Carrots and turnips — Area harvested in South Africa
South Africa: Carrots and turnips — Area harvested was 7,647 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Carrots and turnips — Area harvested in South Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, carrots and turnips — area harvested in South Africa stood at 7,647 ha.
The figure is up 5.8% on the previous year and up 19.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, carrots and turnips — area harvested in South Africa peaked at 7,961 ha in 2019 and was at its lowest, 1,400 ha, in 1961.
That places South Africa 35th out of 133 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Carrots and turnips — Area harvested in South Africa, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,400 ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 1,400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 1,400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 1,400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 1,400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 1,500 ha | +7.1% |
| 1968 | 2,000 ha | +33.3% |
| 1969 | 2,500 ha | +25.0% |
| 1970 | 2,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 3,000 ha | +20.0% |
| 1972 | 3,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 3,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 3,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 3,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 3,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 3,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 3,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 3,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 3,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 3,400 ha | +13.3% |
| 1982 | 3,400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 2,600 ha | -23.5% |
| 1984 | 3,000 ha | +15.4% |
| 1985 | 3,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 3,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 3,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 3,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 3,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 3,142 ha | +4.7% |
| 1991 | 3,183 ha | +1.3% |
| 1992 | 3,200 ha | +0.5% |
| 1993 | 3,422 ha | +6.9% |
| 1994 | 3,300 ha | -3.6% |
| 1995 | 5,000 ha | +51.5% |
| 1996 | 4,000 ha | -20.0% |
| 1997 | 3,945 ha | -1.4% |
| 1998 | 3,605 ha | -8.6% |
| 1999 | 3,699 ha | +2.6% |
| 2000 | 3,427 ha | -7.4% |
| 2001 | 3,563 ha | +4.0% |
| 2002 | 4,500 ha | +26.3% |
| 2003 | 4,711 ha | +4.7% |
| 2004 | 5,181 ha | +10.0% |
| 2005 | 4,515 ha | -12.9% |
| 2006 | 4,600 ha | +1.9% |
| 2007 | 5,300 ha | +15.2% |
| 2008 | 6,100 ha | +15.1% |
| 2009 | 5,300 ha | -13.1% |
| 2010 | 5,048 ha | -4.8% |
| 2011 | 5,800 ha | +14.9% |
| 2012 | 6,250 ha | +7.8% |
| 2013 | 6,300 ha | +0.8% |
| 2014 | 6,400 ha | +1.6% |
| 2015 | 7,408 ha | +15.8% |
| 2016 | 7,350 ha | -0.8% |
| 2017 | 7,491 ha | +1.9% |
| 2018 | 7,332 ha | -2.1% |
| 2019 | 7,961 ha | +8.6% |
| 2020 | 7,495 ha | -5.9% |
| 2021 | 7,899 ha | +5.4% |
| 2022 | 7,528 ha | -4.7% |
| 2023 | 7,228 ha | -4.0% |
| 2024 | 7,647 ha | +5.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,600 ha | 1,400 ha | 2,500 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,950 ha | 2,500 ha | 3,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,040 ha | 2,600 ha | 3,400 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 3,650 ha | 3,142 ha | 5,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 4,720 ha | 3,427 ha | 6,100 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 6,734 ha | 5,048 ha | 7,961 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 7,559 ha | 7,228 ha | 7,899 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)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.8% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.8% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 2.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.0% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is carrots and turnips — area harvested in South Africa?
- Carrots and turnips — area harvested in South Africa was 7,647 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest carrots and turnips — area harvested recorded in South Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 7,961 ha in 2019.
- What is the lowest carrots and turnips — area harvested recorded in South Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,400 ha in 1961.
- How does South Africa rank for carrots and turnips — area harvested?
- South Africa ranks 35th out of 133 countries with data for 2024.
- Is carrots and turnips — area harvested rising or falling in South Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 19.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this South Africa data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Carrots and turnips — 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.