Cauliflowers and broccoli — Area harvested in South Africa
South Africa: Cauliflowers and broccoli — Area harvested was 1,071 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Cauliflowers and broccoli — Area harvested in South Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for cauliflowers and broccoli — area harvested in South Africa is 1,071 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 15.7% on the previous year and up 36.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cauliflowers and broccoli — area harvested in South Africa peaked at 1,550 ha in 2009 and was at its lowest, 784 ha, in 2014.
That places South Africa 44th out of 97 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.
Cauliflowers and broccoli — Area harvested in South Africa, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 800 ha | — |
| 1962 | 800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 900 ha | +12.5% |
| 1964 | 900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 1,000 ha | +11.1% |
| 1967 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 1,300 ha | +30.0% |
| 1973 | 1,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 1,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 1,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 1,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 1,400 ha | +7.7% |
| 1978 | 1,500 ha | +7.1% |
| 1979 | 1,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 1,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 1,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 1,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 1,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 1,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 1,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 1,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 1,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 1,400 ha | -6.7% |
| 1989 | 1,500 ha | +7.1% |
| 1990 | 1,400 ha | -6.7% |
| 1991 | 1,400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 1,500 ha | +7.1% |
| 1993 | 1,300 ha | -13.3% |
| 1994 | 1,200 ha | -7.7% |
| 1995 | 1,345 ha | +12.1% |
| 1996 | 1,270 ha | -5.6% |
| 1997 | 1,100 ha | -13.4% |
| 1998 | 1,170 ha | +6.4% |
| 1999 | 1,000 ha | -14.5% |
| 2000 | 885 ha | -11.5% |
| 2001 | 858 ha | -3.1% |
| 2002 | 920 ha | +7.2% |
| 2003 | 968 ha | +5.2% |
| 2004 | 1,100 ha | +13.6% |
| 2005 | 1,074 ha | -2.4% |
| 2006 | 850 ha | -20.9% |
| 2007 | 980 ha | +15.3% |
| 2008 | 1,050 ha | +7.1% |
| 2009 | 1,550 ha | +47.6% |
| 2010 | 964 ha | -37.8% |
| 2011 | 1,001 ha | +3.8% |
| 2012 | 873 ha | -12.8% |
| 2013 | 944 ha | +8.1% |
| 2014 | 784 ha | -16.9% |
| 2015 | 960 ha | +22.4% |
| 2016 | 951 ha | -0.9% |
| 2017 | 1,009 ha | +6.1% |
| 2018 | 800 ha | -20.7% |
| 2019 | 993 ha | +24.1% |
| 2020 | 1,052 ha | +5.9% |
| 2021 | 1,107 ha | +5.2% |
| 2022 | 928 ha | -16.2% |
| 2023 | 926 ha | -0.2% |
| 2024 | 1,071 ha | +15.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 922.22 ha | 800 ha | 1,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,290 ha | 1,000 ha | 1,500 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,490 ha | 1,400 ha | 1,500 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,268 ha | 1,000 ha | 1,500 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,024 ha | 850 ha | 1,550 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 927.9 ha | 784 ha | 1,009 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,017 ha | 926 ha | 1,107 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 cauliflowers and broccoli — area harvested in South Africa?
- Cauliflowers and broccoli — area harvested in South Africa was 1,071 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cauliflowers and broccoli — area harvested recorded in South Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 1,550 ha in 2009.
- What is the lowest cauliflowers and broccoli — area harvested recorded in South Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 784 ha in 2014.
- How does South Africa rank for cauliflowers and broccoli — area harvested?
- South Africa ranks 44th out of 97 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cauliflowers and broccoli — area harvested rising or falling in South Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 36.6%. 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 Cauliflowers and broccoli — 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.