Oranges — Area harvested in Southern Africa
Southern Africa: Oranges — Area harvested was 44,410 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Oranges — Area harvested in Southern Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Southern Africa recorded 44,410 ha for oranges — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is up 1.7% on the previous year and down 16.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oranges — area harvested in Southern Africa peaked at 59,515 ha in 2001 and was at its lowest, 27,200 ha, in 1961.
Southern Africa ranks 20th of 35 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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 30,082 ha | 27,200 ha | 34,070 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 35,593 ha | 35,570 ha | 35,620 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 37,178 ha | 33,630 ha | 44,130 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 44,493 ha | 38,870 ha | 52,984 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 51,529 ha | 44,451 ha | 59,515 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 48,856 ha | 41,296 ha | 54,232 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 44,361 ha | 42,312 ha | 47,183 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Southern Africa
More agriculture & rural data for Southern Africa
- Tomatoes — Production 528,091 t (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested 4,427 ha (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Producing 3.93 million An (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production 374,875 t (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight 95 kg/An (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 11,393 t (2024)
- Bananas — Area harvested 11,906 ha (2024)
- Bananas — Production 461,288 t (2024)
- Swine / pigs — Stocks 1.50 million An (2024)
- Tomatoes — Area harvested 9,790 ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is oranges — area harvested in Southern Africa?
- Oranges — area harvested in Southern Africa was 44,410 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oranges — area harvested recorded in Southern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 59,515 ha in 2001.
- What is the lowest oranges — area harvested recorded in Southern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 27,200 ha in 1961.
- How does Southern Africa rank for oranges — area harvested?
- Southern Africa ranks 20th out of 35 groups with data for 2024.
- Is oranges — area harvested rising or falling in Southern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 16.2%. 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 Oranges — 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.