Mushrooms and truffles — Production in Southern Africa
Southern Africa: Mushrooms and truffles — Production was 37,380 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Mushrooms and truffles — Production in Southern Africa, 1986–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Southern Africa recorded 37,380 t for mushrooms and truffles — production in 2024. That is the highest value across all 39 years on record.
The figure is up 4.7% on the previous year and up 116.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, mushrooms and truffles — production in Southern Africa peaked at 37,380 t in 2024 and was at its lowest, 4,053 t, in 1988.
That places Southern Africa 17th out of 23 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.
Mushrooms and truffles — Production in Southern Africa, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1986 | 5,300 t | — |
| 1987 | 5,334 t | +0.6% |
| 1988 | 4,053 t | -24.0% |
| 1989 | 4,899 t | +20.9% |
| 1990 | 5,719 t | +16.7% |
| 1991 | 4,833 t | -15.5% |
| 1992 | 4,142 t | -14.3% |
| 1993 | 4,735 t | +14.3% |
| 1994 | 6,200 t | +30.9% |
| 1995 | 7,824 t | +26.2% |
| 1996 | 7,048 t | -9.9% |
| 1997 | 7,406 t | +5.1% |
| 1998 | 6,507 t | -12.1% |
| 1999 | 7,617 t | +17.1% |
| 2000 | 7,278 t | -4.5% |
| 2001 | 7,019 t | -3.6% |
| 2002 | 7,021 t | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 8,610 t | +22.6% |
| 2004 | 8,415 t | -2.3% |
| 2005 | 8,385 t | -0.4% |
| 2006 | 8,477 t | +1.1% |
| 2007 | 10,320 t | +21.7% |
| 2008 | 11,351 t | +10.0% |
| 2009 | 11,744 t | +3.5% |
| 2010 | 12,217 t | +4.0% |
| 2011 | 12,803 t | +4.8% |
| 2012 | 14,284 t | +11.6% |
| 2013 | 15,608 t | +9.3% |
| 2014 | 17,302 t | +10.9% |
| 2015 | 18,267 t | +5.6% |
| 2016 | 18,803 t | +2.9% |
| 2017 | 19,447 t | +3.4% |
| 2018 | 21,116 t | +8.6% |
| 2019 | 24,455 t | +15.8% |
| 2020 | 26,522 t | +8.5% |
| 2021 | 29,064 t | +9.6% |
| 2022 | 32,031 t | +10.2% |
| 2023 | 35,690 t | +11.4% |
| 2024 | 37,380 t | +4.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 4,896 t | 4,053 t | 5,334 t | 4 |
| 1990s | 6,203 t | 4,142 t | 7,824 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 8,862 t | 7,019 t | 11,744 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 17,430 t | 12,217 t | 24,455 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 32,137 t | 26,522 t | 37,380 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Southern Africa
- 14 Hungary 61,620 t compare
- 15 Italy 60,550 t compare
- 16 Australia and New Zealand 57,624 t compare
- 17 Australia 56,941 t compare
- 18 Indonesia 48,689 t compare
- 19 Belgium-Luxembourg 45,200 t compare
- 20 South Africa 37,380 t compare
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- Tomatoes — Production, annual growth rate -3.76 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield, annual growth rate -1.32 % change on previous year (2024)
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- Swine / pigs — Stocks, annual growth rate -0.1597 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is mushrooms and truffles — production in Southern Africa?
- Mushrooms and truffles — production in Southern Africa was 37,380 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest mushrooms and truffles — production recorded in Southern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 37,380 t in 2024.
- What is the lowest mushrooms and truffles — production recorded in Southern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,053 t in 1988.
- How does Southern Africa rank for mushrooms and truffles — production?
- Southern Africa ranks 17th out of 23 groups with data for 2024.
- Is mushrooms and truffles — production rising or falling in Southern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 116.0%. 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 Mushrooms and truffles — Production. 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.