Peas, green — Area harvested in Southern Africa
Southern Africa: Peas, green — Area harvested was 1,817 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Peas, green — Area harvested in Southern Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Southern Africa recorded 1,817 ha for peas, green — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is down 29.7% on the previous year and down 51.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, peas, green — area harvested in Southern Africa peaked at 6,000 ha in 1966 and was at its lowest, 539 ha, in 2019.
Southern Africa ranks 24th of 26 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Peas, green — Area harvested in Southern Africa, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 4,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 4,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 4,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 4,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 4,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 6,000 ha | +50.0% |
| 1967 | 6,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 5,000 ha | -16.7% |
| 1969 | 4,000 ha | -20.0% |
| 1970 | 4,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 4,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 4,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 3,000 ha | -25.0% |
| 1974 | 3,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 3,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 3,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 4,000 ha | +33.3% |
| 1978 | 4,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 4,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 4,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 4,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 4,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 4,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 4,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 4,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 4,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 4,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 4,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 4,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 2,889 ha | -27.8% |
| 1991 | 3,000 ha | +3.8% |
| 1992 | 3,823 ha | +27.4% |
| 1993 | 3,692 ha | -3.4% |
| 1994 | 3,356 ha | -9.1% |
| 1995 | 2,500 ha | -25.5% |
| 1996 | 3,000 ha | +20.0% |
| 1997 | 3,500 ha | +16.7% |
| 1998 | 3,600 ha | +2.9% |
| 1999 | 3,500 ha | -2.8% |
| 2000 | 3,000 ha | -14.3% |
| 2001 | 3,067 ha | +2.2% |
| 2002 | 3,805 ha | +24.1% |
| 2003 | 2,369 ha | -37.7% |
| 2004 | 4,005 ha | +69.1% |
| 2005 | 4,625 ha | +15.5% |
| 2006 | 4,600 ha | -0.5% |
| 2007 | 4,500 ha | -2.2% |
| 2008 | 5,025 ha | +11.7% |
| 2009 | 5,500 ha | +9.5% |
| 2010 | 3,841 ha | -30.2% |
| 2011 | 2,977 ha | -22.5% |
| 2012 | 3,969 ha | +33.3% |
| 2013 | 4,525 ha | +14.0% |
| 2014 | 3,717 ha | -17.9% |
| 2015 | 4,330 ha | +16.5% |
| 2016 | 3,341 ha | -22.8% |
| 2017 | 3,463 ha | +3.7% |
| 2018 | 1,868 ha | -46.1% |
| 2019 | 539 ha | -71.1% |
| 2020 | 1,660 ha | +208.0% |
| 2021 | 2,116 ha | +27.5% |
| 2022 | 2,814 ha | +33.0% |
| 2023 | 2,586 ha | -8.1% |
| 2024 | 1,817 ha | -29.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4,556 ha | 4,000 ha | 6,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,600 ha | 3,000 ha | 4,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 4,000 ha | 4,000 ha | 4,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 3,286 ha | 2,500 ha | 3,823 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 4,050 ha | 2,369 ha | 5,500 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,257 ha | 539 ha | 4,525 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,199 ha | 1,660 ha | 2,814 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Southern Africa
- 21 Belgium 11,500 ha compare
- 22 Belgium-Luxembourg 9,903 ha compare
- 23 Australia and New Zealand 9,426 ha compare
- 24 Canada 8,983 ha compare
- 25 Poland 8,700 ha compare
- 26 Yugoslav SFR 8,474 ha compare
- 27 Mexico 6,474 ha compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is peas, green — area harvested in Southern Africa?
- Peas, green — area harvested in Southern Africa was 1,817 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest peas, green — area harvested recorded in Southern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 6,000 ha in 1966.
- What is the lowest peas, green — area harvested recorded in Southern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 539 ha in 2019.
- How does Southern Africa rank for peas, green — area harvested?
- Southern Africa ranks 24th out of 26 groups with data for 2024.
- Is peas, green — area harvested rising or falling in Southern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 51.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Southern Africa data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Peas, green — 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.