Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested in Namibia
Namibia: Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested was 1,878 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested in Namibia, 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in Namibia is 1,878 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 28.5% on the previous year and up 98.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in Namibia peaked at 3,184 ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 98 ha, in 2003.
That places Namibia 75th out of 112 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested in Namibia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 1,000 ha | — |
| 1991 | 900 ha | -10.0% |
| 1992 | 800 ha | -11.1% |
| 1993 | 704 ha | -12.0% |
| 1994 | 900 ha | +27.8% |
| 1995 | 1,047 ha | +16.3% |
| 1996 | 374 ha | -64.3% |
| 1997 | 560 ha | +49.7% |
| 1998 | 300 ha | -46.4% |
| 1999 | 307 ha | +2.3% |
| 2000 | 536 ha | +74.6% |
| 2001 | 868 ha | +61.9% |
| 2002 | 267 ha | -69.2% |
| 2003 | 98 ha | -63.3% |
| 2004 | 550 ha | +461.2% |
| 2005 | 536 ha | -2.5% |
| 2006 | 650 ha | +21.3% |
| 2007 | 750 ha | +15.4% |
| 2008 | 1,000 ha | +33.3% |
| 2009 | 772 ha | -22.8% |
| 2010 | 850 ha | +10.1% |
| 2011 | 929 ha | +9.3% |
| 2012 | 843 ha | -9.3% |
| 2013 | 829 ha | -1.7% |
| 2014 | 947 ha | +14.2% |
| 2015 | 942 ha | -0.5% |
| 2016 | 975 ha | +3.5% |
| 2017 | 1,136 ha | +16.5% |
| 2018 | 1,159 ha | +2.0% |
| 2019 | 1,138 ha | -1.8% |
| 2020 | 1,279 ha | +12.4% |
| 2021 | 1,485 ha | +16.1% |
| 2022 | 3,184 ha | +114.4% |
| 2023 | 2,628 ha | -17.5% |
| 2024 | 1,878 ha | -28.5% |
Namibia compared with similar countries
- Namibia's 1,878 ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 40,974 ha, 5% of the median. (34 countries reporting)
- Namibia's 1,878 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 107,211 ha, 2% of the median. (40 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested in Namibia 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | +461.2% | 98 ha | 550 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 689.2 ha | 300 ha | 1,047 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 602.7 ha | 98 ha | 1,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 974.8 ha | 829 ha | 1,159 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,091 ha | 1,279 ha | 3,184 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Namibia
More agriculture & rural data for Namibia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 8 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0699 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 340.78 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.13 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4913 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 7.0% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 7.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.5% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in Namibia?
- Groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in Namibia was 1,878 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested recorded in Namibia?
- The highest recorded value was 3,184 ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested recorded in Namibia?
- The lowest recorded value was 98 ha in 2003.
- How does Namibia rank for groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested?
- Namibia ranks 75th out of 112 countries with data for 2024.
- Is groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested rising or falling in Namibia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 98.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Namibia data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.