Strawberries — Area harvested in Southern Africa
Southern Africa: Strawberries — Area harvested was 1,233 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Strawberries — Area harvested in Southern Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Southern 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 Southern Africa peaked at 1,233 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 200 ha, in 1961.
That places Southern Africa 23rd out of 25 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.
Strawberries — Area harvested in Southern 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 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is strawberries — area harvested in Southern Africa?
- Strawberries — area harvested in Southern 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 Southern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 1,233 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest strawberries — area harvested recorded in Southern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 200 ha in 1961.
- How does Southern Africa rank for strawberries — area harvested?
- Southern Africa ranks 23rd out of 25 groups with data for 2024.
- Is strawberries — area harvested rising or falling in Southern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 100.5%. 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 Strawberries — 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.