Tomatoes — Area harvested in Southern Africa
Southern Africa: Tomatoes — Area harvested was 9,790 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Tomatoes — Area harvested in Southern Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, tomatoes — area harvested in Southern Africa stood at 9,790 ha.
The figure is down 2.5% on the previous year and up 11.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tomatoes — area harvested in Southern Africa peaked at 16,846 ha in 1991 and was at its lowest, 7,013 ha, in 2003.
That places Southern Africa 24th out of 29 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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 7,370 ha | 7,250 ha | 7,800 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 10,550 ha | 7,800 ha | 12,300 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 14,200 ha | 11,300 ha | 15,800 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 14,394 ha | 13,282 ha | 16,846 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 8,787 ha | 7,013 ha | 12,120 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 10,017 ha | 8,584 ha | 12,064 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 10,069 ha | 9,199 ha | 11,348 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Southern Africa
- 21 Cuba 43,078 ha compare
- 22 Yugoslav SFR 40,810 ha compare
- 23 Angola 40,218 ha compare
- 24 Benin 40,000 ha compare
- 25 Sudan (former) 37,040 ha compare
- 26 Bangladesh 31,111 ha compare
- 27 Kenya 27,823 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Southern Africa
- Tomatoes — Production, annual growth rate -3.76 % change on previous year (2024)
- Poultry Birds — Stocks 183,952 1000 An (2024)
- Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Production 1.98 million t (2024)
- Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested 1.94 million ha (2024)
- Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Yield 377.6 kg/ha (2024)
- Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Production 731,569 t (2024)
- Pulses, Total — Yield 837 kg/ha (2024)
- Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested 172,829 ha (2024)
- Pulses, Total — Production 118,389 t (2024)
- Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Yield 1,026 kg/ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tomatoes — area harvested in Southern Africa?
- Tomatoes — area harvested in Southern Africa was 9,790 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest tomatoes — area harvested recorded in Southern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 16,846 ha in 1991.
- What is the lowest tomatoes — area harvested recorded in Southern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 7,013 ha in 2003.
- How does Southern Africa rank for tomatoes — area harvested?
- Southern Africa ranks 24th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is tomatoes — area harvested rising or falling in Southern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 11.0%. 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 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.