Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Area harvested in Southern Africa
Southern Africa: Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Area harvested was 28,219 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Area harvested in Southern Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for fibre crops, fibre equivalent — area harvested in Southern Africa is 28,219 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.3% on the previous year and up 65.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fibre crops, fibre equivalent — area harvested in Southern Africa peaked at 221,300 ha in 1988 and was at its lowest, 14,441 ha, in 2010.
Southern Africa ranks 27th of 28 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Area harvested in Southern Africa, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 28,515 ha | — |
| 1962 | 33,809 ha | +18.6% |
| 1963 | 49,664 ha | +46.9% |
| 1964 | 69,936 ha | +40.8% |
| 1965 | 61,550 ha | -12.0% |
| 1966 | 92,985 ha | +51.1% |
| 1967 | 96,443 ha | +3.7% |
| 1968 | 98,277 ha | +1.9% |
| 1969 | 105,428 ha | +7.3% |
| 1970 | 106,408 ha | +0.9% |
| 1971 | 46,445 ha | -56.4% |
| 1972 | 105,230 ha | +126.6% |
| 1973 | 105,853 ha | +0.6% |
| 1974 | 110,200 ha | +4.1% |
| 1975 | 77,700 ha | -29.5% |
| 1976 | 52,700 ha | -32.2% |
| 1977 | 84,800 ha | +60.9% |
| 1978 | 109,800 ha | +29.5% |
| 1979 | 127,489 ha | +16.1% |
| 1980 | 153,100 ha | +20.1% |
| 1981 | 145,800 ha | -4.8% |
| 1982 | 130,800 ha | -10.3% |
| 1983 | 130,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 125,800 ha | -3.8% |
| 1985 | 134,300 ha | +6.8% |
| 1986 | 156,300 ha | +16.4% |
| 1987 | 185,300 ha | +18.6% |
| 1988 | 221,300 ha | +19.4% |
| 1989 | 220,952 ha | -0.2% |
| 1990 | 159,969 ha | -27.6% |
| 1991 | 126,925 ha | -20.7% |
| 1992 | 76,617 ha | -39.6% |
| 1993 | 59,680 ha | -22.1% |
| 1994 | 88,896 ha | +49.0% |
| 1995 | 73,314 ha | -17.5% |
| 1996 | 114,931 ha | +56.8% |
| 1997 | 123,373 ha | +7.3% |
| 1998 | 132,897 ha | +7.7% |
| 1999 | 144,150 ha | +8.5% |
| 2000 | 90,518 ha | -37.2% |
| 2001 | 76,590 ha | -15.4% |
| 2002 | 59,858 ha | -21.8% |
| 2003 | 34,219 ha | -42.8% |
| 2004 | 53,129 ha | +55.3% |
| 2005 | 33,155 ha | -37.6% |
| 2006 | 25,498 ha | -23.1% |
| 2007 | 18,569 ha | -27.2% |
| 2008 | 17,456 ha | -6.0% |
| 2009 | 14,926 ha | -14.5% |
| 2010 | 14,441 ha | -3.2% |
| 2011 | 22,469 ha | +55.6% |
| 2012 | 18,397 ha | -18.1% |
| 2013 | 15,997 ha | -13.0% |
| 2014 | 17,080 ha | +6.8% |
| 2015 | 25,447 ha | +49.0% |
| 2016 | 16,417 ha | -35.5% |
| 2017 | 27,013 ha | +64.5% |
| 2018 | 45,968 ha | +70.2% |
| 2019 | 52,383 ha | +14.0% |
| 2020 | 37,481 ha | -28.4% |
| 2021 | 25,319 ha | -32.4% |
| 2022 | 27,202 ha | +7.4% |
| 2023 | 27,308 ha | +0.4% |
| 2024 | 28,219 ha | +3.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 70,734 ha | 28,515 ha | 105,428 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 92,662 ha | 46,445 ha | 127,489 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 160,445 ha | 125,800 ha | 221,300 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 110,075 ha | 59,680 ha | 159,969 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 42,392 ha | 14,926 ha | 90,518 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 25,561 ha | 14,441 ha | 52,383 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 29,106 ha | 25,319 ha | 37,481 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Southern Africa
- 24 Indonesia 162,109 ha compare
- 25 Zimbabwe 159,250 ha compare
- 26 Mexico 140,037 ha compare
- 27 Philippines 138,288 ha compare
- 28 Chad 136,000 ha compare
- 29 Tajikistan 123,037 ha compare
- 30 Central African Republic 119,298 ha compare
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- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight 0 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is fibre crops, fibre equivalent — area harvested in Southern Africa?
- Fibre crops, fibre equivalent — area harvested in Southern Africa was 28,219 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest fibre crops, fibre equivalent — area harvested recorded in Southern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 221,300 ha in 1988.
- What is the lowest fibre crops, fibre equivalent — area harvested recorded in Southern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 14,441 ha in 2010.
- How does Southern Africa rank for fibre crops, fibre equivalent — area harvested?
- Southern Africa ranks 27th out of 28 groups with data for 2024.
- Is fibre crops, fibre equivalent — area harvested rising or falling in Southern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 65.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Southern Africa data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — 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.