Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested in Southern Africa
Southern Africa: Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested was 49,542 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested in Southern Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Southern Africa recorded 49,542 ha for groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is up 22.3% on the previous year and down 17.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in Southern Africa peaked at 402,229 ha in 1970 and was at its lowest, 26,758 ha, in 2019.
That places Southern Africa 20th out of 27 groups 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 Southern Africa, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 315,451 ha | — |
| 1962 | 256,966 ha | -18.5% |
| 1963 | 330,500 ha | +28.6% |
| 1964 | 352,300 ha | +6.6% |
| 1965 | 261,708 ha | -25.7% |
| 1966 | 261,586 ha | -0.0% |
| 1967 | 278,847 ha | +6.6% |
| 1968 | 337,587 ha | +21.1% |
| 1969 | 350,318 ha | +3.8% |
| 1970 | 402,229 ha | +14.8% |
| 1971 | 384,070 ha | -4.5% |
| 1972 | 354,945 ha | -7.6% |
| 1973 | 244,422 ha | -31.1% |
| 1974 | 375,202 ha | +53.5% |
| 1975 | 255,808 ha | -31.8% |
| 1976 | 196,142 ha | -23.3% |
| 1977 | 193,812 ha | -1.2% |
| 1978 | 233,312 ha | +20.4% |
| 1979 | 299,338 ha | +28.3% |
| 1980 | 358,540 ha | +19.8% |
| 1981 | 311,794 ha | -13.0% |
| 1982 | 247,386 ha | -20.7% |
| 1983 | 236,936 ha | -4.2% |
| 1984 | 249,187 ha | +5.2% |
| 1985 | 239,316 ha | -4.0% |
| 1986 | 238,400 ha | -0.4% |
| 1987 | 194,800 ha | -18.3% |
| 1988 | 235,407 ha | +20.8% |
| 1989 | 181,863 ha | -22.7% |
| 1990 | 111,047 ha | -38.9% |
| 1991 | 108,700 ha | -2.1% |
| 1992 | 248,987 ha | +129.1% |
| 1993 | 202,097 ha | -18.8% |
| 1994 | 139,900 ha | -30.8% |
| 1995 | 112,547 ha | -19.6% |
| 1996 | 140,874 ha | +25.2% |
| 1997 | 105,560 ha | -25.1% |
| 1998 | 66,700 ha | -36.8% |
| 1999 | 102,190 ha | +53.2% |
| 2000 | 89,876 ha | -12.1% |
| 2001 | 172,368 ha | +91.8% |
| 2002 | 100,937 ha | -41.4% |
| 2003 | 56,048 ha | -44.5% |
| 2004 | 78,650 ha | +40.3% |
| 2005 | 47,163 ha | -40.0% |
| 2006 | 55,700 ha | +18.1% |
| 2007 | 47,323 ha | -15.0% |
| 2008 | 61,618 ha | +30.2% |
| 2009 | 63,296 ha | +2.7% |
| 2010 | 66,724 ha | +5.4% |
| 2011 | 62,897 ha | -5.7% |
| 2012 | 52,435 ha | -16.6% |
| 2013 | 54,208 ha | +3.4% |
| 2014 | 60,247 ha | +11.1% |
| 2015 | 63,715 ha | +5.8% |
| 2016 | 29,821 ha | -53.2% |
| 2017 | 63,158 ha | +111.8% |
| 2018 | 64,227 ha | +1.7% |
| 2019 | 26,758 ha | -58.3% |
| 2020 | 46,046 ha | +72.1% |
| 2021 | 46,673 ha | +1.4% |
| 2022 | 54,090 ha | +15.9% |
| 2023 | 40,493 ha | -25.1% |
| 2024 | 49,542 ha | +22.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 305,029 ha | 256,966 ha | 352,300 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 293,928 ha | 193,812 ha | 402,229 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 249,363 ha | 181,863 ha | 358,540 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 133,860 ha | 66,700 ha | 248,987 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 77,298 ha | 47,163 ha | 172,368 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 54,419 ha | 26,758 ha | 66,724 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 47,369 ha | 40,493 ha | 54,090 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in Southern Africa?
- Groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in Southern Africa was 49,542 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested recorded in Southern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 402,229 ha in 1970.
- What is the lowest groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested recorded in Southern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 26,758 ha in 2019.
- How does Southern Africa rank for groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested?
- Southern Africa ranks 20th out of 27 groups with data for 2024.
- Is groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested rising or falling in Southern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 17.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Southern 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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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.