Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in South Africa
South Africa: Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested was 96,414 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in South Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, roots and tubers, total — area harvested in South Africa stood at 96,414 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.7% on the previous year and up 13.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots and tubers, total — area harvested in South Africa peaked at 105,566 ha in 2019 and was at its lowest, 50,000 ha, in 1972.
South Africa ranks 62nd of 191 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in South Africa, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 57,682 ha | — |
| 1962 | 65,391 ha | +13.4% |
| 1963 | 66,391 ha | +1.5% |
| 1964 | 63,000 ha | -5.1% |
| 1965 | 65,000 ha | +3.2% |
| 1966 | 52,900 ha | -18.6% |
| 1967 | 56,050 ha | +6.0% |
| 1968 | 52,000 ha | -7.2% |
| 1969 | 69,000 ha | +32.7% |
| 1970 | 59,000 ha | -14.5% |
| 1971 | 68,000 ha | +15.3% |
| 1972 | 50,000 ha | -26.5% |
| 1973 | 53,000 ha | +6.0% |
| 1974 | 58,000 ha | +9.4% |
| 1975 | 61,000 ha | +5.2% |
| 1976 | 61,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 63,000 ha | +3.3% |
| 1978 | 63,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 62,000 ha | -1.6% |
| 1980 | 62,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 74,000 ha | +19.4% |
| 1982 | 69,000 ha | -6.8% |
| 1983 | 73,000 ha | +5.8% |
| 1984 | 81,500 ha | +11.6% |
| 1985 | 81,000 ha | -0.6% |
| 1986 | 72,000 ha | -11.1% |
| 1987 | 73,500 ha | +2.1% |
| 1988 | 81,500 ha | +10.9% |
| 1989 | 86,106 ha | +5.7% |
| 1990 | 77,947 ha | -9.5% |
| 1991 | 82,064 ha | +5.3% |
| 1992 | 75,483 ha | -8.0% |
| 1993 | 73,411 ha | -2.7% |
| 1994 | 73,445 ha | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 70,697 ha | -3.7% |
| 1996 | 75,500 ha | +6.8% |
| 1997 | 71,473 ha | -5.3% |
| 1998 | 70,144 ha | -1.9% |
| 1999 | 71,454 ha | +1.9% |
| 2000 | 68,429 ha | -4.2% |
| 2001 | 72,151 ha | +5.4% |
| 2002 | 63,000 ha | -12.7% |
| 2003 | 64,500 ha | +2.4% |
| 2004 | 68,000 ha | +5.4% |
| 2005 | 69,130 ha | +1.7% |
| 2006 | 71,000 ha | +2.7% |
| 2007 | 73,500 ha | +3.5% |
| 2008 | 76,434 ha | +4.0% |
| 2009 | 76,000 ha | -0.6% |
| 2010 | 82,413 ha | +8.4% |
| 2011 | 81,055 ha | -1.6% |
| 2012 | 82,023 ha | +1.2% |
| 2013 | 83,568 ha | +1.9% |
| 2014 | 84,989 ha | +1.7% |
| 2015 | 91,857 ha | +8.1% |
| 2016 | 81,258 ha | -11.5% |
| 2017 | 94,410 ha | +16.2% |
| 2018 | 98,768 ha | +4.6% |
| 2019 | 105,566 ha | +6.9% |
| 2020 | 103,361 ha | -2.1% |
| 2021 | 99,911 ha | -3.3% |
| 2022 | 102,142 ha | +2.2% |
| 2023 | 92,964 ha | -9.0% |
| 2024 | 96,414 ha | +3.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 60,824 ha | 52,000 ha | 69,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 59,800 ha | 50,000 ha | 68,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 75,361 ha | 62,000 ha | 86,106 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 74,162 ha | 70,144 ha | 82,064 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 70,214 ha | 63,000 ha | 76,434 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 88,591 ha | 81,055 ha | 105,566 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 98,958 ha | 92,964 ha | 103,361 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for South Africa
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 7.11 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0283 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 186.56 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.812 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3618 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.8% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.8% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 2.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.0% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is roots and tubers, total — area harvested in South Africa?
- Roots and tubers, total — area harvested in South Africa was 96,414 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest roots and tubers, total — area harvested recorded in South Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 105,566 ha in 2019.
- What is the lowest roots and tubers, total — area harvested recorded in South Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 50,000 ha in 1972.
- How does South Africa rank for roots and tubers, total — area harvested?
- South Africa ranks 62nd out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is roots and tubers, total — area harvested rising or falling in South Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 13.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this South Africa data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Roots and Tubers, Total — 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.