Vegetables Primary — Area harvested in Namibia
Namibia: Vegetables Primary — Area harvested was 6,706 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Vegetables Primary — Area harvested in Namibia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Namibia recorded 6,706 ha for vegetables primary — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.3% on the previous year and up 4.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, vegetables primary — area harvested in Namibia peaked at 6,729 ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 1,000 ha, in 1961.
Namibia ranks 149th of 207 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,044 ha | 1,000 ha | 1,100 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,190 ha | 1,100 ha | 1,200 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,420 ha | 1,200 ha | 1,800 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,436 ha | 1,900 ha | 3,094 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 4,474 ha | 3,351 ha | 5,476 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 6,270 ha | 5,740 ha | 6,645 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 6,693 ha | 6,640 ha | 6,729 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Namibia
- 146 Norway 7,118 ha compare
- 147 Guinea-Bissau 7,092 ha compare
- 148 Mauritius 7,061 ha compare
- 150 Nicaragua 6,617 ha compare
- 151 El Salvador 6,256 ha compare
- 152 United Arab Emirates 6,195 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Namibia
- Agriculture share gdp 6.99 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 6.99 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.5% (2024)
- Rural population 49.1% (2025)
- Rural population growth 1.1% (2025)
- Rural population 1.52 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 7.0% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 1.05 billion current US$ (2025)
- Tomatoes — Production 8,862 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is vegetables primary — area harvested in Namibia?
- Vegetables primary — area harvested in Namibia was 6,706 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest vegetables primary — area harvested recorded in Namibia?
- The highest recorded value was 6,729 ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest vegetables primary — area harvested recorded in Namibia?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,000 ha in 1961.
- How does Namibia rank for vegetables primary — area harvested?
- Namibia ranks 149th out of 207 countries with data for 2024.
- Is vegetables primary — area harvested rising or falling in Namibia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Namibia data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Vegetables Primary — 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.