Fruit Primary — Area harvested in Southern Africa
Southern Africa: Fruit Primary — Area harvested was 381,493 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Fruit Primary — Area harvested in Southern Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Southern Africa recorded 381,493 ha for fruit primary — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.8% on the previous year and up 10.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fruit primary — area harvested in Southern Africa peaked at 398,792 ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 158,744 ha, in 1961.
Southern Africa ranks 27th of 29 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Fruit Primary — Area harvested in Southern Africa, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 158,744 ha | — |
| 1962 | 159,680 ha | +0.6% |
| 1963 | 169,137 ha | +5.9% |
| 1964 | 173,568 ha | +2.6% |
| 1965 | 183,952 ha | +6.0% |
| 1966 | 186,496 ha | +1.4% |
| 1967 | 197,533 ha | +5.9% |
| 1968 | 204,777 ha | +3.7% |
| 1969 | 213,108 ha | +4.1% |
| 1970 | 218,034 ha | +2.3% |
| 1971 | 224,301 ha | +2.9% |
| 1972 | 228,375 ha | +1.8% |
| 1973 | 231,586 ha | +1.4% |
| 1974 | 235,111 ha | +1.5% |
| 1975 | 233,366 ha | -0.7% |
| 1976 | 244,498 ha | +4.8% |
| 1977 | 232,442 ha | -4.9% |
| 1978 | 255,610 ha | +10.0% |
| 1979 | 254,490 ha | -0.4% |
| 1980 | 259,597 ha | +2.0% |
| 1981 | 241,835 ha | -6.8% |
| 1982 | 240,050 ha | -0.7% |
| 1983 | 239,738 ha | -0.1% |
| 1984 | 240,176 ha | +0.2% |
| 1985 | 239,464 ha | -0.3% |
| 1986 | 232,637 ha | -2.9% |
| 1987 | 249,477 ha | +7.2% |
| 1988 | 255,972 ha | +2.6% |
| 1989 | 257,587 ha | +0.6% |
| 1990 | 259,599 ha | +0.8% |
| 1991 | 264,011 ha | +1.7% |
| 1992 | 264,395 ha | +0.1% |
| 1993 | 269,486 ha | +1.9% |
| 1994 | 270,403 ha | +0.3% |
| 1995 | 271,250 ha | +0.3% |
| 1996 | 283,046 ha | +4.3% |
| 1997 | 294,692 ha | +4.1% |
| 1998 | 304,444 ha | +3.3% |
| 1999 | 317,383 ha | +4.3% |
| 2000 | 324,655 ha | +2.3% |
| 2001 | 337,357 ha | +3.9% |
| 2002 | 332,305 ha | -1.5% |
| 2003 | 335,630 ha | +1.0% |
| 2004 | 325,347 ha | -3.1% |
| 2005 | 317,120 ha | -2.5% |
| 2006 | 313,796 ha | -1.0% |
| 2007 | 321,658 ha | +2.5% |
| 2008 | 334,732 ha | +4.1% |
| 2009 | 316,473 ha | -5.5% |
| 2010 | 312,139 ha | -1.4% |
| 2011 | 313,515 ha | +0.4% |
| 2012 | 336,897 ha | +7.5% |
| 2013 | 323,130 ha | -4.1% |
| 2014 | 345,415 ha | +6.9% |
| 2015 | 351,614 ha | +1.8% |
| 2016 | 330,246 ha | -6.1% |
| 2017 | 336,054 ha | +1.8% |
| 2018 | 350,900 ha | +4.4% |
| 2019 | 343,128 ha | -2.2% |
| 2020 | 351,653 ha | +2.5% |
| 2021 | 369,344 ha | +5.0% |
| 2022 | 398,792 ha | +8.0% |
| 2023 | 384,631 ha | -3.6% |
| 2024 | 381,493 ha | -0.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 182,999 ha | 158,744 ha | 213,108 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 235,781 ha | 218,034 ha | 255,610 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 245,653 ha | 232,637 ha | 259,597 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 279,871 ha | 259,599 ha | 317,383 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 325,907 ha | 313,796 ha | 337,357 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 334,304 ha | 312,139 ha | 351,614 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 377,183 ha | 351,653 ha | 398,792 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Southern Africa
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- Pulses, Total — Area harvested 141,439 ha (2024)
- Poultry Birds — Stocks 183,952 1000 An (2024)
- Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Production 731,569 t (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is fruit primary — area harvested in Southern Africa?
- Fruit primary — area harvested in Southern Africa was 381,493 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest fruit primary — area harvested recorded in Southern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 398,792 ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest fruit primary — area harvested recorded in Southern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 158,744 ha in 1961.
- How does Southern Africa rank for fruit primary — area harvested?
- Southern Africa ranks 27th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is fruit primary — area harvested rising or falling in Southern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.4%. 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 Fruit Primary — 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.