Strawberries — Area harvested in South Africa
South Africa: Strawberries — Area harvested was 1,233 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Strawberries — Area harvested in South Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
South Africa recorded 1,233 ha for strawberries — area harvested in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 13.1% on the previous year and up 100.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, strawberries — area harvested in South Africa peaked at 1,233 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 200 ha, in 1961.
South Africa ranks 38th of 83 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.
Strawberries — Area harvested in South Africa, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 200 ha | — |
| 1962 | 200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 250 ha | +25.0% |
| 1964 | 250 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 250 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 250 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 200 ha | -20.0% |
| 1968 | 200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 250 ha | +25.0% |
| 1970 | 250 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 250 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 400 ha | +60.0% |
| 1973 | 460 ha | +15.0% |
| 1974 | 460 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 620 ha | +34.8% |
| 1976 | 650 ha | +4.8% |
| 1977 | 650 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 650 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 650 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 650 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 650 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 650 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 720 ha | +10.8% |
| 1984 | 720 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 730 ha | +1.4% |
| 1986 | 750 ha | +2.7% |
| 1987 | 780 ha | +4.0% |
| 1988 | 760 ha | -2.6% |
| 1989 | 850 ha | +11.8% |
| 1990 | 710 ha | -16.5% |
| 1991 | 813 ha | +14.5% |
| 1992 | 700 ha | -13.9% |
| 1993 | 630 ha | -10.0% |
| 1994 | 652 ha | +3.5% |
| 1995 | 569 ha | -12.7% |
| 1996 | 600 ha | +5.4% |
| 1997 | 650 ha | +8.3% |
| 1998 | 634 ha | -2.5% |
| 1999 | 680 ha | +7.3% |
| 2000 | 700 ha | +2.9% |
| 2001 | 458 ha | -34.6% |
| 2002 | 350 ha | -23.6% |
| 2003 | 474 ha | +35.4% |
| 2004 | 450 ha | -5.1% |
| 2005 | 500 ha | +11.1% |
| 2006 | 450 ha | -10.0% |
| 2007 | 480 ha | +6.7% |
| 2008 | 730 ha | +52.1% |
| 2009 | 550 ha | -24.7% |
| 2010 | 473 ha | -14.0% |
| 2011 | 530 ha | +12.1% |
| 2012 | 616 ha | +16.2% |
| 2013 | 698 ha | +13.3% |
| 2014 | 615 ha | -11.9% |
| 2015 | 610 ha | -0.8% |
| 2016 | 644 ha | +5.6% |
| 2017 | 680 ha | +5.6% |
| 2018 | 739 ha | +8.7% |
| 2019 | 847 ha | +14.6% |
| 2020 | 901 ha | +6.4% |
| 2021 | 946 ha | +5.0% |
| 2022 | 1,059 ha | +11.9% |
| 2023 | 1,090 ha | +2.9% |
| 2024 | 1,233 ha | +13.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 227.78 ha | 200 ha | 250 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 504 ha | 250 ha | 650 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 726 ha | 650 ha | 850 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 663.8 ha | 569 ha | 813 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 514.2 ha | 350 ha | 730 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 645.2 ha | 473 ha | 847 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,046 ha | 901 ha | 1,233 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near South Africa
- 35 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 1,430 ha compare
- 36 Belgium-Luxembourg 1,400 ha compare
- 37 Belgium 1,380 ha compare
- 39 Austria 1,120 ha compare
- 40 Kazakhstan 1,040 ha compare
- 41 Chile 1,037 ha compare
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)
- Agriculture share gdp 2.83 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 2.83 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 2.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.0% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is strawberries — area harvested in South Africa?
- Strawberries — area harvested in South Africa was 1,233 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest strawberries — area harvested recorded in South Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 1,233 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest strawberries — area harvested recorded in South Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 200 ha in 1961.
- How does South Africa rank for strawberries — area harvested?
- South Africa ranks 38th out of 83 countries with data for 2024.
- Is strawberries — area harvested rising or falling in South Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 100.5%. 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 Strawberries — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 64 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO).
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.