Fruit Primary — Area harvested in Eswatini
Eswatini: Fruit Primary — Area harvested was 21,183 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Fruit Primary — Area harvested in Eswatini, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, fruit primary — area harvested in Eswatini stood at 21,183 ha. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 3.1% on the previous year and up 33.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fruit primary — area harvested in Eswatini peaked at 21,183 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 4,832 ha, in 1961.
Eswatini ranks 122nd of 191 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Fruit Primary — Area harvested in Eswatini, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 4,832 ha | — |
| 1962 | 4,897 ha | +1.3% |
| 1963 | 5,500 ha | +12.3% |
| 1964 | 5,830 ha | +6.0% |
| 1965 | 6,578 ha | +12.8% |
| 1966 | 6,533 ha | -0.7% |
| 1967 | 8,930 ha | +36.7% |
| 1968 | 10,336 ha | +15.7% |
| 1969 | 11,500 ha | +11.3% |
| 1970 | 12,597 ha | +9.5% |
| 1971 | 12,621 ha | +0.2% |
| 1972 | 13,125 ha | +4.0% |
| 1973 | 13,176 ha | +0.4% |
| 1974 | 12,661 ha | -3.9% |
| 1975 | 12,526 ha | -1.1% |
| 1976 | 12,738 ha | +1.7% |
| 1977 | 12,812 ha | +0.6% |
| 1978 | 13,470 ha | +5.1% |
| 1979 | 14,470 ha | +7.4% |
| 1980 | 13,427 ha | -7.2% |
| 1981 | 13,425 ha | -0.0% |
| 1982 | 12,690 ha | -5.5% |
| 1983 | 13,218 ha | +4.2% |
| 1984 | 13,186 ha | -0.2% |
| 1985 | 13,146 ha | -0.3% |
| 1986 | 13,197 ha | +0.4% |
| 1987 | 13,617 ha | +3.2% |
| 1988 | 13,617 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 10,617 ha | -22.0% |
| 1990 | 11,613 ha | +9.4% |
| 1991 | 11,426 ha | -1.6% |
| 1992 | 13,153 ha | +15.1% |
| 1993 | 10,238 ha | -22.2% |
| 1994 | 12,863 ha | +25.6% |
| 1995 | 9,957 ha | -22.6% |
| 1996 | 10,213 ha | +2.6% |
| 1997 | 10,889 ha | +6.6% |
| 1998 | 9,859 ha | -9.5% |
| 1999 | 11,571 ha | +17.4% |
| 2000 | 11,732 ha | +1.4% |
| 2001 | 11,873 ha | +1.2% |
| 2002 | 12,057 ha | +1.5% |
| 2003 | 13,093 ha | +8.6% |
| 2004 | 12,804 ha | -2.2% |
| 2005 | 12,632 ha | -1.3% |
| 2006 | 12,459 ha | -1.4% |
| 2007 | 14,044 ha | +12.7% |
| 2008 | 12,930 ha | -7.9% |
| 2009 | 12,895 ha | -0.3% |
| 2010 | 14,847 ha | +15.1% |
| 2011 | 15,333 ha | +3.3% |
| 2012 | 15,457 ha | +0.8% |
| 2013 | 15,139 ha | -2.1% |
| 2014 | 15,913 ha | +5.1% |
| 2015 | 15,964 ha | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 16,259 ha | +1.8% |
| 2017 | 16,616 ha | +2.2% |
| 2018 | 16,902 ha | +1.7% |
| 2019 | 17,504 ha | +3.6% |
| 2020 | 17,142 ha | -2.1% |
| 2021 | 17,715 ha | +3.3% |
| 2022 | 19,715 ha | +11.3% |
| 2023 | 20,544 ha | +4.2% |
| 2024 | 21,183 ha | +3.1% |
Eswatini compared with similar countries
- Eswatini's 21,183 ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 71,505 ha, 30% of the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Eswatini's 21,183 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 61,574 ha, 34% of the median. (44 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Fruit Primary — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | +36.7% | 6,533 ha | 8,930 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 7,215 ha | 4,832 ha | 11,500 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 13,020 ha | 12,526 ha | 14,470 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 13,014 ha | 10,617 ha | 13,617 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 11,178 ha | 9,859 ha | 13,153 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 12,652 ha | 11,732 ha | 14,044 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 15,993 ha | 14,847 ha | 17,504 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 19,260 ha | 17,142 ha | 21,183 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Eswatini
- 119 Vanuatu 22,152 ha compare
- 120 Belgium-Luxembourg 21,623 ha compare
- 121 Switzerland 21,389 ha compare
- 123 El Salvador 20,515 ha compare
- 124 Lithuania 19,340 ha compare
- 124 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 19,340 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Eswatini
- 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 0.1552 hectares per person (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, annual growth rate -0.1175 % 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 0.947 hectares per person (2025)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is fruit primary — area harvested in Eswatini?
- Fruit primary — area harvested in Eswatini was 21,183 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest fruit primary — area harvested recorded in Eswatini?
- The highest recorded value was 21,183 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest fruit primary — area harvested recorded in Eswatini?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,832 ha in 1961.
- How does Eswatini rank for fruit primary — area harvested?
- Eswatini ranks 122nd out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is fruit primary — area harvested rising or falling in Eswatini?
- Over the last ten years it is up 33.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Eswatini data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Fruit Primary — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 64 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO).
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.