Potatoes — Production in Southern Africa
Southern Africa: Potatoes — Production was 2.78 million t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Potatoes — Production in Southern Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for potatoes — production in Southern Africa is 2.78 million t, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 8.1% on the previous year and up 15.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, potatoes — production in Southern Africa peaked at 2.83 million t in 2019 and was at its lowest, 337,024 t, in 1961.
Southern Africa ranks 17th of 37 regions on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 429,396 t | 337,024 t | 553,000 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 677,667 t | 569,743 t | 771,000 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.01 million t | 710,000 t | 1.31 million t | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.50 million t | 1.13 million t | 1.88 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.89 million t | 1.66 million t | 2.15 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.46 million t | 2.21 million t | 2.83 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.73 million t | 2.58 million t | 2.83 million t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Southern Africa
- 14 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 6.37 million t compare
- 15 Poland 5.92 million t compare
- 16 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 5.52 million t compare
- 17 Algeria 4.60 million t compare
- 18 Brazil 4.18 million t compare
- 19 Ethiopia 4.09 million t compare
- 20 Belgium 3.98 million t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Southern Africa
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Producing 3.93 million An (2024)
- Bananas — Area harvested 11,906 ha (2024)
- Bananas — Production 461,288 t (2024)
- Tomatoes — Production 528,091 t (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 11,393 t (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield 53,939 kg/ha (2024)
- Swine / pigs — Stocks 1.50 million An (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested 4,427 ha (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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is potatoes — production in Southern Africa?
- Potatoes — production in Southern Africa was 2.78 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest potatoes — production recorded in Southern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 2.83 million t in 2019.
- What is the lowest potatoes — production recorded in Southern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 337,024 t in 1961.
- How does Southern Africa rank for potatoes — production?
- Southern Africa ranks 17th out of 37 regions with data for 2024.
- Is potatoes — production rising or falling in Southern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 15.9%. 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 Potatoes — 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.