Oats — Production in Southern Africa
Southern Africa: Oats — Production was 43,142 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Oats — Production in Southern Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Southern Africa recorded 43,142 t for oats — production in 2024.
The figure is up 4.4% on the previous year and up 102.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oats — production in Southern Africa peaked at 170,000 t in 1967 and was at its lowest, 13,000 t, in 1985.
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 — Production in Southern Africa, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 119,020 t | — |
| 1962 | 100,000 t | -16.0% |
| 1963 | 105,000 t | +5.0% |
| 1964 | 121,000 t | +15.2% |
| 1965 | 94,000 t | -22.3% |
| 1966 | 89,000 t | -5.3% |
| 1967 | 170,000 t | +91.0% |
| 1968 | 116,000 t | -31.8% |
| 1969 | 91,000 t | -21.6% |
| 1970 | 122,000 t | +34.1% |
| 1971 | 99,000 t | -18.9% |
| 1972 | 106,000 t | +7.1% |
| 1973 | 112,000 t | +5.7% |
| 1974 | 116,000 t | +3.6% |
| 1975 | 109,000 t | -6.0% |
| 1976 | 95,000 t | -12.8% |
| 1977 | 77,000 t | -18.9% |
| 1978 | 70,000 t | -9.1% |
| 1979 | 88,000 t | +25.7% |
| 1980 | 66,000 t | -25.0% |
| 1981 | 83,000 t | +25.8% |
| 1982 | 93,000 t | +12.0% |
| 1983 | 84,000 t | -9.7% |
| 1984 | 82,000 t | -2.4% |
| 1985 | 13,000 t | -84.1% |
| 1986 | 44,000 t | +238.5% |
| 1987 | 68,000 t | +54.5% |
| 1988 | 44,000 t | -35.3% |
| 1989 | 43,000 t | -2.3% |
| 1990 | 43,216 t | +0.5% |
| 1991 | 39,949 t | -7.6% |
| 1992 | 45,900 t | +14.9% |
| 1993 | 47,840 t | +4.2% |
| 1994 | 37,698 t | -21.2% |
| 1995 | 38,800 t | +2.9% |
| 1996 | 34,000 t | -12.4% |
| 1997 | 30,800 t | -9.4% |
| 1998 | 25,908 t | -15.9% |
| 1999 | 22,744 t | -12.2% |
| 2000 | 33,350 t | +46.6% |
| 2001 | 50,987 t | +52.9% |
| 2002 | 58,548 t | +14.8% |
| 2003 | 33,292 t | -43.1% |
| 2004 | 37,262 t | +11.9% |
| 2005 | 34,224 t | -8.2% |
| 2006 | 43,680 t | +27.6% |
| 2007 | 42,130 t | -3.5% |
| 2008 | 27,050 t | -35.8% |
| 2009 | 37,025 t | +36.9% |
| 2010 | 34,360 t | -7.2% |
| 2011 | 66,362 t | +93.1% |
| 2012 | 57,375 t | -13.5% |
| 2013 | 28,375 t | -50.5% |
| 2014 | 21,351 t | -24.8% |
| 2015 | 37,139 t | +73.9% |
| 2016 | 55,932 t | +50.6% |
| 2017 | 23,307 t | -58.3% |
| 2018 | 33,030 t | +41.7% |
| 2019 | 16,836 t | -49.0% |
| 2020 | 57,339 t | +240.6% |
| 2021 | 59,344 t | +3.5% |
| 2022 | 27,890 t | -53.0% |
| 2023 | 41,341 t | +48.2% |
| 2024 | 43,142 t | +4.4% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Oats — Production in Southern Africa changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | +240.6% | 16,836 t | 57,339 t |
| 1986 | +238.5% | 13,000 t | 44,000 t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 111,669 t | 89,000 t | 170,000 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 99,400 t | 70,000 t | 122,000 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 62,000 t | 13,000 t | 93,000 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 36,685 t | 22,744 t | 47,840 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 39,755 t | 27,050 t | 58,548 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 37,407 t | 16,836 t | 66,362 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 45,811 t | 27,890 t | 59,344 t | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is oats — production in Southern Africa?
- Oats — production in Southern Africa was 43,142 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oats — production recorded in Southern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 170,000 t in 1967.
- What is the lowest oats — production recorded in Southern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 13,000 t in 1985.
- How does Southern Africa rank for oats — production?
- Southern Africa ranks 23rd out of 24 groups with data for 2024.
- Is oats — production rising or falling in Southern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 102.1%. 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 — 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.