Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Southern Africa
Southern Africa: Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested was 172,829 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Southern Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Southern Africa recorded 172,829 ha for roots and tubers, total — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of up 1.9% on the previous year and up 10.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Southern Africa peaked at 182,098 ha in 2019 and was at its lowest, 82,950 ha, in 1968.
That places Southern Africa 28th out of 29 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Southern Africa, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 85,553 ha | — |
| 1962 | 94,459 ha | +10.4% |
| 1963 | 95,269 ha | +0.9% |
| 1964 | 93,200 ha | -2.2% |
| 1965 | 95,250 ha | +2.2% |
| 1966 | 83,397 ha | -12.4% |
| 1967 | 86,588 ha | +3.8% |
| 1968 | 82,950 ha | -4.2% |
| 1969 | 101,750 ha | +22.7% |
| 1970 | 91,800 ha | -9.8% |
| 1971 | 102,300 ha | +11.4% |
| 1972 | 83,400 ha | -18.5% |
| 1973 | 86,450 ha | +3.7% |
| 1974 | 91,850 ha | +6.2% |
| 1975 | 94,363 ha | +2.7% |
| 1976 | 96,983 ha | +2.8% |
| 1977 | 98,250 ha | +1.3% |
| 1978 | 103,200 ha | +5.0% |
| 1979 | 104,000 ha | +0.8% |
| 1980 | 103,500 ha | -0.5% |
| 1981 | 112,463 ha | +8.7% |
| 1982 | 108,110 ha | -3.9% |
| 1983 | 111,785 ha | +3.4% |
| 1984 | 123,114 ha | +10.1% |
| 1985 | 122,188 ha | -0.8% |
| 1986 | 113,700 ha | -6.9% |
| 1987 | 117,000 ha | +2.9% |
| 1988 | 126,113 ha | +7.8% |
| 1989 | 132,051 ha | +4.7% |
| 1990 | 124,999 ha | -5.3% |
| 1991 | 130,076 ha | +4.1% |
| 1992 | 121,852 ha | -6.3% |
| 1993 | 120,990 ha | -0.7% |
| 1994 | 122,871 ha | +1.6% |
| 1995 | 121,479 ha | -1.1% |
| 1996 | 127,628 ha | +5.1% |
| 1997 | 125,068 ha | -2.0% |
| 1998 | 125,958 ha | +0.7% |
| 1999 | 127,588 ha | +1.3% |
| 2000 | 125,796 ha | -1.4% |
| 2001 | 132,759 ha | +5.5% |
| 2002 | 125,242 ha | -5.7% |
| 2003 | 127,638 ha | +1.9% |
| 2004 | 132,290 ha | +3.6% |
| 2005 | 134,132 ha | +1.4% |
| 2006 | 136,050 ha | +1.4% |
| 2007 | 139,920 ha | +2.8% |
| 2008 | 141,836 ha | +1.4% |
| 2009 | 141,013 ha | -0.6% |
| 2010 | 150,031 ha | +6.4% |
| 2011 | 150,020 ha | -0.0% |
| 2012 | 152,223 ha | +1.5% |
| 2013 | 152,718 ha | +0.3% |
| 2014 | 156,701 ha | +2.6% |
| 2015 | 164,129 ha | +4.7% |
| 2016 | 153,737 ha | -6.3% |
| 2017 | 168,471 ha | +9.6% |
| 2018 | 174,056 ha | +3.3% |
| 2019 | 182,098 ha | +4.6% |
| 2020 | 180,018 ha | -1.1% |
| 2021 | 175,966 ha | -2.3% |
| 2022 | 178,894 ha | +1.7% |
| 2023 | 169,634 ha | -5.2% |
| 2024 | 172,829 ha | +1.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 90,935 ha | 82,950 ha | 101,750 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 95,260 ha | 83,400 ha | 104,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 117,002 ha | 103,500 ha | 132,051 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 124,851 ha | 120,990 ha | 130,076 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 133,668 ha | 125,242 ha | 141,836 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 160,418 ha | 150,020 ha | 182,098 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 175,468 ha | 169,634 ha | 180,018 ha | 5 |
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- Pulses, Total — Yield, annual growth rate 0.0239 % change on previous year (2024)
- Pulses, Total — Production, annual growth rate 6.71 % change on previous year (2024)
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- Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield, annual growth rate 4.35 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Southern Africa?
- Roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Southern Africa was 172,829 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 Southern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 182,098 ha in 2019.
- What is the lowest roots and tubers, total — area harvested recorded in Southern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 82,950 ha in 1968.
- How does Southern Africa rank for roots and tubers, total — area harvested?
- Southern Africa ranks 28th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is roots and tubers, total — area harvested rising or falling in Southern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Southern 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.