Tomatoes — Area harvested in Eswatini
Eswatini: Tomatoes — Area harvested was 422 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Tomatoes — Area harvested in Eswatini, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Eswatini recorded 422 ha for tomatoes — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is up 0.5% on the previous year and up 1.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tomatoes — area harvested in Eswatini peaked at 439 ha in 2015 and was at its lowest, 250 ha, in 1962.
That places Eswatini 113th out of 169 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Tomatoes — Area harvested in Eswatini, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 284 ha | — |
| 1962 | 250 ha | -12.0% |
| 1963 | 250 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 250 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 250 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 250 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 250 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 250 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 300 ha | +20.0% |
| 1970 | 300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 277 ha | -7.7% |
| 1991 | 319 ha | +15.2% |
| 1992 | 303 ha | -5.0% |
| 1993 | 295 ha | -2.6% |
| 1994 | 287 ha | -2.7% |
| 1995 | 282 ha | -1.7% |
| 1996 | 279 ha | -1.1% |
| 1997 | 280 ha | +0.4% |
| 1998 | 287 ha | +2.5% |
| 1999 | 279 ha | -2.8% |
| 2000 | 270 ha | -3.2% |
| 2001 | 270 ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 270 ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 273 ha | +1.1% |
| 2004 | 280 ha | +2.6% |
| 2005 | 290 ha | +3.6% |
| 2006 | 270 ha | -6.9% |
| 2007 | 289 ha | +7.0% |
| 2008 | 315 ha | +9.0% |
| 2009 | 350 ha | +11.1% |
| 2010 | 380 ha | +8.6% |
| 2011 | 376 ha | -1.1% |
| 2012 | 375 ha | -0.3% |
| 2013 | 395 ha | +5.3% |
| 2014 | 414 ha | +4.8% |
| 2015 | 439 ha | +6.0% |
| 2016 | 416 ha | -5.2% |
| 2017 | 410 ha | -1.4% |
| 2018 | 404 ha | -1.5% |
| 2019 | 399 ha | -1.2% |
| 2020 | 395 ha | -1.0% |
| 2021 | 416 ha | +5.3% |
| 2022 | 418 ha | +0.5% |
| 2023 | 420 ha | +0.5% |
| 2024 | 422 ha | +0.5% |
Eswatini compared with similar countries
- Eswatini's 422 ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 12,311 ha, 3% of the median. (32 countries reporting)
- Eswatini's 422 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 9,251 ha, 5% of the median. (33 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 259.33 ha | 250 ha | 300 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 300 ha | 300 ha | 300 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 300 ha | 300 ha | 300 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 288.8 ha | 277 ha | 319 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 287.7 ha | 270 ha | 350 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 400.8 ha | 375 ha | 439 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 414.2 ha | 395 ha | 422 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Eswatini
More agriculture & rural data for Eswatini
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 5.08 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0641 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 263.26 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.4281 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.7328 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 6.4% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 6.4% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 6.2% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.9% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tomatoes — area harvested in Eswatini?
- Tomatoes — area harvested in Eswatini was 422 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest tomatoes — area harvested recorded in Eswatini?
- The highest recorded value was 439 ha in 2015.
- What is the lowest tomatoes — area harvested recorded in Eswatini?
- The lowest recorded value was 250 ha in 1962.
- How does Eswatini rank for tomatoes — area harvested?
- Eswatini ranks 113th out of 169 countries with data for 2024.
- Is tomatoes — area harvested rising or falling in Eswatini?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Eswatini data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Tomatoes — 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.