Treenuts, Total — Area harvested in Southern Africa
Southern Africa: Treenuts, Total — Area harvested was 15,836 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Treenuts, Total — Area harvested in Southern Africa, 1985–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Southern Africa recorded 15,836 ha for treenuts, total — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.5% on the previous year and up 26.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, treenuts, total — area harvested in Southern Africa peaked at 16,408 ha in 2019 and was at its lowest, 190 ha, in 1985.
Southern Africa ranks 26th of 28 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Treenuts, Total — Area harvested in Southern Africa, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 190 ha | — |
| 1986 | 190 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 190 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 360 ha | +89.5% |
| 1989 | 360 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 700 ha | +94.4% |
| 1991 | 700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 939 ha | +34.1% |
| 1993 | 1,030 ha | +9.7% |
| 1994 | 1,560 ha | +51.5% |
| 1995 | 1,917 ha | +22.9% |
| 1996 | 2,100 ha | +9.5% |
| 1997 | 3,020 ha | +43.8% |
| 1998 | 3,357 ha | +11.2% |
| 1999 | 3,889 ha | +15.8% |
| 2000 | 4,226 ha | +8.7% |
| 2001 | 5,200 ha | +23.0% |
| 2002 | 4,370 ha | -16.0% |
| 2003 | 4,270 ha | -2.3% |
| 2004 | 4,400 ha | +3.0% |
| 2005 | 4,839 ha | +10.0% |
| 2006 | 4,979 ha | +2.9% |
| 2007 | 5,150 ha | +3.4% |
| 2008 | 5,430 ha | +5.4% |
| 2009 | 5,530 ha | +1.8% |
| 2010 | 6,954 ha | +25.8% |
| 2011 | 7,126 ha | +2.5% |
| 2012 | 8,065 ha | +13.2% |
| 2013 | 10,336 ha | +28.2% |
| 2014 | 12,483 ha | +20.8% |
| 2015 | 13,340 ha | +6.9% |
| 2016 | 13,897 ha | +4.2% |
| 2017 | 14,664 ha | +5.5% |
| 2018 | 15,554 ha | +6.1% |
| 2019 | 16,408 ha | +5.5% |
| 2020 | 15,526 ha | -5.4% |
| 2021 | 15,829 ha | +2.0% |
| 2022 | 15,921 ha | +0.6% |
| 2023 | 15,759 ha | -1.0% |
| 2024 | 15,836 ha | +0.5% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Treenuts, Total — Area harvested in Southern Africa changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | +94.4% | 360 ha | 700 ha |
| 1988 | +89.5% | 190 ha | 360 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 258 ha | 190 ha | 360 ha | 5 |
| 1990s | 1,921 ha | 700 ha | 3,889 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 4,839 ha | 4,226 ha | 5,530 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 11,883 ha | 6,954 ha | 16,408 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 15,774 ha | 15,526 ha | 15,921 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is treenuts, total — area harvested in Southern Africa?
- Treenuts, total — area harvested in Southern Africa was 15,836 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest treenuts, total — area harvested recorded in Southern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 16,408 ha in 2019.
- What is the lowest treenuts, total — area harvested recorded in Southern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 190 ha in 1985.
- How does Southern Africa rank for treenuts, total — area harvested?
- Southern Africa ranks 26th out of 28 groups with data for 2024.
- Is treenuts, total — area harvested rising or falling in Southern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 26.9%. 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 Treenuts, Total — 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.