harvested in Southern Africa is 4,044 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 1.8% on the previous year and up 49.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cabbages — area harvested in Southern Africa peaked at 6,741 ha in 1993 and was at its lowest, 2,500 ha, in 1961.
Southern Africa ranks 27th 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.
Cabbages — Area harvested in Southern 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 | 3,130 ha | -5.2% |
| 2001 | 3,260 ha | +4.2% |
| 2002 | 3,026 ha | -7.2% |
| 2003 | 2,976 ha | -1.7% |
| 2004 | 3,038 ha | +2.1% |
| 2005 | 2,899 ha | -4.6% |
| 2006 | 2,710 ha | -6.5% |
| 2007 | 2,800 ha | +3.3% |
| 2008 | 2,910 ha | +3.9% |
| 2009 | 2,550 ha | -12.4% |
| 2010 | 2,835 ha | +11.2% |
| 2011 | 2,714 ha | -4.3% |
| 2012 | 2,559 ha | -5.7% |
| 2013 | 2,656 ha | +3.8% |
| 2014 | 2,714 ha | +2.2% |
| 2015 | 2,816 ha | +3.8% |
| 2016 | 2,876 ha | +2.1% |
| 2017 | 3,217 ha | +11.9% |
| 2018 | 3,410 ha | +6.0% |
| 2019 | 3,501 ha | +2.7% |
| 2020 | 3,351 ha | -4.3% |
| 2021 | 3,666 ha | +9.4% |
| 2022 | 3,662 ha | -0.1% |
| 2023 | 4,118 ha | +12.5% |
| 2024 | 4,044 ha | -1.8% |
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 | 2,930 ha | 2,550 ha | 3,260 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,930 ha | 2,559 ha | 3,501 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,768 ha | 3,351 ha | 4,118 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is cabbages — area harvested in Southern Africa?
- Cabbages — area harvested in Southern Africa was 4,044 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cabbages — area harvested recorded in Southern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 6,741 ha in 1993.
- What is the lowest cabbages — area harvested recorded in Southern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,500 ha in 1961.
- How does Southern Africa rank for cabbages — area harvested?
- Southern Africa ranks 27th out of 28 groups with data for 2024.
- Is cabbages — area harvested rising or falling in Southern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 49.0%. 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 Cabbages — 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.