Cereals, primary — Area harvested in Eswatini
Eswatini: Cereals, primary — Area harvested was 71,758 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Cereals, primary — Area harvested in Eswatini, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Eswatini recorded 71,758 ha for cereals, primary — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of down 19.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereals, primary — area harvested in Eswatini peaked at 112,262 ha in 1970 and was at its lowest, 29,045 ha, in 2016.
That places Eswatini 133rd out of 178 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.
Cereals, primary — Area harvested in Eswatini, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 106,902 ha | — |
| 1962 | 104,139 ha | -2.6% |
| 1963 | 84,012 ha | -19.3% |
| 1964 | 83,290 ha | -0.9% |
| 1965 | 83,507 ha | +0.3% |
| 1966 | 97,312 ha | +16.5% |
| 1967 | 103,299 ha | +6.2% |
| 1968 | 107,470 ha | +4.0% |
| 1969 | 110,564 ha | +2.9% |
| 1970 | 112,262 ha | +1.5% |
| 1971 | 71,851 ha | -36.0% |
| 1972 | 74,080 ha | +3.1% |
| 1973 | 82,959 ha | +12.0% |
| 1974 | 80,018 ha | -3.5% |
| 1975 | 71,254 ha | -11.0% |
| 1976 | 72,110 ha | +1.2% |
| 1977 | 57,209 ha | -20.7% |
| 1978 | 57,209 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 75,732 ha | +32.4% |
| 1980 | 75,733 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 58,822 ha | -22.3% |
| 1982 | 62,007 ha | +5.4% |
| 1983 | 46,126 ha | -25.6% |
| 1984 | 85,606 ha | +85.6% |
| 1985 | 87,228 ha | +1.9% |
| 1986 | 72,740 ha | -16.6% |
| 1987 | 80,845 ha | +11.1% |
| 1988 | 106,843 ha | +32.2% |
| 1989 | 94,572 ha | -11.5% |
| 1990 | 85,651 ha | -9.4% |
| 1991 | 60,053 ha | -29.9% |
| 1992 | 61,510 ha | +2.4% |
| 1993 | 61,944 ha | +0.7% |
| 1994 | 67,516 ha | +9.0% |
| 1995 | 70,091 ha | +3.8% |
| 1996 | 68,653 ha | -2.1% |
| 1997 | 73,022 ha | +6.4% |
| 1998 | 62,801 ha | -14.0% |
| 1999 | 76,550 ha | +21.9% |
| 2000 | 69,743 ha | -8.9% |
| 2001 | 59,040 ha | -15.3% |
| 2002 | 69,071 ha | +17.0% |
| 2003 | 68,881 ha | -0.3% |
| 2004 | 55,664 ha | -19.2% |
| 2005 | 57,597 ha | +3.5% |
| 2006 | 48,131 ha | -16.4% |
| 2007 | 48,518 ha | +0.8% |
| 2008 | 61,320 ha | +26.4% |
| 2009 | 59,312 ha | -3.3% |
| 2010 | 71,689 ha | +20.9% |
| 2011 | 57,596 ha | -19.7% |
| 2012 | 62,957 ha | +9.3% |
| 2013 | 88,796 ha | +41.0% |
| 2014 | 89,239 ha | +0.5% |
| 2015 | 67,150 ha | -24.8% |
| 2016 | 29,045 ha | -56.7% |
| 2017 | 69,845 ha | +140.5% |
| 2018 | 90,939 ha | +30.2% |
| 2019 | 76,199 ha | -16.2% |
| 2020 | 69,732 ha | -8.5% |
| 2021 | 71,740 ha | +2.9% |
| 2022 | 81,741 ha | +13.9% |
| 2023 | 71,749 ha | -12.2% |
| 2024 | 71,758 ha | +0.0% |
Eswatini compared with similar countries
- Eswatini's 71,758 ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 777,524 ha, 9% of the median. (40 countries reporting)
- Eswatini's 71,758 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 1.26 million ha, 6% of the median. (42 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cereals, primary — Area harvested in Eswatini changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | +140.5% | 29,045 ha | 69,845 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 97,833 ha | 83,290 ha | 110,564 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 75,468 ha | 57,209 ha | 112,262 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 77,052 ha | 46,126 ha | 106,843 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 68,779 ha | 60,053 ha | 85,651 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 59,728 ha | 48,131 ha | 69,743 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 70,346 ha | 29,045 ha | 90,939 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 73,344 ha | 69,732 ha | 81,741 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Eswatini
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 5.08 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0641 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 263.26 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.4281 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.7328 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 6.4% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 6.4% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 6.2% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.9% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cereals, primary — area harvested in Eswatini?
- Cereals, primary — area harvested in Eswatini was 71,758 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cereals, primary — area harvested recorded in Eswatini?
- The highest recorded value was 112,262 ha in 1970.
- What is the lowest cereals, primary — area harvested recorded in Eswatini?
- The lowest recorded value was 29,045 ha in 2016.
- How does Eswatini rank for cereals, primary — area harvested?
- Eswatini ranks 133rd out of 178 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cereals, primary — area harvested rising or falling in Eswatini?
- Over the last ten years it is down 19.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Eswatini data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Cereals, primary — 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.