Oats — Area harvested in Southern Africa
Southern Africa: Oats — Area harvested was 31,222 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Oats — Area harvested in Southern Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Southern Africa recorded 31,222 ha for oats — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of up 12.6% on the previous year and up 140.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oats — area harvested in Southern Africa peaked at 100,700 ha in 1967 and was at its lowest, 12,989 ha, in 2014.
Southern Africa ranks 23rd of 24 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Oats — Area harvested in Southern Africa, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 80,642 ha | — |
| 1962 | 70,700 ha | -12.3% |
| 1963 | 80,700 ha | +14.1% |
| 1964 | 80,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 60,700 ha | -24.8% |
| 1966 | 60,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 100,700 ha | +65.9% |
| 1968 | 70,700 ha | -29.8% |
| 1969 | 70,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 80,700 ha | +14.1% |
| 1971 | 70,700 ha | -12.4% |
| 1972 | 75,700 ha | +7.1% |
| 1973 | 80,700 ha | +6.6% |
| 1974 | 80,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 80,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 70,700 ha | -12.4% |
| 1977 | 60,700 ha | -14.1% |
| 1978 | 50,700 ha | -16.5% |
| 1979 | 60,700 ha | +19.7% |
| 1980 | 45,700 ha | -24.7% |
| 1981 | 55,700 ha | +21.9% |
| 1982 | 60,700 ha | +9.0% |
| 1983 | 55,700 ha | -8.2% |
| 1984 | 55,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 15,700 ha | -71.8% |
| 1986 | 35,700 ha | +127.4% |
| 1987 | 50,700 ha | +42.0% |
| 1988 | 35,700 ha | -29.6% |
| 1989 | 30,700 ha | -14.0% |
| 1990 | 28,230 ha | -8.0% |
| 1991 | 33,064 ha | +17.1% |
| 1992 | 35,658 ha | +7.8% |
| 1993 | 36,237 ha | +1.6% |
| 1994 | 25,515 ha | -29.6% |
| 1995 | 28,600 ha | +12.1% |
| 1996 | 25,700 ha | -10.1% |
| 1997 | 30,600 ha | +19.1% |
| 1998 | 25,450 ha | -16.8% |
| 1999 | 22,236 ha | -12.6% |
| 2000 | 25,240 ha | +13.5% |
| 2001 | 28,234 ha | +11.9% |
| 2002 | 30,225 ha | +7.1% |
| 2003 | 25,198 ha | -16.6% |
| 2004 | 26,008 ha | +3.2% |
| 2005 | 22,957 ha | -11.7% |
| 2006 | 28,114 ha | +22.5% |
| 2007 | 26,582 ha | -5.4% |
| 2008 | 17,034 ha | -35.9% |
| 2009 | 23,017 ha | +35.1% |
| 2010 | 20,744 ha | -9.9% |
| 2011 | 39,310 ha | +89.5% |
| 2012 | 33,337 ha | -15.2% |
| 2013 | 16,103 ha | -51.7% |
| 2014 | 12,989 ha | -19.3% |
| 2015 | 23,115 ha | +78.0% |
| 2016 | 34,365 ha | +48.7% |
| 2017 | 14,138 ha | -58.9% |
| 2018 | 19,450 ha | +37.6% |
| 2019 | 21,218 ha | +9.1% |
| 2020 | 26,420 ha | +24.5% |
| 2021 | 36,473 ha | +38.1% |
| 2022 | 27,220 ha | -25.4% |
| 2023 | 27,721 ha | +1.8% |
| 2024 | 31,222 ha | +12.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 75,138 ha | 60,700 ha | 100,700 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 71,200 ha | 50,700 ha | 80,700 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 44,200 ha | 15,700 ha | 60,700 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 29,129 ha | 22,236 ha | 36,237 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 25,261 ha | 17,034 ha | 30,225 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 23,477 ha | 12,989 ha | 39,310 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 29,811 ha | 26,420 ha | 36,473 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is oats — area harvested in Southern Africa?
- Oats — area harvested in Southern Africa was 31,222 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oats — area harvested recorded in Southern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 100,700 ha in 1967.
- What is the lowest oats — area harvested recorded in Southern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 12,989 ha in 2014.
- How does Southern Africa rank for oats — area harvested?
- Southern Africa ranks 23rd out of 24 groups with data for 2024.
- Is oats — area harvested rising or falling in Southern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 140.4%. 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 Oats — 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.