Mangoes, guavas and mangosteens — Area harvested in Southern Africa
Southern Africa: Mangoes, guavas and mangosteens — Area harvested was 6,499 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Mangoes, guavas and mangosteens — Area harvested in Southern Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, mangoes, guavas and mangosteens — area harvested in Southern Africa stood at 6,499 ha.
The figure is up 15.4% on the previous year and up 36.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, mangoes, guavas and mangosteens — area harvested in Southern Africa peaked at 8,058 ha in 2005 and was at its lowest, 500 ha, in 1975.
That places Southern Africa 19th out of 22 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Mangoes, guavas and mangosteens — Area harvested in Southern Africa, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,500 ha | +50.0% |
| 1963 | 1,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 1,000 ha | -33.3% |
| 1965 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 1,500 ha | +50.0% |
| 1969 | 1,000 ha | -33.3% |
| 1970 | 1,500 ha | +50.0% |
| 1971 | 1,000 ha | -33.3% |
| 1972 | 2,000 ha | +100.0% |
| 1973 | 1,500 ha | -25.0% |
| 1974 | 1,000 ha | -33.3% |
| 1975 | 500 ha | -50.0% |
| 1976 | 1,500 ha | +200.0% |
| 1977 | 1,000 ha | -33.3% |
| 1978 | 2,000 ha | +100.0% |
| 1979 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 1,500 ha | -25.0% |
| 1981 | 1,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 800 ha | -46.7% |
| 1983 | 1,500 ha | +87.5% |
| 1984 | 2,000 ha | +33.3% |
| 1985 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 2,200 ha | +10.0% |
| 1987 | 2,300 ha | +4.5% |
| 1988 | 2,600 ha | +13.0% |
| 1989 | 2,400 ha | -7.7% |
| 1990 | 2,800 ha | +16.7% |
| 1991 | 2,900 ha | +3.6% |
| 1992 | 2,846 ha | -1.9% |
| 1993 | 2,738 ha | -3.8% |
| 1994 | 2,728 ha | -0.4% |
| 1995 | 3,107 ha | +13.9% |
| 1996 | 2,444 ha | -21.3% |
| 1997 | 3,015 ha | +23.4% |
| 1998 | 3,120 ha | +3.5% |
| 1999 | 3,316 ha | +6.3% |
| 2000 | 3,903 ha | +17.7% |
| 2001 | 3,938 ha | +0.9% |
| 2002 | 7,031 ha | +78.5% |
| 2003 | 6,036 ha | -14.2% |
| 2004 | 7,546 ha | +25.0% |
| 2005 | 8,058 ha | +6.8% |
| 2006 | 7,432 ha | -7.8% |
| 2007 | 6,977 ha | -6.1% |
| 2008 | 6,554 ha | -6.1% |
| 2009 | 3,532 ha | -46.1% |
| 2010 | 4,037 ha | +14.3% |
| 2011 | 3,641 ha | -9.8% |
| 2012 | 3,570 ha | -2.0% |
| 2013 | 2,223 ha | -37.7% |
| 2014 | 4,751 ha | +113.7% |
| 2015 | 4,856 ha | +2.2% |
| 2016 | 3,948 ha | -18.7% |
| 2017 | 5,139 ha | +30.2% |
| 2018 | 5,350 ha | +4.1% |
| 2019 | 7,481 ha | +39.8% |
| 2020 | 6,895 ha | -7.8% |
| 2021 | 6,128 ha | -11.1% |
| 2022 | 7,235 ha | +18.1% |
| 2023 | 5,632 ha | -22.2% |
| 2024 | 6,499 ha | +15.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,167 ha | 1,000 ha | 1,500 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,400 ha | 500 ha | 2,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,880 ha | 800 ha | 2,600 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,901 ha | 2,444 ha | 3,316 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 6,101 ha | 3,532 ha | 8,058 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 4,500 ha | 2,223 ha | 7,481 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 6,478 ha | 5,632 ha | 7,235 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is mangoes, guavas and mangosteens — area harvested in Southern Africa?
- Mangoes, guavas and mangosteens — area harvested in Southern Africa was 6,499 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest mangoes, guavas and mangosteens — area harvested recorded in Southern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 8,058 ha in 2005.
- What is the lowest mangoes, guavas and mangosteens — area harvested recorded in Southern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 500 ha in 1975.
- How does Southern Africa rank for mangoes, guavas and mangosteens — area harvested?
- Southern Africa ranks 19th out of 22 groups with data for 2024.
- Is mangoes, guavas and mangosteens — area harvested rising or falling in Southern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 36.8%. 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 Mangoes, guavas and mangosteens — 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.