Tangerines, mandarins, clementines — Area harvested in Southern Africa
Southern Africa: Tangerines, mandarins, clementines — Area harvested was 26,138 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Tangerines, mandarins, clementines — Area harvested in Southern Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Southern Africa recorded 26,138 ha for tangerines, mandarins, clementines — area harvested in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 6.1% on the previous year and up 324.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tangerines, mandarins, clementines — area harvested in Southern Africa peaked at 26,138 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 700 ha, in 1961.
That places Southern Africa 20th out of 27 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Tangerines, mandarins, clementines — Area harvested in Southern Africa, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 700 ha | — |
| 1962 | 800 ha | +14.3% |
| 1963 | 800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 1,000 ha | +25.0% |
| 1966 | 900 ha | -10.0% |
| 1967 | 1,200 ha | +33.3% |
| 1968 | 1,000 ha | -16.7% |
| 1969 | 1,100 ha | +10.0% |
| 1970 | 1,000 ha | -9.1% |
| 1971 | 1,200 ha | +20.0% |
| 1972 | 1,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 1,100 ha | -8.3% |
| 1974 | 1,500 ha | +36.4% |
| 1975 | 1,000 ha | -33.3% |
| 1976 | 1,200 ha | +20.0% |
| 1977 | 1,100 ha | -8.3% |
| 1978 | 1,400 ha | +27.3% |
| 1979 | 1,500 ha | +7.1% |
| 1980 | 1,600 ha | +6.7% |
| 1981 | 1,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 1,700 ha | +6.2% |
| 1983 | 1,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 1,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 1,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 1,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 1,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 1,900 ha | +11.8% |
| 1989 | 1,900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 2,100 ha | +10.5% |
| 1991 | 2,000 ha | -4.8% |
| 1992 | 2,300 ha | +15.0% |
| 1993 | 2,500 ha | +8.7% |
| 1994 | 2,273 ha | -9.1% |
| 1995 | 3,000 ha | +32.0% |
| 1996 | 3,700 ha | +23.3% |
| 1997 | 4,040 ha | +9.2% |
| 1998 | 4,250 ha | +5.2% |
| 1999 | 5,240 ha | +23.3% |
| 2000 | 4,865 ha | -7.2% |
| 2001 | 5,280 ha | +8.5% |
| 2002 | 4,201 ha | -20.4% |
| 2003 | 4,423 ha | +5.3% |
| 2004 | 4,440 ha | +0.4% |
| 2005 | 5,275 ha | +18.8% |
| 2006 | 5,160 ha | -2.2% |
| 2007 | 5,262 ha | +2.0% |
| 2008 | 5,318 ha | +1.1% |
| 2009 | 5,368 ha | +0.9% |
| 2010 | 5,527 ha | +3.0% |
| 2011 | 6,045 ha | +9.4% |
| 2012 | 5,990 ha | -0.9% |
| 2013 | 6,081 ha | +1.5% |
| 2014 | 6,152 ha | +1.2% |
| 2015 | 6,291 ha | +2.3% |
| 2016 | 6,447 ha | +2.5% |
| 2017 | 8,575 ha | +33.0% |
| 2018 | 10,891 ha | +27.0% |
| 2019 | 13,082 ha | +20.1% |
| 2020 | 15,933 ha | +21.8% |
| 2021 | 20,151 ha | +26.5% |
| 2022 | 21,877 ha | +8.6% |
| 2023 | 24,642 ha | +12.6% |
| 2024 | 26,138 ha | +6.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 922.22 ha | 700 ha | 1,200 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,220 ha | 1,000 ha | 1,500 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,720 ha | 1,600 ha | 1,900 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 3,140 ha | 2,000 ha | 5,240 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 4,959 ha | 4,201 ha | 5,368 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 7,508 ha | 5,527 ha | 13,082 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 21,748 ha | 15,933 ha | 26,138 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is tangerines, mandarins, clementines — area harvested in Southern Africa?
- Tangerines, mandarins, clementines — area harvested in Southern Africa was 26,138 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest tangerines, mandarins, clementines — area harvested recorded in Southern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 26,138 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest tangerines, mandarins, clementines — area harvested recorded in Southern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 700 ha in 1961.
- How does Southern Africa rank for tangerines, mandarins, clementines — area harvested?
- Southern Africa ranks 20th out of 27 groups with data for 2024.
- Is tangerines, mandarins, clementines — area harvested rising or falling in Southern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 324.9%. 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 Tangerines, mandarins, clementines — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.