Carrots and turnips — Area harvested in Southern Africa
Southern Africa: Carrots and turnips — Area harvested was 7,890 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Carrots and turnips — Area harvested in Southern Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, carrots and turnips — area harvested in Southern Africa stood at 7,890 ha.
That represents a change of up 5.2% on the previous year and up 21.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, carrots and turnips — area harvested in Southern Africa peaked at 8,195 ha in 2019 and was at its lowest, 1,400 ha, in 1961.
That places Southern Africa 25th out of 28 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.
Carrots and turnips — Area harvested in Southern 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 | 3,447 ha | -6.8% |
| 2001 | 3,588 ha | +4.1% |
| 2002 | 4,529 ha | +26.2% |
| 2003 | 4,744 ha | +4.7% |
| 2004 | 5,219 ha | +10.0% |
| 2005 | 4,557 ha | -12.7% |
| 2006 | 4,645 ha | +1.9% |
| 2007 | 5,350 ha | +15.2% |
| 2008 | 6,155 ha | +15.0% |
| 2009 | 5,370 ha | -12.8% |
| 2010 | 5,123 ha | -4.6% |
| 2011 | 5,875 ha | +14.7% |
| 2012 | 6,318 ha | +7.5% |
| 2013 | 6,380 ha | +1.0% |
| 2014 | 6,488 ha | +1.7% |
| 2015 | 7,502 ha | +15.6% |
| 2016 | 7,437 ha | -0.9% |
| 2017 | 7,717 ha | +3.8% |
| 2018 | 7,557 ha | -2.1% |
| 2019 | 8,195 ha | +8.4% |
| 2020 | 7,685 ha | -6.2% |
| 2021 | 8,074 ha | +5.1% |
| 2022 | 7,706 ha | -4.6% |
| 2023 | 7,501 ha | -2.7% |
| 2024 | 7,890 ha | +5.2% |
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 | 4,760 ha | 3,447 ha | 6,155 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 6,859 ha | 5,123 ha | 8,195 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 7,771 ha | 7,501 ha | 8,074 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is carrots and turnips — area harvested in Southern Africa?
- Carrots and turnips — area harvested in Southern Africa was 7,890 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest carrots and turnips — area harvested recorded in Southern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 8,195 ha in 2019.
- What is the lowest carrots and turnips — area harvested recorded in Southern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,400 ha in 1961.
- How does Southern Africa rank for carrots and turnips — area harvested?
- Southern Africa ranks 25th out of 28 groups with data for 2024.
- Is carrots and turnips — area harvested rising or falling in Southern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 21.6%. 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 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.