Citrus Fruit, Total — Area harvested in Southern Africa
Southern Africa: Citrus Fruit, Total — Area harvested was 123,328 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Citrus Fruit, Total — Area harvested in Southern Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, citrus fruit, total — area harvested in Southern Africa stood at 123,328 ha.
The figure is down 0.3% on the previous year and up 34.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, citrus fruit, total — area harvested in Southern Africa peaked at 123,664 ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 33,100 ha, in 1961.
That places Southern Africa 22nd out of 28 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Citrus Fruit, Total — Area harvested in Southern Africa, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 33,100 ha | — |
| 1962 | 34,000 ha | +2.7% |
| 1963 | 34,700 ha | +2.1% |
| 1964 | 34,690 ha | -0.0% |
| 1965 | 35,420 ha | +2.1% |
| 1966 | 35,520 ha | +0.3% |
| 1967 | 39,520 ha | +11.3% |
| 1968 | 40,720 ha | +3.0% |
| 1969 | 42,270 ha | +3.8% |
| 1970 | 43,870 ha | +3.8% |
| 1971 | 44,480 ha | +1.4% |
| 1972 | 45,380 ha | +2.0% |
| 1973 | 45,180 ha | -0.4% |
| 1974 | 45,880 ha | +1.5% |
| 1975 | 44,890 ha | -2.2% |
| 1976 | 45,300 ha | +0.9% |
| 1977 | 45,410 ha | +0.2% |
| 1978 | 46,620 ha | +2.7% |
| 1979 | 47,320 ha | +1.5% |
| 1980 | 47,170 ha | -0.3% |
| 1981 | 47,370 ha | +0.4% |
| 1982 | 44,580 ha | -5.9% |
| 1983 | 44,980 ha | +0.9% |
| 1984 | 43,980 ha | -2.2% |
| 1985 | 47,620 ha | +8.3% |
| 1986 | 47,620 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 51,670 ha | +8.5% |
| 1988 | 56,870 ha | +10.1% |
| 1989 | 55,120 ha | -3.1% |
| 1990 | 56,221 ha | +2.0% |
| 1991 | 53,011 ha | -5.7% |
| 1992 | 55,759 ha | +5.2% |
| 1993 | 55,806 ha | +0.1% |
| 1994 | 60,471 ha | +8.4% |
| 1995 | 55,619 ha | -8.0% |
| 1996 | 64,592 ha | +16.1% |
| 1997 | 66,498 ha | +3.0% |
| 1998 | 69,451 ha | +4.4% |
| 1999 | 75,488 ha | +8.7% |
| 2000 | 79,177 ha | +4.9% |
| 2001 | 87,947 ha | +11.1% |
| 2002 | 83,108 ha | -5.5% |
| 2003 | 86,922 ha | +4.6% |
| 2004 | 81,502 ha | -6.2% |
| 2005 | 79,233 ha | -2.8% |
| 2006 | 77,509 ha | -2.2% |
| 2007 | 79,692 ha | +2.8% |
| 2008 | 81,718 ha | +2.5% |
| 2009 | 79,756 ha | -2.4% |
| 2010 | 81,588 ha | +2.3% |
| 2011 | 87,107 ha | +6.8% |
| 2012 | 85,402 ha | -2.0% |
| 2013 | 92,896 ha | +8.8% |
| 2014 | 91,885 ha | -1.1% |
| 2015 | 91,422 ha | -0.5% |
| 2016 | 78,359 ha | -14.3% |
| 2017 | 88,455 ha | +12.9% |
| 2018 | 102,716 ha | +16.1% |
| 2019 | 101,540 ha | -1.1% |
| 2020 | 104,626 ha | +3.0% |
| 2021 | 111,161 ha | +6.2% |
| 2022 | 123,510 ha | +11.1% |
| 2023 | 123,664 ha | +0.1% |
| 2024 | 123,328 ha | -0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 36,660 ha | 33,100 ha | 42,270 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 45,433 ha | 43,870 ha | 47,320 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 48,698 ha | 43,980 ha | 56,870 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 61,292 ha | 53,011 ha | 75,488 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 81,656 ha | 77,509 ha | 87,947 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 90,137 ha | 78,359 ha | 102,716 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 117,258 ha | 104,626 ha | 123,664 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is citrus fruit, total — area harvested in Southern Africa?
- Citrus fruit, total — area harvested in Southern Africa was 123,328 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest citrus fruit, total — area harvested recorded in Southern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 123,664 ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest citrus fruit, total — area harvested recorded in Southern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 33,100 ha in 1961.
- How does Southern Africa rank for citrus fruit, total — area harvested?
- Southern Africa ranks 22nd out of 28 groups with data for 2024.
- Is citrus fruit, total — area harvested rising or falling in Southern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 34.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Southern 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.