Cow peas, dry — Area harvested in Eswatini
Eswatini: Cow peas, dry — Area harvested was 1,950 ha in 2024. ▬ Flat
Cow peas, dry — Area harvested in Eswatini, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, cow peas, dry — area harvested in Eswatini stood at 1,950 ha.
That represents a change of up 0.1% on the previous year and down 1.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cow peas, dry — area harvested in Eswatini peaked at 2,425 ha in 1990 and was at its lowest, 1,500 ha, in 1979.
That places Eswatini 35th out of 47 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
Cow peas, dry — Area harvested in Eswatini, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 1,900 ha | -5.0% |
| 1969 | 1,900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 1,900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 2,000 ha | +5.3% |
| 1972 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 1,800 ha | -10.0% |
| 1974 | 1,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 1,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 1,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 1,700 ha | -5.6% |
| 1978 | 2,000 ha | +17.6% |
| 1979 | 1,500 ha | -25.0% |
| 1980 | 1,768 ha | +17.9% |
| 1981 | 1,800 ha | +1.8% |
| 1982 | 1,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 1,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 1,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 1,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 1,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 1,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 1,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 1,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 2,425 ha | +34.7% |
| 1991 | 2,131 ha | -12.1% |
| 1992 | 1,888 ha | -11.4% |
| 1993 | 2,117 ha | +12.1% |
| 1994 | 1,999 ha | -5.6% |
| 1995 | 1,947 ha | -2.6% |
| 1996 | 1,879 ha | -3.5% |
| 1997 | 1,773 ha | -5.6% |
| 1998 | 1,900 ha | +7.2% |
| 1999 | 1,800 ha | -5.3% |
| 2000 | 1,700 ha | -5.6% |
| 2001 | 1,797 ha | +5.7% |
| 2002 | 1,750 ha | -2.6% |
| 2003 | 1,770 ha | +1.1% |
| 2004 | 1,790 ha | +1.1% |
| 2005 | 1,800 ha | +0.6% |
| 2006 | 1,700 ha | -5.6% |
| 2007 | 1,750 ha | +2.9% |
| 2008 | 1,800 ha | +2.9% |
| 2009 | 1,850 ha | +2.8% |
| 2010 | 1,920 ha | +3.8% |
| 2011 | 1,905 ha | -0.8% |
| 2012 | 2,050 ha | +7.6% |
| 2013 | 2,100 ha | +2.4% |
| 2014 | 1,981 ha | -5.7% |
| 2015 | 1,971 ha | -0.5% |
| 2016 | 1,955 ha | -0.8% |
| 2017 | 1,939 ha | -0.8% |
| 2018 | 1,943 ha | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 1,935 ha | -0.4% |
| 2020 | 1,927 ha | -0.4% |
| 2021 | 1,936 ha | +0.5% |
| 2022 | 1,946 ha | +0.5% |
| 2023 | 1,948 ha | +0.1% |
| 2024 | 1,950 ha | +0.1% |
Eswatini compared with similar countries
- Eswatini's 1,950 ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 96,951 ha, 2% of the median. (14 countries reporting)
- Eswatini's 1,950 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 191,625 ha, 1% of the median. (21 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cow peas, dry — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | +34.7% | 1,800 ha | 2,425 ha |
| 1979 | -25.0% | 2,000 ha | 1,500 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,978 ha | 1,900 ha | 2,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,830 ha | 1,500 ha | 2,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,797 ha | 1,768 ha | 1,800 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,986 ha | 1,773 ha | 2,425 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,771 ha | 1,700 ha | 1,850 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,970 ha | 1,905 ha | 2,100 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,941 ha | 1,927 ha | 1,950 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 cow peas, dry — area harvested in Eswatini?
- Cow peas, dry — area harvested in Eswatini was 1,950 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cow peas, dry — area harvested recorded in Eswatini?
- The highest recorded value was 2,425 ha in 1990.
- What is the lowest cow peas, dry — area harvested recorded in Eswatini?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,500 ha in 1979.
- How does Eswatini rank for cow peas, dry — area harvested?
- Eswatini ranks 35th out of 47 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cow peas, dry — area harvested rising or falling in Eswatini?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Eswatini data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Cow peas, dry — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.