Vegetables Primary — Area harvested in South Africa
South Africa: Vegetables Primary — Area harvested was 154,008 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Vegetables Primary — Area harvested in South Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
South Africa recorded 154,008 ha for vegetables primary — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.7% on the previous year and up 5.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, vegetables primary — area harvested in South Africa peaked at 156,915 ha in 2015 and was at its lowest, 63,385 ha, in 1961.
That places South Africa 39th out of 191 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Vegetables Primary — Area harvested in South Africa, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 63,385 ha | — |
| 1962 | 65,226 ha | +2.9% |
| 1963 | 66,416 ha | +1.8% |
| 1964 | 67,130 ha | +1.1% |
| 1965 | 68,730 ha | +2.4% |
| 1966 | 70,635 ha | +2.8% |
| 1967 | 72,385 ha | +2.5% |
| 1968 | 71,585 ha | -1.1% |
| 1969 | 71,370 ha | -0.3% |
| 1970 | 75,800 ha | +6.2% |
| 1971 | 75,100 ha | -0.9% |
| 1972 | 78,550 ha | +4.6% |
| 1973 | 81,350 ha | +3.6% |
| 1974 | 81,800 ha | +0.6% |
| 1975 | 85,500 ha | +4.5% |
| 1976 | 86,900 ha | +1.6% |
| 1977 | 88,600 ha | +2.0% |
| 1978 | 88,900 ha | +0.3% |
| 1979 | 87,900 ha | -1.1% |
| 1980 | 88,300 ha | +0.5% |
| 1981 | 98,300 ha | +11.3% |
| 1982 | 104,600 ha | +6.4% |
| 1983 | 102,600 ha | -1.9% |
| 1984 | 105,500 ha | +2.8% |
| 1985 | 108,000 ha | +2.4% |
| 1986 | 108,500 ha | +0.5% |
| 1987 | 114,200 ha | +5.3% |
| 1988 | 112,400 ha | -1.6% |
| 1989 | 114,100 ha | +1.5% |
| 1990 | 111,300 ha | -2.5% |
| 1991 | 117,551 ha | +5.6% |
| 1992 | 115,774 ha | -1.5% |
| 1993 | 119,107 ha | +2.9% |
| 1994 | 119,334 ha | +0.2% |
| 1995 | 120,287 ha | +0.8% |
| 1996 | 121,540 ha | +1.0% |
| 1997 | 121,141 ha | -0.3% |
| 1998 | 124,292 ha | +2.6% |
| 1999 | 126,222 ha | +1.6% |
| 2000 | 121,389 ha | -3.8% |
| 2001 | 119,357 ha | -1.7% |
| 2002 | 116,618 ha | -2.3% |
| 2003 | 126,364 ha | +8.4% |
| 2004 | 121,921 ha | -3.5% |
| 2005 | 117,099 ha | -4.0% |
| 2006 | 108,588 ha | -7.3% |
| 2007 | 116,873 ha | +7.6% |
| 2008 | 124,979 ha | +6.9% |
| 2009 | 132,260 ha | +5.8% |
| 2010 | 144,156 ha | +9.0% |
| 2011 | 147,041 ha | +2.0% |
| 2012 | 152,943 ha | +4.0% |
| 2013 | 154,265 ha | +0.9% |
| 2014 | 145,400 ha | -5.7% |
| 2015 | 156,915 ha | +7.9% |
| 2016 | 136,250 ha | -13.2% |
| 2017 | 142,707 ha | +4.7% |
| 2018 | 140,892 ha | -1.3% |
| 2019 | 146,049 ha | +3.7% |
| 2020 | 148,259 ha | +1.5% |
| 2021 | 152,080 ha | +2.6% |
| 2022 | 152,129 ha | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 148,578 ha | -2.3% |
| 2024 | 154,008 ha | +3.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 68,540 ha | 63,385 ha | 72,385 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 83,040 ha | 75,100 ha | 88,900 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 105,650 ha | 88,300 ha | 114,200 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 119,655 ha | 111,300 ha | 126,222 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 120,545 ha | 108,588 ha | 132,260 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 146,662 ha | 136,250 ha | 156,915 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 151,011 ha | 148,259 ha | 154,008 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near South Africa
- 36 Ethiopia PDR 180,200 ha compare
- 37 Argentina 170,781 ha compare
- 38 Burkina Faso 159,887 ha compare
- 40 Morocco 148,901 ha compare
- 41 Serbia and Montenegro 148,256 ha compare
- 42 Malawi 148,152 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for South Africa
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 7.11 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0283 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 186.56 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.812 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3618 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 2.83 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 2.83 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 2.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.0% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is vegetables primary — area harvested in South Africa?
- Vegetables primary — area harvested in South Africa was 154,008 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest vegetables primary — area harvested recorded in South Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 156,915 ha in 2015.
- What is the lowest vegetables primary — area harvested recorded in South Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 63,385 ha in 1961.
- How does South Africa rank for vegetables primary — area harvested?
- South Africa ranks 39th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is vegetables primary — area harvested rising or falling in South Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this South Africa 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.