Citrus Fruit, Total — Area harvested in South Africa
South Africa: Citrus Fruit, Total — Area harvested was 110,653 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Citrus Fruit, Total — 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 citrus fruit, total — area harvested in South Africa is 110,653 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.3% on the previous year and up 39.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, citrus fruit, total — area harvested in South Africa peaked at 110,959 ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 28,900 ha, in 1961.
That places South Africa 14th out of 156 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Citrus Fruit, Total — Area harvested in South Africa, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 28,900 ha | — |
| 1962 | 29,800 ha | +3.1% |
| 1963 | 30,000 ha | +0.7% |
| 1964 | 29,800 ha | -0.7% |
| 1965 | 30,000 ha | +0.7% |
| 1966 | 30,200 ha | +0.7% |
| 1967 | 31,700 ha | +5.0% |
| 1968 | 31,500 ha | -0.6% |
| 1969 | 32,000 ha | +1.6% |
| 1970 | 32,700 ha | +2.2% |
| 1971 | 33,200 ha | +1.5% |
| 1972 | 33,800 ha | +1.8% |
| 1973 | 33,600 ha | -0.6% |
| 1974 | 34,300 ha | +2.1% |
| 1975 | 33,300 ha | -2.9% |
| 1976 | 33,700 ha | +1.2% |
| 1977 | 33,800 ha | +0.3% |
| 1978 | 34,500 ha | +2.1% |
| 1979 | 34,700 ha | +0.6% |
| 1980 | 35,050 ha | +1.0% |
| 1981 | 35,250 ha | +0.6% |
| 1982 | 33,150 ha | -6.0% |
| 1983 | 33,150 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 32,150 ha | -3.0% |
| 1985 | 35,740 ha | +11.2% |
| 1986 | 35,740 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 39,790 ha | +11.3% |
| 1988 | 44,990 ha | +13.1% |
| 1989 | 46,240 ha | +2.8% |
| 1990 | 46,332 ha | +0.2% |
| 1991 | 43,480 ha | -6.2% |
| 1992 | 44,504 ha | +2.4% |
| 1993 | 47,443 ha | +6.6% |
| 1994 | 49,408 ha | +4.1% |
| 1995 | 47,234 ha | -4.4% |
| 1996 | 55,724 ha | +18.0% |
| 1997 | 56,990 ha | +2.3% |
| 1998 | 61,055 ha | +7.1% |
| 1999 | 65,394 ha | +7.1% |
| 2000 | 69,151 ha | +5.7% |
| 2001 | 77,705 ha | +12.4% |
| 2002 | 72,542 ha | -6.6% |
| 2003 | 75,470 ha | +4.0% |
| 2004 | 70,476 ha | -6.6% |
| 2005 | 68,234 ha | -3.2% |
| 2006 | 66,929 ha | -1.9% |
| 2007 | 68,244 ha | +2.0% |
| 2008 | 71,446 ha | +4.7% |
| 2009 | 69,496 ha | -2.7% |
| 2010 | 69,453 ha | -0.1% |
| 2011 | 74,568 ha | +7.4% |
| 2012 | 72,850 ha | -2.3% |
| 2013 | 81,072 ha | +11.3% |
| 2014 | 79,624 ha | -1.8% |
| 2015 | 79,273 ha | -0.4% |
| 2016 | 66,115 ha | -16.6% |
| 2017 | 76,072 ha | +15.1% |
| 2018 | 90,291 ha | +18.7% |
| 2019 | 88,856 ha | -1.6% |
| 2020 | 92,050 ha | +3.6% |
| 2021 | 98,478 ha | +7.0% |
| 2022 | 110,827 ha | +12.5% |
| 2023 | 110,959 ha | +0.1% |
| 2024 | 110,653 ha | -0.3% |
South Africa compared with similar countries
- South Africa's 110,653 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 7,320 ha, 15.1× the median. (42 countries reporting)
- South Africa's 110,653 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 6,473 ha, 17.1× the median. (33 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 30,433 ha | 28,900 ha | 32,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 33,760 ha | 32,700 ha | 34,700 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 37,125 ha | 32,150 ha | 46,240 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 51,756 ha | 43,480 ha | 65,394 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 70,969 ha | 66,929 ha | 77,705 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 77,817 ha | 66,115 ha | 90,291 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 104,593 ha | 92,050 ha | 110,959 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near South Africa
- 11 Italy 146,900 ha compare
- 11 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 38,401 ha compare
- 12 Iraq 138,012 ha compare
- 12 Lao People's Democratic Republic 12,292 ha compare
- 13 Colombia 111,693 ha compare
- 13 Democratic Republic of the Congo 11,700 ha compare
- 14 Polynesia 1,945 ha compare
- 15 Morocco 93,439 ha compare
- 15 Melanesia 680 ha compare
- 16 Bangladesh 93,392 ha compare
- 16 Timor-Leste 225 ha compare
- 17 Thailand 88,385 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for South Africa
- Cropland extent over the long-term, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per capita 0.1917 hectares per person (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0.0002 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per capita 1.49 hectares per person (2025)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is citrus fruit, total — area harvested in South Africa?
- Citrus fruit, total — area harvested in South Africa was 110,653 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest citrus fruit, total — area harvested recorded in South Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 110,959 ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest citrus fruit, total — area harvested recorded in South Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 28,900 ha in 1961.
- How does South Africa rank for citrus fruit, total — area harvested?
- South Africa ranks 14th out of 156 countries with data for 2024.
- Is citrus fruit, total — area harvested rising or falling in South Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 39.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this South Africa 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.