Kenaf, and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted — Area harvested in Southern Africa
Southern Africa: Kenaf, and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted — Area harvested was 1,194 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Kenaf, and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted — Area harvested in Southern Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, kenaf, and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted — area harvested in Southern Africa stood at 1,194 ha.
That represents a change of up 0.4% on the previous year and up 3.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, kenaf, and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted — area harvested in Southern Africa peaked at 2,500 ha in 1964 and was at its lowest, 1,000 ha, in 1966.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Kenaf, and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted — Area harvested in Southern Africa, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,300 ha | — |
| 1962 | 2,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 2,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 2,500 ha | +8.7% |
| 1965 | 1,500 ha | -40.0% |
| 1966 | 1,000 ha | -33.3% |
| 1967 | 1,100 ha | +10.0% |
| 1968 | 2,000 ha | +81.8% |
| 1969 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 1,100 ha | -45.0% |
| 1973 | 1,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 1,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 1,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 1,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 1,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 1,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 1,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 1,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 1,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 1,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 1,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 1,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 1,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 1,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 1,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 1,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 1,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 1,218 ha | +10.7% |
| 1991 | 1,100 ha | -9.7% |
| 1992 | 1,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 1,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 1,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 1,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 1,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 1,073 ha | -2.5% |
| 1998 | 1,122 ha | +4.6% |
| 1999 | 1,000 ha | -10.9% |
| 2000 | 1,100 ha | +10.0% |
| 2001 | 1,078 ha | -2.0% |
| 2002 | 1,066 ha | -1.1% |
| 2003 | 1,072 ha | +0.6% |
| 2004 | 1,074 ha | +0.2% |
| 2005 | 1,100 ha | +2.4% |
| 2006 | 1,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 1,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 1,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 1,122 ha | +2.0% |
| 2010 | 1,100 ha | -2.0% |
| 2011 | 1,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 1,150 ha | +4.5% |
| 2013 | 1,200 ha | +4.3% |
| 2014 | 1,153 ha | -3.9% |
| 2015 | 1,172 ha | +1.6% |
| 2016 | 1,177 ha | +0.4% |
| 2017 | 1,157 ha | -1.7% |
| 2018 | 1,176 ha | +1.6% |
| 2019 | 1,191 ha | +1.3% |
| 2020 | 1,200 ha | +0.8% |
| 2021 | 1,180 ha | -1.7% |
| 2022 | 1,184 ha | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 1,189 ha | +0.4% |
| 2024 | 1,194 ha | +0.4% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Kenaf, and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted — Area harvested in Southern Africa 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 | +81.8% | 1,100 ha | 2,000 ha |
| 1972 | -45.0% | 2,000 ha | 1,100 ha |
| 1965 | -40.0% | 2,500 ha | 1,500 ha |
| 1966 | -33.3% | 1,500 ha | 1,000 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,889 ha | 1,000 ha | 2,500 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,280 ha | 1,100 ha | 2,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,100 ha | 1,100 ha | 1,100 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,101 ha | 1,000 ha | 1,218 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,091 ha | 1,066 ha | 1,122 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,158 ha | 1,100 ha | 1,200 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,189 ha | 1,180 ha | 1,200 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Southern Africa
- 14 Angola 1,229 ha compare
- 15 South Africa 1,194 ha compare
- 16 Malaysia 1,105 ha compare
- 17 Nigeria 1,013 ha compare
- 18 Ethiopia PDR 559 ha compare
- 19 Central African Republic 552 ha compare
- 20 Myanmar 459 ha compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is kenaf, and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted — area harvested in Southern Africa?
- Kenaf, and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted — area harvested in Southern Africa was 1,194 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest kenaf, and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted — area harvested recorded in Southern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 2,500 ha in 1964.
- What is the lowest kenaf, and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted — area harvested recorded in Southern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,000 ha in 1966.
- How does Southern Africa rank for kenaf, and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted — area harvested?
- Southern Africa ranks 17th out of 19 groups with data for 2024.
- Is kenaf, and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted — area harvested rising or falling in Southern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Southern Africa data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Kenaf, and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted — 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.