Fruit Primary — Production in Southern Africa
Southern Africa: Fruit Primary — Production was 8.78 million t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Fruit Primary — Production in Southern Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2024, fruit primary — production in Southern Africa stood at 8.78 million t.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.8% on the previous year and up 20.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fruit primary — production in Southern Africa peaked at 9.06 million t in 2022 and was at its lowest, 1.62 million t, in 1961.
Southern Africa ranks 29th of 33 regions on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2.00 million t | 1.62 million t | 2.40 million t | 9 |
| 1970s | 2.69 million t | 2.26 million t | 3.04 million t | 10 |
| 1980s | 3.51 million t | 3.22 million t | 4.06 million t | 10 |
| 1990s | 4.34 million t | 3.99 million t | 5.36 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 5.95 million t | 5.34 million t | 6.55 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 7.06 million t | 6.33 million t | 7.58 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 8.49 million t | 7.68 million t | 9.06 million t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Southern Africa
- 26 Argentina 7.67 million t compare
- 27 Uzbekistan 7.01 million t compare
- 28 Angola 6.94 million t compare
- 30 Chile 6.69 million t compare
- 30 South Africa 8.47 million t compare
- 31 Costa Rica 6.68 million t compare
- 32 Central African Republic 176,074 t compare
- 32 Russian Federation 6.54 million t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Southern Africa
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Producing 3.93 million An (2024)
- Bananas — Area harvested 11,906 ha (2024)
- Bananas — Production 461,288 t (2024)
- Tomatoes — Production 528,091 t (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 11,393 t (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield 53,939 kg/ha (2024)
- Swine / pigs — Stocks 1.50 million An (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested 4,427 ha (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production 374,875 t (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight 95 kg/An (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is fruit primary — production in Southern Africa?
- Fruit primary — production in Southern Africa was 8.78 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest fruit primary — production recorded in Southern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 9.06 million t in 2022.
- What is the lowest fruit primary — production recorded in Southern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.62 million t in 1961.
- How does Southern Africa rank for fruit primary — production?
- Southern Africa ranks 29th out of 33 regions with data for 2024.
- Is fruit primary — production rising or falling in Southern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 20.5%. 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 — Production. 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.