Tomatoes — Area harvested in Namibia
Namibia: Tomatoes — Area harvested was 1,423 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Tomatoes — Area harvested in Namibia, 1997–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, tomatoes — area harvested in Namibia stood at 1,423 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 0.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tomatoes — area harvested in Namibia peaked at 1,500 ha in 2007 and was at its lowest, 680 ha, in 1997.
Namibia ranks 95th of 169 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 28 years of available data.
Tomatoes — Area harvested in Namibia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 680 ha | — |
| 1998 | 736 ha | +8.2% |
| 1999 | 770 ha | +4.6% |
| 2000 | 850 ha | +10.4% |
| 2001 | 930 ha | +9.4% |
| 2002 | 1,000 ha | +7.5% |
| 2003 | 1,080 ha | +8.0% |
| 2004 | 1,150 ha | +6.5% |
| 2005 | 1,230 ha | +7.0% |
| 2006 | 1,300 ha | +5.7% |
| 2007 | 1,500 ha | +15.4% |
| 2008 | 1,300 ha | -13.3% |
| 2009 | 1,250 ha | -3.8% |
| 2010 | 1,300 ha | +4.0% |
| 2011 | 1,354 ha | +4.2% |
| 2012 | 1,300 ha | -4.0% |
| 2013 | 1,344 ha | +3.4% |
| 2014 | 1,412 ha | +5.1% |
| 2015 | 1,464 ha | +3.7% |
| 2016 | 1,407 ha | -3.9% |
| 2017 | 1,413 ha | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 1,449 ha | +2.5% |
| 2019 | 1,423 ha | -1.8% |
| 2020 | 1,413 ha | -0.7% |
| 2021 | 1,428 ha | +1.1% |
| 2022 | 1,421 ha | -0.5% |
| 2023 | 1,421 ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 1,423 ha | +0.1% |
Namibia compared with similar countries
- Namibia's 1,423 ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 12,311 ha, 12% of the median. (32 countries reporting)
- Namibia's 1,423 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 9,251 ha, 15% of the median. (33 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 728.67 ha | 680 ha | 770 ha | 3 |
| 2000s | 1,159 ha | 850 ha | 1,500 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,387 ha | 1,300 ha | 1,464 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,421 ha | 1,413 ha | 1,428 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Namibia
More agriculture & rural data for Namibia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 8 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0699 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 340.78 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.13 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4913 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 7.0% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 7.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.5% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tomatoes — area harvested in Namibia?
- Tomatoes — area harvested in Namibia was 1,423 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest tomatoes — area harvested recorded in Namibia?
- The highest recorded value was 1,500 ha in 2007.
- What is the lowest tomatoes — area harvested recorded in Namibia?
- The lowest recorded value was 680 ha in 1997.
- How does Namibia rank for tomatoes — area harvested?
- Namibia ranks 95th out of 169 countries with data for 2024.
- Is tomatoes — area harvested rising or falling in Namibia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Namibia 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.