Peaches and nectarines — Production in Southern Africa
Southern Africa: Peaches and nectarines — Production was 136,240 t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Peaches and nectarines — Production in Southern Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for peaches and nectarines — production in Southern Africa is 136,240 t, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 27.6% on the previous year and down 17.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, peaches and nectarines — production in Southern Africa peaked at 252,677 t in 1997 and was at its lowest, 77,009 t, in 1962.
That places Southern Africa 20th out of 24 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Peaches and nectarines — Production in Southern Africa, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 89,398 t | — |
| 1962 | 77,009 t | -13.9% |
| 1963 | 104,785 t | +36.1% |
| 1964 | 116,881 t | +11.5% |
| 1965 | 136,913 t | +17.1% |
| 1966 | 130,597 t | -4.6% |
| 1967 | 133,828 t | +2.5% |
| 1968 | 136,543 t | +2.0% |
| 1969 | 148,209 t | +8.5% |
| 1970 | 136,398 t | -8.0% |
| 1971 | 155,986 t | +14.4% |
| 1972 | 158,892 t | +1.9% |
| 1973 | 153,318 t | -3.5% |
| 1974 | 166,655 t | +8.7% |
| 1975 | 164,500 t | -1.3% |
| 1976 | 176,561 t | +7.3% |
| 1977 | 175,237 t | -0.7% |
| 1978 | 152,561 t | -12.9% |
| 1979 | 164,184 t | +7.6% |
| 1980 | 211,027 t | +28.5% |
| 1981 | 165,871 t | -21.4% |
| 1982 | 169,566 t | +2.2% |
| 1983 | 163,854 t | -3.4% |
| 1984 | 168,545 t | +2.9% |
| 1985 | 136,324 t | -19.1% |
| 1986 | 147,132 t | +7.9% |
| 1987 | 169,356 t | +15.1% |
| 1988 | 154,962 t | -8.5% |
| 1989 | 170,747 t | +10.2% |
| 1990 | 145,332 t | -14.9% |
| 1991 | 157,100 t | +8.1% |
| 1992 | 167,043 t | +6.3% |
| 1993 | 175,591 t | +5.1% |
| 1994 | 139,287 t | -20.7% |
| 1995 | 158,416 t | +13.7% |
| 1996 | 173,069 t | +9.2% |
| 1997 | 252,677 t | +46.0% |
| 1998 | 207,297 t | -18.0% |
| 1999 | 213,015 t | +2.8% |
| 2000 | 222,773 t | +4.6% |
| 2001 | 162,302 t | -27.1% |
| 2002 | 190,235 t | +17.2% |
| 2003 | 223,976 t | +17.7% |
| 2004 | 183,652 t | -18.0% |
| 2005 | 171,757 t | -6.5% |
| 2006 | 167,379 t | -2.5% |
| 2007 | 170,032 t | +1.6% |
| 2008 | 162,798 t | -4.3% |
| 2009 | 159,444 t | -2.1% |
| 2010 | 164,231 t | +3.0% |
| 2011 | 156,819 t | -4.5% |
| 2012 | 175,665 t | +12.0% |
| 2013 | 170,537 t | -2.9% |
| 2014 | 165,475 t | -3.0% |
| 2015 | 193,902 t | +17.2% |
| 2016 | 182,054 t | -6.1% |
| 2017 | 182,489 t | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 152,444 t | -16.5% |
| 2019 | 157,974 t | +3.6% |
| 2020 | 175,374 t | +11.0% |
| 2021 | 181,131 t | +3.3% |
| 2022 | 201,254 t | +11.1% |
| 2023 | 188,048 t | -6.6% |
| 2024 | 136,240 t | -27.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 119,351 t | 77,009 t | 148,209 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 160,429 t | 136,398 t | 176,561 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 165,738 t | 136,324 t | 211,027 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 178,883 t | 139,287 t | 252,677 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 181,435 t | 159,444 t | 223,976 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 170,159 t | 152,444 t | 193,902 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 176,409 t | 136,240 t | 201,254 t | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is peaches and nectarines — production in Southern Africa?
- Peaches and nectarines — production in Southern Africa was 136,240 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest peaches and nectarines — production recorded in Southern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 252,677 t in 1997.
- What is the lowest peaches and nectarines — production recorded in Southern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 77,009 t in 1962.
- How does Southern Africa rank for peaches and nectarines — production?
- Southern Africa ranks 20th out of 24 groups with data for 2024.
- Is peaches and nectarines — production rising or falling in Southern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 17.7%. 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 Peaches and nectarines — 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.