Cherries — Area harvested in South Africa
South Africa: Cherries — Area harvested was 1,097 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Cherries — 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 cherries — area harvested in South Africa is 1,097 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.0% on the previous year and up 626.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cherries — area harvested in South Africa peaked at 1,108 ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 50 ha, in 1979.
South Africa ranks 39th of 71 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Cherries — Area harvested in South Africa, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 160 ha | — |
| 1962 | 160 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 140 ha | -12.5% |
| 1964 | 160 ha | +14.3% |
| 1965 | 190 ha | +18.8% |
| 1966 | 150 ha | -21.1% |
| 1967 | 150 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 150 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 200 ha | +33.3% |
| 1970 | 150 ha | -25.0% |
| 1971 | 150 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 170 ha | +13.3% |
| 1973 | 170 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 110 ha | -35.3% |
| 1975 | 130 ha | +18.2% |
| 1976 | 110 ha | -15.4% |
| 1977 | 70 ha | -36.4% |
| 1978 | 70 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 50 ha | -28.6% |
| 1980 | 150 ha | +200.0% |
| 1981 | 110 ha | -26.7% |
| 1982 | 130 ha | +18.2% |
| 1983 | 190 ha | +46.2% |
| 1984 | 70 ha | -63.2% |
| 1985 | 133 ha | +90.0% |
| 1986 | 70 ha | -47.4% |
| 1987 | 70 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 500 ha | +614.3% |
| 1989 | 250 ha | -50.0% |
| 1990 | 100 ha | -60.0% |
| 1991 | 500 ha | +400.0% |
| 1992 | 130 ha | -74.0% |
| 1993 | 150 ha | +15.4% |
| 1994 | 210 ha | +40.0% |
| 1995 | 150 ha | -28.6% |
| 1996 | 78 ha | -48.0% |
| 1997 | 100 ha | +28.2% |
| 1998 | 270 ha | +170.0% |
| 1999 | 150 ha | -44.4% |
| 2000 | 190 ha | +26.7% |
| 2001 | 400 ha | +110.5% |
| 2002 | 260 ha | -35.0% |
| 2003 | 250 ha | -3.8% |
| 2004 | 360 ha | +44.0% |
| 2005 | 156 ha | -56.7% |
| 2006 | 80 ha | -48.7% |
| 2007 | 130 ha | +62.5% |
| 2008 | 175 ha | +34.6% |
| 2009 | 220 ha | +25.7% |
| 2010 | 124 ha | -43.6% |
| 2011 | 149 ha | +20.2% |
| 2012 | 129 ha | -13.4% |
| 2013 | 154 ha | +19.4% |
| 2014 | 151 ha | -1.9% |
| 2015 | 259 ha | +71.5% |
| 2016 | 248 ha | -4.2% |
| 2017 | 139 ha | -44.0% |
| 2018 | 253 ha | +82.0% |
| 2019 | 340 ha | +34.4% |
| 2020 | 524 ha | +54.1% |
| 2021 | 685 ha | +30.7% |
| 2022 | 1,039 ha | +51.7% |
| 2023 | 1,108 ha | +6.6% |
| 2024 | 1,097 ha | -1.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 162.22 ha | 140 ha | 200 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 118 ha | 50 ha | 170 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 167.3 ha | 70 ha | 500 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 183.8 ha | 78 ha | 500 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 222.1 ha | 80 ha | 400 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 194.6 ha | 124 ha | 340 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 890.6 ha | 524 ha | 1,108 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near South Africa
- 36 Armenia 1,932 ha compare
- 37 New Zealand 1,342 ha compare
- 38 Canada 1,110 ha compare
- 40 Kyrgyzstan 1,073 ha compare
- 41 Tunisia 1,021 ha compare
- 42 Belgium-Luxembourg 1,000 ha compare
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)
- Agriculture share gdp 2.83 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 2.83 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 2.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.0% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cherries — area harvested in South Africa?
- Cherries — area harvested in South Africa was 1,097 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cherries — area harvested recorded in South Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 1,108 ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest cherries — area harvested recorded in South Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 50 ha in 1979.
- How does South Africa rank for cherries — area harvested?
- South Africa ranks 39th out of 71 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cherries — area harvested rising or falling in South Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 626.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this South Africa data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Cherries — 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.