Lupins — Area harvested in South Africa
South Africa: Lupins — Area harvested was 16,000 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Lupins — 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 lupins — area harvested in South Africa is 16,000 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 39.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lupins — area harvested in South Africa peaked at 255,000 ha in 1963 and was at its lowest, 7,100 ha, in 2004.
South Africa ranks 9th of 34 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Lupins — Area harvested in South Africa, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 105,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 225,000 ha | +114.3% |
| 1963 | 255,000 ha | +13.3% |
| 1964 | 120,000 ha | -52.9% |
| 1965 | 220,000 ha | +83.3% |
| 1966 | 213,273 ha | -3.1% |
| 1967 | 202,139 ha | -5.2% |
| 1968 | 205,565 ha | +1.7% |
| 1969 | 197,000 ha | -4.2% |
| 1970 | 179,869 ha | -8.7% |
| 1971 | 90,000 ha | -50.0% |
| 1972 | 90,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 90,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 70,000 ha | -22.2% |
| 1975 | 30,000 ha | -57.1% |
| 1976 | 20,000 ha | -33.3% |
| 1977 | 20,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 20,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 20,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 20,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 20,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 20,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 20,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 20,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 20,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 20,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 20,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 20,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 20,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 18,000 ha | -10.0% |
| 1991 | 15,000 ha | -16.7% |
| 1992 | 14,000 ha | -6.7% |
| 1993 | 15,000 ha | +7.1% |
| 1994 | 14,582 ha | -2.8% |
| 1995 | 13,000 ha | -10.8% |
| 1996 | 16,000 ha | +23.1% |
| 1997 | 18,000 ha | +12.5% |
| 1998 | 16,300 ha | -9.4% |
| 1999 | 19,000 ha | +16.6% |
| 2000 | 14,705 ha | -22.6% |
| 2001 | 14,785 ha | +0.5% |
| 2002 | 11,000 ha | -25.6% |
| 2003 | 10,100 ha | -8.2% |
| 2004 | 7,100 ha | -29.7% |
| 2005 | 14,100 ha | +98.6% |
| 2006 | 16,000 ha | +13.5% |
| 2007 | 14,000 ha | -12.5% |
| 2008 | 12,518 ha | -10.6% |
| 2009 | 11,826 ha | -5.5% |
| 2010 | 11,788 ha | -0.3% |
| 2011 | 11,741 ha | -0.4% |
| 2012 | 11,746 ha | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 11,817 ha | +0.6% |
| 2014 | 11,468 ha | -3.0% |
| 2015 | 7,960 ha | -30.6% |
| 2016 | 10,415 ha | +30.8% |
| 2017 | 9,948 ha | -4.5% |
| 2018 | 12,602 ha | +26.7% |
| 2019 | 15,737 ha | +24.9% |
| 2020 | 18,100 ha | +15.0% |
| 2021 | 22,000 ha | +21.5% |
| 2022 | 21,000 ha | -4.5% |
| 2023 | 16,000 ha | -23.8% |
| 2024 | 16,000 ha | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 193,664 ha | 105,000 ha | 255,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 62,987 ha | 20,000 ha | 179,869 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 20,000 ha | 20,000 ha | 20,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 15,888 ha | 13,000 ha | 19,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 12,613 ha | 7,100 ha | 16,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 11,522 ha | 7,960 ha | 15,737 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 18,620 ha | 16,000 ha | 22,000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near South Africa
More agriculture & rural data for South Africa
- 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 lupins — area harvested in South Africa?
- Lupins — area harvested in South Africa was 16,000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest lupins — area harvested recorded in South Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 255,000 ha in 1963.
- What is the lowest lupins — area harvested recorded in South Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 7,100 ha in 2004.
- How does South Africa rank for lupins — area harvested?
- South Africa ranks 9th out of 34 countries with data for 2024.
- Is lupins — area harvested rising or falling in South Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 39.5%. 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 Lupins — 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.