Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested in South Africa
South Africa: Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested was 41,200 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested in South Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in South Africa is 41,200 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 31.6% on the previous year and down 21.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in South Africa peaked at 393,000 ha in 1970 and was at its lowest, 20,050 ha, in 2019.
That places South Africa 40th 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 South Africa, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 306,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 251,000 ha | -18.0% |
| 1963 | 323,000 ha | +28.7% |
| 1964 | 345,000 ha | +6.8% |
| 1965 | 256,000 ha | -25.8% |
| 1966 | 256,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 271,000 ha | +5.9% |
| 1968 | 328,000 ha | +21.0% |
| 1969 | 341,000 ha | +4.0% |
| 1970 | 393,000 ha | +15.2% |
| 1971 | 373,000 ha | -5.1% |
| 1972 | 345,000 ha | -7.5% |
| 1973 | 235,000 ha | -31.9% |
| 1974 | 364,000 ha | +54.9% |
| 1975 | 244,000 ha | -33.0% |
| 1976 | 186,000 ha | -23.8% |
| 1977 | 185,000 ha | -0.5% |
| 1978 | 226,000 ha | +22.2% |
| 1979 | 294,000 ha | +30.1% |
| 1980 | 352,000 ha | +19.7% |
| 1981 | 306,000 ha | -13.1% |
| 1982 | 245,000 ha | -19.9% |
| 1983 | 235,000 ha | -4.1% |
| 1984 | 246,000 ha | +4.7% |
| 1985 | 237,000 ha | -3.7% |
| 1986 | 236,000 ha | -0.4% |
| 1987 | 193,000 ha | -18.2% |
| 1988 | 231,000 ha | +19.7% |
| 1989 | 178,000 ha | -22.9% |
| 1990 | 106,000 ha | -40.4% |
| 1991 | 104,000 ha | -1.9% |
| 1992 | 245,000 ha | +135.6% |
| 1993 | 198,000 ha | -19.2% |
| 1994 | 135,000 ha | -31.8% |
| 1995 | 107,000 ha | -20.7% |
| 1996 | 135,000 ha | +26.2% |
| 1997 | 95,000 ha | -29.6% |
| 1998 | 59,000 ha | -37.9% |
| 1999 | 94,550 ha | +60.3% |
| 2000 | 82,600 ha | -12.6% |
| 2001 | 165,000 ha | +99.8% |
| 2002 | 94,160 ha | -42.9% |
| 2003 | 49,850 ha | -47.1% |
| 2004 | 71,500 ha | +43.4% |
| 2005 | 40,000 ha | -44.1% |
| 2006 | 48,550 ha | +21.4% |
| 2007 | 40,770 ha | -16.0% |
| 2008 | 54,200 ha | +32.9% |
| 2009 | 54,550 ha | +0.6% |
| 2010 | 57,450 ha | +5.3% |
| 2011 | 55,150 ha | -4.0% |
| 2012 | 45,450 ha | -17.6% |
| 2013 | 46,900 ha | +3.2% |
| 2014 | 52,125 ha | +11.1% |
| 2015 | 58,000 ha | +11.3% |
| 2016 | 22,600 ha | -61.0% |
| 2017 | 56,000 ha | +147.8% |
| 2018 | 56,300 ha | +0.5% |
| 2019 | 20,050 ha | -64.4% |
| 2020 | 37,500 ha | +87.0% |
| 2021 | 38,550 ha | +2.8% |
| 2022 | 43,400 ha | +12.6% |
| 2023 | 31,300 ha | -27.9% |
| 2024 | 41,200 ha | +31.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 297,444 ha | 251,000 ha | 345,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 284,500 ha | 185,000 ha | 393,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 245,900 ha | 178,000 ha | 352,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 127,855 ha | 59,000 ha | 245,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 70,118 ha | 40,000 ha | 165,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 47,002 ha | 20,050 ha | 58,000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 38,390 ha | 31,300 ha | 43,400 ha | 5 |
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- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 7.11 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0283 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 186.56 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.812 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3618 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 2.83 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 2.83 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 2.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.0% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in South Africa?
- Groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in South Africa was 41,200 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested recorded in South Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 393,000 ha in 1970.
- What is the lowest groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested recorded in South Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 20,050 ha in 2019.
- How does South Africa rank for groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested?
- South Africa ranks 40th out of 112 countries with data for 2024.
- Is groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested rising or falling in South Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 21.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this South Africa 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.