Millet — Area harvested in Southern Africa
Southern Africa: Millet — Area harvested was 285,080 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Millet — Area harvested in Southern Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, millet — area harvested in Southern Africa stood at 285,080 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 6.6% on the previous year and down 35.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, millet — area harvested in Southern Africa peaked at 440,931 ha in 2014 and was at its lowest, 55,281 ha, in 2019.
Southern Africa ranks 13th of 26 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Millet — Area harvested in Southern Africa, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 83,324 ha | — |
| 1962 | 80,300 ha | -3.6% |
| 1963 | 80,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 86,324 ha | +7.5% |
| 1965 | 103,296 ha | +19.7% |
| 1966 | 111,193 ha | +7.6% |
| 1967 | 136,013 ha | +22.3% |
| 1968 | 139,087 ha | +2.3% |
| 1969 | 142,382 ha | +2.4% |
| 1970 | 150,092 ha | +5.4% |
| 1971 | 171,137 ha | +14.0% |
| 1972 | 152,000 ha | -11.2% |
| 1973 | 157,000 ha | +3.3% |
| 1974 | 157,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 162,000 ha | +3.2% |
| 1976 | 162,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 167,000 ha | +3.1% |
| 1978 | 167,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 170,000 ha | +1.8% |
| 1980 | 176,300 ha | +3.7% |
| 1981 | 174,700 ha | -0.9% |
| 1982 | 170,400 ha | -2.5% |
| 1983 | 178,300 ha | +4.6% |
| 1984 | 180,300 ha | +1.1% |
| 1985 | 181,700 ha | +0.8% |
| 1986 | 182,100 ha | +0.2% |
| 1987 | 177,500 ha | -2.5% |
| 1988 | 191,100 ha | +7.7% |
| 1989 | 198,500 ha | +3.9% |
| 1990 | 189,148 ha | -4.7% |
| 1991 | 161,530 ha | -14.6% |
| 1992 | 178,000 ha | +10.2% |
| 1993 | 179,200 ha | +0.7% |
| 1994 | 293,400 ha | +63.7% |
| 1995 | 297,119 ha | +1.3% |
| 1996 | 290,067 ha | -2.4% |
| 1997 | 324,890 ha | +12.0% |
| 1998 | 298,425 ha | -8.1% |
| 1999 | 314,061 ha | +5.2% |
| 2000 | 265,551 ha | -15.4% |
| 2001 | 253,075 ha | -4.7% |
| 2002 | 300,390 ha | +18.7% |
| 2003 | 297,185 ha | -1.1% |
| 2004 | 273,936 ha | -7.8% |
| 2005 | 254,685 ha | -7.0% |
| 2006 | 265,875 ha | +4.4% |
| 2007 | 213,446 ha | -19.7% |
| 2008 | 209,662 ha | -1.8% |
| 2009 | 281,203 ha | +34.1% |
| 2010 | 266,990 ha | -5.1% |
| 2011 | 249,859 ha | -6.4% |
| 2012 | 330,343 ha | +32.2% |
| 2013 | 164,245 ha | -50.3% |
| 2014 | 440,931 ha | +168.5% |
| 2015 | 267,473 ha | -39.3% |
| 2016 | 258,541 ha | -3.3% |
| 2017 | 283,786 ha | +9.8% |
| 2018 | 280,085 ha | -1.3% |
| 2019 | 55,281 ha | -80.3% |
| 2020 | 280,313 ha | +407.1% |
| 2021 | 283,359 ha | +1.1% |
| 2022 | 283,194 ha | -0.1% |
| 2023 | 267,335 ha | -5.6% |
| 2024 | 285,080 ha | +6.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 106,913 ha | 80,300 ha | 142,382 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 161,523 ha | 150,092 ha | 171,137 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 181,090 ha | 170,400 ha | 198,500 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 252,584 ha | 161,530 ha | 324,890 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 261,501 ha | 209,662 ha | 300,390 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 259,753 ha | 55,281 ha | 440,931 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 279,856 ha | 267,335 ha | 285,080 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Southern Africa
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Frequently asked questions
- What is millet — area harvested in Southern Africa?
- Millet — area harvested in Southern Africa was 285,080 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest millet — area harvested recorded in Southern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 440,931 ha in 2014.
- What is the lowest millet — area harvested recorded in Southern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 55,281 ha in 2019.
- How does Southern Africa rank for millet — area harvested?
- Southern Africa ranks 13th out of 26 groups with data for 2024.
- Is millet — area harvested rising or falling in Southern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 35.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Southern Africa data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Millet — 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.