Unmanufactured tobacco — Production in Southern Africa
Southern Africa: Unmanufactured tobacco — Production was 11,393 t in 2024. ▼ Falling
Unmanufactured tobacco — Production in Southern Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for unmanufactured tobacco — production in Southern Africa is 11,393 t, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 17.7% on the previous year and down 12.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, unmanufactured tobacco — production in Southern Africa peaked at 47,905 t in 1979 and was at its lowest, 9,151 t, in 2008.
Southern Africa ranks 23rd of 28 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Unmanufactured tobacco — Production in Southern Africa, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 26,398 t | — |
| 1962 | 24,688 t | -6.5% |
| 1963 | 28,430 t | +15.2% |
| 1964 | 31,473 t | +10.7% |
| 1965 | 27,509 t | -12.6% |
| 1966 | 22,245 t | -19.1% |
| 1967 | 27,363 t | +23.0% |
| 1968 | 38,350 t | +40.2% |
| 1969 | 38,018 t | -0.9% |
| 1970 | 34,676 t | -8.8% |
| 1971 | 32,673 t | -5.8% |
| 1972 | 31,372 t | -4.0% |
| 1973 | 29,575 t | -5.7% |
| 1974 | 33,954 t | +14.8% |
| 1975 | 27,925 t | -17.8% |
| 1976 | 32,541 t | +16.5% |
| 1977 | 40,968 t | +25.9% |
| 1978 | 44,625 t | +8.9% |
| 1979 | 47,905 t | +7.4% |
| 1980 | 34,910 t | -27.1% |
| 1981 | 27,936 t | -20.0% |
| 1982 | 34,430 t | +23.2% |
| 1983 | 38,847 t | +12.8% |
| 1984 | 35,562 t | -8.5% |
| 1985 | 37,353 t | +5.0% |
| 1986 | 32,290 t | -13.6% |
| 1987 | 27,290 t | -15.5% |
| 1988 | 29,563 t | +8.3% |
| 1989 | 36,924 t | +24.9% |
| 1990 | 27,423 t | -25.7% |
| 1991 | 30,330 t | +10.6% |
| 1992 | 35,015 t | +15.4% |
| 1993 | 30,422 t | -13.1% |
| 1994 | 19,492 t | -35.9% |
| 1995 | 20,603 t | +5.7% |
| 1996 | 21,530 t | +4.5% |
| 1997 | 26,436 t | +22.8% |
| 1998 | 31,508 t | +19.2% |
| 1999 | 30,150 t | -4.3% |
| 2000 | 29,771 t | -1.3% |
| 2001 | 34,065 t | +14.4% |
| 2002 | 33,093 t | -2.9% |
| 2003 | 37,475 t | +13.2% |
| 2004 | 25,284 t | -32.5% |
| 2005 | 23,640 t | -6.5% |
| 2006 | 14,947 t | -36.8% |
| 2007 | 12,914 t | -13.6% |
| 2008 | 9,151 t | -29.1% |
| 2009 | 9,682 t | +5.8% |
| 2010 | 12,424 t | +28.3% |
| 2011 | 15,131 t | +21.8% |
| 2012 | 17,147 t | +13.3% |
| 2013 | 15,344 t | -10.5% |
| 2014 | 13,026 t | -15.1% |
| 2015 | 14,532 t | +11.6% |
| 2016 | 14,855 t | +2.2% |
| 2017 | 14,958 t | +0.7% |
| 2018 | 15,761 t | +5.4% |
| 2019 | 15,164 t | -3.8% |
| 2020 | 15,261 t | +0.6% |
| 2021 | 11,662 t | -23.6% |
| 2022 | 10,162 t | -12.9% |
| 2023 | 9,676 t | -4.8% |
| 2024 | 11,393 t | +17.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 29,386 t | 22,245 t | 38,350 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 35,621 t | 27,925 t | 47,905 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 33,510 t | 27,290 t | 38,847 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 27,291 t | 19,492 t | 35,015 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 23,002 t | 9,151 t | 37,475 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 14,834 t | 12,424 t | 17,147 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 11,631 t | 9,676 t | 15,261 t | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is unmanufactured tobacco — production in Southern Africa?
- Unmanufactured tobacco — production in Southern Africa was 11,393 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest unmanufactured tobacco — production recorded in Southern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 47,905 t in 1979.
- What is the lowest unmanufactured tobacco — production recorded in Southern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 9,151 t in 2008.
- How does Southern Africa rank for unmanufactured tobacco — production?
- Southern Africa ranks 23rd out of 28 groups with data for 2024.
- Is unmanufactured tobacco — production rising or falling in Southern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 12.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Southern Africa data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Unmanufactured tobacco — Production. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.