Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested in Eswatini
Eswatini: Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested was 345 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested in Eswatini, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, unmanufactured tobacco — area harvested in Eswatini stood at 345 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.6% on the previous year and up 15.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, unmanufactured tobacco — area harvested in Eswatini peaked at 582 ha in 1976 and was at its lowest, 14 ha, in 1996.
That places Eswatini 94th out of 139 countries 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.
Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested in Eswatini, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 577 ha | — |
| 1962 | 556 ha | -3.6% |
| 1963 | 373 ha | -32.9% |
| 1964 | 300 ha | -19.6% |
| 1965 | 263 ha | -12.3% |
| 1966 | 283 ha | +7.6% |
| 1967 | 324 ha | +14.5% |
| 1968 | 330 ha | +1.9% |
| 1969 | 398 ha | +20.6% |
| 1970 | 431 ha | +8.3% |
| 1971 | 356 ha | -17.4% |
| 1972 | 410 ha | +15.2% |
| 1973 | 507 ha | +23.7% |
| 1974 | 260 ha | -48.7% |
| 1975 | 561 ha | +115.8% |
| 1976 | 582 ha | +3.7% |
| 1977 | 582 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 582 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 342 ha | -41.2% |
| 1980 | 271 ha | -20.8% |
| 1981 | 532 ha | +96.3% |
| 1982 | 420 ha | -21.1% |
| 1983 | 420 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 167 ha | -60.2% |
| 1985 | 167 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 167 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 167 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 105 ha | -37.1% |
| 1989 | 38 ha | -63.8% |
| 1990 | 76 ha | +100.0% |
| 1991 | 100 ha | +31.6% |
| 1992 | 80 ha | -20.0% |
| 1993 | 71 ha | -11.2% |
| 1994 | 72 ha | +1.4% |
| 1995 | 65 ha | -9.7% |
| 1996 | 14 ha | -78.5% |
| 1997 | 17 ha | +21.4% |
| 1998 | 16 ha | -5.9% |
| 1999 | 90 ha | +462.5% |
| 2000 | 194 ha | +115.6% |
| 2001 | 200 ha | +3.1% |
| 2002 | 174 ha | -13.0% |
| 2003 | 150 ha | -13.8% |
| 2004 | 177 ha | +18.0% |
| 2005 | 189 ha | +6.8% |
| 2006 | 201 ha | +6.3% |
| 2007 | 212 ha | +5.5% |
| 2008 | 223 ha | +5.2% |
| 2009 | 234 ha | +4.9% |
| 2010 | 245 ha | +4.7% |
| 2011 | 255 ha | +4.1% |
| 2012 | 265 ha | +3.9% |
| 2013 | 275 ha | +3.8% |
| 2014 | 298 ha | +8.4% |
| 2015 | 406 ha | +36.2% |
| 2016 | 327 ha | -19.5% |
| 2017 | 344 ha | +5.2% |
| 2018 | 359 ha | +4.4% |
| 2019 | 343 ha | -4.5% |
| 2020 | 340 ha | -0.9% |
| 2021 | 347 ha | +2.1% |
| 2022 | 343 ha | -1.2% |
| 2023 | 343 ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 345 ha | +0.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 378.22 ha | 263 ha | 577 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 461.3 ha | 260 ha | 582 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 245.4 ha | 38 ha | 532 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 60.1 ha | 14 ha | 100 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 195.4 ha | 150 ha | 234 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 311.7 ha | 245 ha | 406 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 343.6 ha | 340 ha | 347 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Eswatini
- 91 Switzerland 362 ha compare
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- 95 Kyrgyzstan 302 ha compare
- 96 Peru 291 ha compare
- 97 Bosnia and Herzegovina 279 ha compare
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 unmanufactured tobacco — area harvested in Eswatini?
- Unmanufactured tobacco — area harvested in Eswatini was 345 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest unmanufactured tobacco — area harvested recorded in Eswatini?
- The highest recorded value was 582 ha in 1976.
- What is the lowest unmanufactured tobacco — area harvested recorded in Eswatini?
- The lowest recorded value was 14 ha in 1996.
- How does Eswatini rank for unmanufactured tobacco — area harvested?
- Eswatini ranks 94th out of 139 countries with data for 2024.
- Is unmanufactured tobacco — area harvested rising or falling in Eswatini?
- Over the last ten years it is up 15.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Eswatini data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Unmanufactured tobacco — 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.