Citrus Fruit, Total — Area harvested in Eswatini
Eswatini: Citrus Fruit, Total — Area harvested was 12,163 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Citrus Fruit, Total — Area harvested in Eswatini, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Eswatini recorded 12,163 ha for citrus fruit, total — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.3% on the previous year and up 1.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, citrus fruit, total — area harvested in Eswatini peaked at 12,500 ha in 1979 and was at its lowest, 4,000 ha, in 1961.
Eswatini ranks 56th of 156 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Citrus Fruit, Total — Area harvested in Eswatini, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 4,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 4,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 4,500 ha | +12.5% |
| 1964 | 4,700 ha | +4.4% |
| 1965 | 5,200 ha | +10.6% |
| 1966 | 5,100 ha | -1.9% |
| 1967 | 7,600 ha | +49.0% |
| 1968 | 9,000 ha | +18.4% |
| 1969 | 10,200 ha | +13.3% |
| 1970 | 11,100 ha | +8.8% |
| 1971 | 11,200 ha | +0.9% |
| 1972 | 11,500 ha | +2.7% |
| 1973 | 11,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 11,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 11,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 11,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 11,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 12,000 ha | +4.3% |
| 1979 | 12,500 ha | +4.2% |
| 1980 | 12,000 ha | -4.0% |
| 1981 | 12,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 11,300 ha | -5.8% |
| 1983 | 11,700 ha | +3.5% |
| 1984 | 11,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 11,750 ha | +0.4% |
| 1986 | 11,750 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 11,750 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 11,750 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 8,750 ha | -25.5% |
| 1990 | 9,755 ha | +11.5% |
| 1991 | 9,461 ha | -3.0% |
| 1992 | 11,181 ha | +18.2% |
| 1993 | 8,286 ha | -25.9% |
| 1994 | 10,981 ha | +32.5% |
| 1995 | 8,299 ha | -24.4% |
| 1996 | 8,766 ha | +5.6% |
| 1997 | 9,391 ha | +7.1% |
| 1998 | 8,286 ha | -11.8% |
| 1999 | 9,964 ha | +20.3% |
| 2000 | 9,707 ha | -2.6% |
| 2001 | 9,893 ha | +1.9% |
| 2002 | 10,211 ha | +3.2% |
| 2003 | 11,135 ha | +9.0% |
| 2004 | 10,691 ha | -4.0% |
| 2005 | 10,649 ha | -0.4% |
| 2006 | 10,192 ha | -4.3% |
| 2007 | 10,965 ha | +7.6% |
| 2008 | 10,055 ha | -8.3% |
| 2009 | 9,940 ha | -1.1% |
| 2010 | 11,800 ha | +18.7% |
| 2011 | 12,207 ha | +3.4% |
| 2012 | 12,207 ha | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 11,540 ha | -5.5% |
| 2014 | 11,976 ha | +3.8% |
| 2015 | 11,847 ha | -1.1% |
| 2016 | 11,875 ha | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 11,924 ha | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 11,979 ha | +0.5% |
| 2019 | 12,096 ha | +1.0% |
| 2020 | 12,087 ha | -0.1% |
| 2021 | 12,175 ha | +0.7% |
| 2022 | 12,155 ha | -0.2% |
| 2023 | 12,201 ha | +0.4% |
| 2024 | 12,163 ha | -0.3% |
Eswatini compared with similar countries
- Eswatini's 12,163 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 11,641 ha, 1.0× the median. (32 countries reporting)
- Eswatini's 12,163 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 6,473 ha, 1.9× the median. (33 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Citrus Fruit, Total — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | +49.0% | 5,100 ha | 7,600 ha |
| 1994 | +32.5% | 8,286 ha | 10,981 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6,033 ha | 4,000 ha | 10,200 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 11,580 ha | 11,100 ha | 12,500 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 11,445 ha | 8,750 ha | 12,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 9,437 ha | 8,286 ha | 11,181 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 10,344 ha | 9,707 ha | 11,135 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 11,945 ha | 11,540 ha | 12,207 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 12,156 ha | 12,087 ha | 12,201 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 citrus fruit, total — area harvested in Eswatini?
- Citrus fruit, total — area harvested in Eswatini was 12,163 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest citrus fruit, total — area harvested recorded in Eswatini?
- The highest recorded value was 12,500 ha in 1979.
- What is the lowest citrus fruit, total — area harvested recorded in Eswatini?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,000 ha in 1961.
- How does Eswatini rank for citrus fruit, total — area harvested?
- Eswatini ranks 56th out of 156 countries with data for 2024.
- Is citrus fruit, total — area harvested rising or falling in Eswatini?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Eswatini data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Citrus Fruit, Total — 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.