Rice — Area harvested in Southern Africa
Southern Africa: Rice — Area harvested was 1,427 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Rice — Area harvested in Southern Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for rice — area harvested in Southern Africa is 1,427 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 1.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rice — area harvested in Southern Africa peaked at 4,129 ha in 1969 and was at its lowest, 1,293 ha, in 1999.
That places Southern Africa 27th out of 28 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Rice — Area harvested in Southern Africa, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 3,538 ha | — |
| 1962 | 3,904 ha | +10.3% |
| 1963 | 3,712 ha | -4.9% |
| 1964 | 3,667 ha | -1.2% |
| 1965 | 3,500 ha | -4.6% |
| 1966 | 3,518 ha | +0.5% |
| 1967 | 3,599 ha | +2.3% |
| 1968 | 3,647 ha | +1.3% |
| 1969 | 4,129 ha | +13.2% |
| 1970 | 3,706 ha | -10.2% |
| 1971 | 3,671 ha | -0.9% |
| 1972 | 2,999 ha | -18.3% |
| 1973 | 2,628 ha | -12.4% |
| 1974 | 2,406 ha | -8.4% |
| 1975 | 2,913 ha | +21.1% |
| 1976 | 3,164 ha | +8.6% |
| 1977 | 3,200 ha | +1.1% |
| 1978 | 3,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 3,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 3,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 2,500 ha | -21.9% |
| 1982 | 1,803 ha | -27.9% |
| 1983 | 1,759 ha | -2.4% |
| 1984 | 1,595 ha | -9.3% |
| 1985 | 1,700 ha | +6.6% |
| 1986 | 1,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 1,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 1,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 1,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 1,553 ha | -8.6% |
| 1991 | 1,842 ha | +18.6% |
| 1992 | 1,726 ha | -6.3% |
| 1993 | 1,613 ha | -6.5% |
| 1994 | 1,565 ha | -3.0% |
| 1995 | 1,573 ha | +0.5% |
| 1996 | 1,428 ha | -9.2% |
| 1997 | 1,439 ha | +0.8% |
| 1998 | 1,347 ha | -6.4% |
| 1999 | 1,293 ha | -4.0% |
| 2000 | 1,355 ha | +4.8% |
| 2001 | 1,464 ha | +8.0% |
| 2002 | 1,345 ha | -8.1% |
| 2003 | 1,424 ha | +5.9% |
| 2004 | 1,392 ha | -2.2% |
| 2005 | 1,392 ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 1,392 ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 1,466 ha | +5.3% |
| 2008 | 1,361 ha | -7.2% |
| 2009 | 1,376 ha | +1.1% |
| 2010 | 1,378 ha | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 1,384 ha | +0.4% |
| 2012 | 1,327 ha | -4.1% |
| 2013 | 1,393 ha | +5.0% |
| 2014 | 1,406 ha | +0.9% |
| 2015 | 1,398 ha | -0.6% |
| 2016 | 1,397 ha | -0.1% |
| 2017 | 1,418 ha | +1.5% |
| 2018 | 1,403 ha | -1.1% |
| 2019 | 1,294 ha | -7.8% |
| 2020 | 1,432 ha | +10.7% |
| 2021 | 1,432 ha | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 1,428 ha | -0.3% |
| 2023 | 1,427 ha | -0.1% |
| 2024 | 1,427 ha | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,690 ha | 3,500 ha | 4,129 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,109 ha | 2,406 ha | 3,706 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,936 ha | 1,595 ha | 3,200 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,538 ha | 1,293 ha | 1,842 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,397 ha | 1,345 ha | 1,466 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,380 ha | 1,294 ha | 1,418 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,429 ha | 1,427 ha | 1,432 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is rice — area harvested in Southern Africa?
- Rice — area harvested in Southern Africa was 1,427 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest rice — area harvested recorded in Southern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 4,129 ha in 1969.
- What is the lowest rice — area harvested recorded in Southern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,293 ha in 1999.
- How does Southern Africa rank for rice — area harvested?
- Southern Africa ranks 27th out of 28 groups with data for 2024.
- Is rice — area harvested rising or falling in Southern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.5%. 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 Rice — 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.