Cow peas, dry — Area harvested in Southern Africa
Southern Africa: Cow peas, dry — Area harvested was 12,339 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Cow peas, dry — Area harvested in Southern Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Southern Africa recorded 12,339 ha for cow peas, dry — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.3% on the previous year and down 6.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cow peas, dry — area harvested in Southern Africa peaked at 27,500 ha in 1961 and was at its lowest, 11,500 ha, in 1979.
Southern Africa ranks 15th of 23 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Cow peas, dry — Area harvested in Southern Africa, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 27,500 ha | — |
| 1962 | 19,000 ha | -30.9% |
| 1963 | 21,000 ha | +10.5% |
| 1964 | 21,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 21,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 15,000 ha | -28.6% |
| 1967 | 21,000 ha | +40.0% |
| 1968 | 17,900 ha | -14.8% |
| 1969 | 19,900 ha | +11.2% |
| 1970 | 14,900 ha | -25.1% |
| 1971 | 15,000 ha | +0.7% |
| 1972 | 18,000 ha | +20.0% |
| 1973 | 17,800 ha | -1.1% |
| 1974 | 17,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 12,800 ha | -28.1% |
| 1976 | 11,800 ha | -7.8% |
| 1977 | 12,700 ha | +7.6% |
| 1978 | 14,000 ha | +10.2% |
| 1979 | 11,500 ha | -17.9% |
| 1980 | 12,768 ha | +11.0% |
| 1981 | 17,800 ha | +39.4% |
| 1982 | 15,800 ha | -11.2% |
| 1983 | 12,800 ha | -19.0% |
| 1984 | 14,800 ha | +15.6% |
| 1985 | 12,800 ha | -13.5% |
| 1986 | 13,800 ha | +7.8% |
| 1987 | 14,800 ha | +7.2% |
| 1988 | 14,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 14,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 16,563 ha | +11.9% |
| 1991 | 15,461 ha | -6.7% |
| 1992 | 15,043 ha | -2.7% |
| 1993 | 15,579 ha | +3.6% |
| 1994 | 15,655 ha | +0.5% |
| 1995 | 13,947 ha | -10.9% |
| 1996 | 14,879 ha | +6.7% |
| 1997 | 12,667 ha | -14.9% |
| 1998 | 15,045 ha | +18.8% |
| 1999 | 17,206 ha | +14.4% |
| 2000 | 17,163 ha | -0.2% |
| 2001 | 15,297 ha | -10.9% |
| 2002 | 14,387 ha | -5.9% |
| 2003 | 13,783 ha | -4.2% |
| 2004 | 13,261 ha | -3.8% |
| 2005 | 12,547 ha | -5.4% |
| 2006 | 13,008 ha | +3.7% |
| 2007 | 12,302 ha | -5.4% |
| 2008 | 12,523 ha | +1.8% |
| 2009 | 12,643 ha | +1.0% |
| 2010 | 12,810 ha | +1.3% |
| 2011 | 12,285 ha | -4.1% |
| 2012 | 13,550 ha | +10.3% |
| 2013 | 13,600 ha | +0.4% |
| 2014 | 13,165 ha | -3.2% |
| 2015 | 12,982 ha | -1.4% |
| 2016 | 12,843 ha | -1.1% |
| 2017 | 12,693 ha | -1.2% |
| 2018 | 12,565 ha | -1.0% |
| 2019 | 12,450 ha | -0.9% |
| 2020 | 12,330 ha | -1.0% |
| 2021 | 12,389 ha | +0.5% |
| 2022 | 12,411 ha | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 12,375 ha | -0.3% |
| 2024 | 12,339 ha | -0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 20,367 ha | 15,000 ha | 27,500 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 14,630 ha | 11,500 ha | 18,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 14,497 ha | 12,768 ha | 17,800 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 15,204 ha | 12,667 ha | 17,206 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 13,691 ha | 12,302 ha | 17,163 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 12,894 ha | 12,285 ha | 13,600 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 12,369 ha | 12,330 ha | 12,411 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is cow peas, dry — area harvested in Southern Africa?
- Cow peas, dry — area harvested in Southern Africa was 12,339 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cow peas, dry — area harvested recorded in Southern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 27,500 ha in 1961.
- What is the lowest cow peas, dry — area harvested recorded in Southern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 11,500 ha in 1979.
- How does Southern Africa rank for cow peas, dry — area harvested?
- Southern Africa ranks 15th out of 23 groups with data for 2024.
- Is cow peas, dry — area harvested rising or falling in Southern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Southern Africa 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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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.