Rye — Area harvested in Southern Africa
Southern Africa: Rye — Area harvested was 1,782 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Rye — 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 rye — area harvested in Southern Africa is 1,782 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.1% on the previous year and down 5.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rye — area harvested in Southern Africa peaked at 131,000 ha in 1967 and was at its lowest, 1,300 ha, in 2003.
Southern Africa ranks 21st of 23 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Rye — Area harvested in Southern Africa, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 50,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 54,000 ha | +8.0% |
| 1963 | 62,000 ha | +14.8% |
| 1964 | 86,000 ha | +38.7% |
| 1965 | 106,000 ha | +23.3% |
| 1966 | 126,000 ha | +18.9% |
| 1967 | 131,000 ha | +4.0% |
| 1968 | 110,000 ha | -16.0% |
| 1969 | 99,000 ha | -10.0% |
| 1970 | 24,000 ha | -75.8% |
| 1971 | 25,000 ha | +4.2% |
| 1972 | 33,000 ha | +32.0% |
| 1973 | 32,000 ha | -3.0% |
| 1974 | 35,000 ha | +9.4% |
| 1975 | 28,000 ha | -20.0% |
| 1976 | 28,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 20,000 ha | -28.6% |
| 1978 | 20,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 33,000 ha | +65.0% |
| 1980 | 30,000 ha | -9.1% |
| 1981 | 36,000 ha | +20.0% |
| 1982 | 33,000 ha | -8.3% |
| 1983 | 32,000 ha | -3.0% |
| 1984 | 30,000 ha | -6.2% |
| 1985 | 26,000 ha | -13.3% |
| 1986 | 28,000 ha | +7.7% |
| 1987 | 26,000 ha | -7.1% |
| 1988 | 36,000 ha | +38.5% |
| 1989 | 90,000 ha | +150.0% |
| 1990 | 60,000 ha | -33.3% |
| 1991 | 65,000 ha | +8.3% |
| 1992 | 34,000 ha | -47.7% |
| 1993 | 45,000 ha | +32.4% |
| 1994 | 47,000 ha | +4.4% |
| 1995 | 46,530 ha | -1.0% |
| 1996 | 46,300 ha | -0.5% |
| 1997 | 40,000 ha | -13.6% |
| 1998 | 40,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 16,276 ha | -59.3% |
| 2000 | 4,334 ha | -73.4% |
| 2001 | 4,319 ha | -0.3% |
| 2002 | 1,500 ha | -65.3% |
| 2003 | 1,300 ha | -13.3% |
| 2004 | 2,000 ha | +53.8% |
| 2005 | 2,200 ha | +10.0% |
| 2006 | 3,400 ha | +54.5% |
| 2007 | 3,500 ha | +2.9% |
| 2008 | 3,577 ha | +2.2% |
| 2009 | 2,424 ha | -32.2% |
| 2010 | 2,133 ha | -12.0% |
| 2011 | 2,299 ha | +7.8% |
| 2012 | 2,290 ha | -0.4% |
| 2013 | 2,222 ha | -3.0% |
| 2014 | 1,891 ha | -14.9% |
| 2015 | 1,569 ha | -17.0% |
| 2016 | 1,894 ha | +20.7% |
| 2017 | 1,779 ha | -6.1% |
| 2018 | 1,747 ha | -1.8% |
| 2019 | 1,807 ha | +3.4% |
| 2020 | 1,778 ha | -1.6% |
| 2021 | 1,777 ha | -0.1% |
| 2022 | 1,787 ha | +0.6% |
| 2023 | 1,781 ha | -0.3% |
| 2024 | 1,782 ha | +0.1% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Rye — Area harvested in Southern Africa 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | +150.0% | 36,000 ha | 90,000 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 91,556 ha | 50,000 ha | 131,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 27,800 ha | 20,000 ha | 35,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 36,700 ha | 26,000 ha | 90,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 44,011 ha | 16,276 ha | 65,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,855 ha | 1,300 ha | 4,334 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,963 ha | 1,569 ha | 2,299 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,781 ha | 1,777 ha | 1,787 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is rye — area harvested in Southern Africa?
- Rye — area harvested in Southern Africa was 1,782 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest rye — area harvested recorded in Southern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 131,000 ha in 1967.
- What is the lowest rye — area harvested recorded in Southern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,300 ha in 2003.
- How does Southern Africa rank for rye — area harvested?
- Southern Africa ranks 21st out of 23 groups with data for 2024.
- Is rye — area harvested rising or falling in Southern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.8%. 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 Rye — 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.