Tangerines, mandarins, clementines — Production in Southern Africa
Southern Africa: Tangerines, mandarins, clementines — Production was 770,718 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Tangerines, mandarins, clementines — Production in Southern Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Southern Africa recorded 770,718 t for tangerines, mandarins, clementines — production in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 6.5% on the previous year and up 342.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tangerines, mandarins, clementines — production in Southern Africa peaked at 770,718 t in 2024 and was at its lowest, 8,682 t, in 1961.
That places Southern Africa 17th 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 — Production in Southern Africa, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 8,682 t | — |
| 1962 | 10,721 t | +23.5% |
| 1963 | 10,497 t | -2.1% |
| 1964 | 9,859 t | -6.1% |
| 1965 | 15,729 t | +59.5% |
| 1966 | 10,072 t | -36.0% |
| 1967 | 20,418 t | +102.7% |
| 1968 | 15,195 t | -25.6% |
| 1969 | 17,619 t | +16.0% |
| 1970 | 13,297 t | -24.5% |
| 1971 | 19,176 t | +44.2% |
| 1972 | 18,651 t | -2.7% |
| 1973 | 15,024 t | -19.4% |
| 1974 | 23,048 t | +53.4% |
| 1975 | 14,038 t | -39.1% |
| 1976 | 19,936 t | +42.0% |
| 1977 | 17,351 t | -13.0% |
| 1978 | 22,497 t | +29.7% |
| 1979 | 23,864 t | +6.1% |
| 1980 | 26,305 t | +10.2% |
| 1981 | 24,899 t | -5.3% |
| 1982 | 25,304 t | +1.6% |
| 1983 | 25,598 t | +1.2% |
| 1984 | 28,362 t | +10.8% |
| 1985 | 24,678 t | -13.0% |
| 1986 | 28,026 t | +13.6% |
| 1987 | 28,638 t | +2.2% |
| 1988 | 31,990 t | +11.7% |
| 1989 | 34,033 t | +6.4% |
| 1990 | 39,911 t | +17.3% |
| 1991 | 37,878 t | -5.1% |
| 1992 | 41,610 t | +9.9% |
| 1993 | 44,212 t | +6.3% |
| 1994 | 42,575 t | -3.7% |
| 1995 | 55,793 t | +31.0% |
| 1996 | 70,694 t | +26.7% |
| 1997 | 76,165 t | +7.7% |
| 1998 | 90,323 t | +18.6% |
| 1999 | 137,051 t | +51.7% |
| 2000 | 108,682 t | -20.7% |
| 2001 | 148,299 t | +36.5% |
| 2002 | 110,172 t | -25.7% |
| 2003 | 112,629 t | +2.2% |
| 2004 | 114,282 t | +1.5% |
| 2005 | 137,713 t | +20.5% |
| 2006 | 133,574 t | -3.0% |
| 2007 | 135,638 t | +1.5% |
| 2008 | 141,511 t | +4.3% |
| 2009 | 145,650 t | +2.9% |
| 2010 | 149,782 t | +2.8% |
| 2011 | 165,794 t | +10.7% |
| 2012 | 165,856 t | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 170,158 t | +2.6% |
| 2014 | 174,169 t | +2.4% |
| 2015 | 182,199 t | +4.6% |
| 2016 | 175,534 t | -3.7% |
| 2017 | 238,912 t | +36.1% |
| 2018 | 308,042 t | +28.9% |
| 2019 | 375,716 t | +22.0% |
| 2020 | 461,719 t | +22.9% |
| 2021 | 591,718 t | +28.2% |
| 2022 | 639,718 t | +8.1% |
| 2023 | 723,718 t | +13.1% |
| 2024 | 770,718 t | +6.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 13,199 t | 8,682 t | 20,418 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 18,688 t | 13,297 t | 23,864 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 27,783 t | 24,678 t | 34,033 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 63,621 t | 37,878 t | 137,051 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 128,815 t | 108,682 t | 148,299 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 210,616 t | 149,782 t | 375,716 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 637,518 t | 461,719 t | 770,718 t | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is tangerines, mandarins, clementines — production in Southern Africa?
- Tangerines, mandarins, clementines — production in Southern Africa was 770,718 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest tangerines, mandarins, clementines — production recorded in Southern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 770,718 t in 2024.
- What is the lowest tangerines, mandarins, clementines — production recorded in Southern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 8,682 t in 1961.
- How does Southern Africa rank for tangerines, mandarins, clementines — production?
- Southern Africa ranks 17th out of 27 groups with data for 2024.
- Is tangerines, mandarins, clementines — production rising or falling in Southern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 342.5%. 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 — Production. 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.