Pineapples — Area harvested in Eswatini
Eswatini: Pineapples — Area harvested was 2,345 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Pineapples — Area harvested in Eswatini, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, pineapples — area harvested in Eswatini stood at 2,345 ha. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 19.5% on the previous year and up 95.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pineapples — area harvested in Eswatini peaked at 2,345 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 180 ha, in 1961.
That places Eswatini 38th out of 85 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Pineapples — Area harvested in Eswatini, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 180 ha | — |
| 1962 | 280 ha | +55.6% |
| 1963 | 280 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 380 ha | +35.7% |
| 1965 | 500 ha | +31.6% |
| 1966 | 600 ha | +20.0% |
| 1967 | 600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 648 ha | +8.0% |
| 1969 | 625 ha | -3.5% |
| 1970 | 705 ha | +12.8% |
| 1971 | 621 ha | -11.9% |
| 1972 | 778 ha | +25.3% |
| 1973 | 810 ha | +4.1% |
| 1974 | 411 ha | -49.3% |
| 1975 | 310 ha | -24.6% |
| 1976 | 498 ha | +60.6% |
| 1977 | 542 ha | +8.8% |
| 1978 | 700 ha | +29.2% |
| 1979 | 1,200 ha | +71.4% |
| 1980 | 657 ha | -45.2% |
| 1981 | 655 ha | -0.3% |
| 1982 | 620 ha | -5.3% |
| 1983 | 748 ha | +20.6% |
| 1984 | 716 ha | -4.3% |
| 1985 | 626 ha | -12.6% |
| 1986 | 677 ha | +8.1% |
| 1987 | 1,097 ha | +62.0% |
| 1988 | 1,097 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 1,097 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 1,097 ha | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 1,100 ha | +0.3% |
| 1992 | 1,272 ha | +15.6% |
| 1993 | 900 ha | -29.2% |
| 1994 | 788 ha | -12.4% |
| 1995 | 518 ha | -34.3% |
| 1996 | 247 ha | -52.3% |
| 1997 | 184 ha | -25.5% |
| 1998 | 190 ha | +3.3% |
| 1999 | 210 ha | +10.5% |
| 2000 | 600 ha | +185.7% |
| 2001 | 650 ha | +8.3% |
| 2002 | 700 ha | +7.7% |
| 2003 | 838 ha | +19.7% |
| 2004 | 894 ha | +6.7% |
| 2005 | 557 ha | -37.7% |
| 2006 | 690 ha | +23.9% |
| 2007 | 635 ha | -8.0% |
| 2008 | 754 ha | +18.7% |
| 2009 | 800 ha | +6.1% |
| 2010 | 850 ha | +6.2% |
| 2011 | 908 ha | +6.8% |
| 2012 | 1,000 ha | +10.1% |
| 2013 | 1,090 ha | +9.0% |
| 2014 | 1,200 ha | +10.1% |
| 2015 | 1,100 ha | -8.3% |
| 2016 | 1,118 ha | +1.6% |
| 2017 | 1,196 ha | +7.0% |
| 2018 | 1,176 ha | -1.7% |
| 2019 | 1,255 ha | +6.7% |
| 2020 | 1,206 ha | -3.9% |
| 2021 | 1,167 ha | -3.2% |
| 2022 | 1,290 ha | +10.5% |
| 2023 | 1,962 ha | +52.1% |
| 2024 | 2,345 ha | +19.5% |
Eswatini compared with similar countries
- Eswatini's 2,345 ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 2,685 ha, 87% of the median. (21 countries reporting)
- Eswatini's 2,345 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 2,345 ha, 1.0× the median. (27 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Pineapples — Area harvested in Eswatini 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | +185.7% | 210 ha | 600 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 454.78 ha | 180 ha | 648 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 657.5 ha | 310 ha | 1,200 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 799 ha | 620 ha | 1,097 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 650.6 ha | 184 ha | 1,272 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 711.8 ha | 557 ha | 894 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,089 ha | 850 ha | 1,255 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,594 ha | 1,167 ha | 2,345 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Eswatini
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 5.08 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0641 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 263.26 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.4281 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.7328 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 6.4% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 6.4% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 6.2% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.9% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pineapples — area harvested in Eswatini?
- Pineapples — area harvested in Eswatini was 2,345 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pineapples — area harvested recorded in Eswatini?
- The highest recorded value was 2,345 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest pineapples — area harvested recorded in Eswatini?
- The lowest recorded value was 180 ha in 1961.
- How does Eswatini rank for pineapples — area harvested?
- Eswatini ranks 38th out of 85 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pineapples — area harvested rising or falling in Eswatini?
- Over the last ten years it is up 95.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Eswatini data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Pineapples — 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.