Vegetables Primary — Area harvested in Southern Africa
Southern Africa: Vegetables Primary — Area harvested was 170,424 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Vegetables Primary — Area harvested in Southern Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Southern Africa recorded 170,424 ha for vegetables primary — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.3% on the previous year and up 5.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, vegetables primary — area harvested in Southern Africa peaked at 172,834 ha in 2015 and was at its lowest, 68,589 ha, in 1961.
That places Southern Africa 28th out of 29 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Vegetables Primary — Area harvested in Southern Africa, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 68,589 ha | — |
| 1962 | 70,541 ha | +2.8% |
| 1963 | 71,861 ha | +1.9% |
| 1964 | 72,672 ha | +1.1% |
| 1965 | 74,426 ha | +2.4% |
| 1966 | 76,850 ha | +3.3% |
| 1967 | 78,563 ha | +2.2% |
| 1968 | 77,828 ha | -0.9% |
| 1969 | 77,783 ha | -0.1% |
| 1970 | 82,551 ha | +6.1% |
| 1971 | 82,075 ha | -0.6% |
| 1972 | 85,666 ha | +4.4% |
| 1973 | 88,800 ha | +3.7% |
| 1974 | 89,370 ha | +0.6% |
| 1975 | 93,145 ha | +4.2% |
| 1976 | 94,615 ha | +1.6% |
| 1977 | 96,540 ha | +2.0% |
| 1978 | 96,940 ha | +0.4% |
| 1979 | 96,125 ha | -0.8% |
| 1980 | 96,545 ha | +0.4% |
| 1981 | 106,860 ha | +10.7% |
| 1982 | 113,495 ha | +6.2% |
| 1983 | 111,610 ha | -1.7% |
| 1984 | 114,610 ha | +2.7% |
| 1985 | 117,460 ha | +2.5% |
| 1986 | 118,060 ha | +0.5% |
| 1987 | 123,860 ha | +4.9% |
| 1988 | 121,760 ha | -1.7% |
| 1989 | 124,060 ha | +1.9% |
| 1990 | 121,119 ha | -2.4% |
| 1991 | 127,610 ha | +5.4% |
| 1992 | 125,312 ha | -1.8% |
| 1993 | 129,376 ha | +3.2% |
| 1994 | 130,429 ha | +0.8% |
| 1995 | 131,021 ha | +0.5% |
| 1996 | 131,834 ha | +0.6% |
| 1997 | 131,856 ha | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 134,596 ha | +2.1% |
| 1999 | 136,799 ha | +1.6% |
| 2000 | 132,412 ha | -3.2% |
| 2001 | 131,052 ha | -1.0% |
| 2002 | 128,570 ha | -1.9% |
| 2003 | 138,806 ha | +8.0% |
| 2004 | 134,412 ha | -3.2% |
| 2005 | 130,357 ha | -3.0% |
| 2006 | 121,972 ha | -6.4% |
| 2007 | 131,489 ha | +7.8% |
| 2008 | 139,769 ha | +6.3% |
| 2009 | 146,636 ha | +4.9% |
| 2010 | 158,693 ha | +8.2% |
| 2011 | 161,645 ha | +1.9% |
| 2012 | 167,413 ha | +3.6% |
| 2013 | 169,358 ha | +1.2% |
| 2014 | 161,039 ha | -4.9% |
| 2015 | 172,834 ha | +7.3% |
| 2016 | 151,893 ha | -12.1% |
| 2017 | 158,992 ha | +4.7% |
| 2018 | 157,339 ha | -1.0% |
| 2019 | 162,551 ha | +3.3% |
| 2020 | 164,558 ha | +1.2% |
| 2021 | 168,525 ha | +2.4% |
| 2022 | 168,444 ha | -0.0% |
| 2023 | 165,003 ha | -2.0% |
| 2024 | 170,424 ha | +3.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 74,346 ha | 68,589 ha | 78,563 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 90,583 ha | 82,075 ha | 96,940 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 114,832 ha | 96,545 ha | 124,060 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 129,995 ha | 121,119 ha | 136,799 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 133,548 ha | 121,972 ha | 146,636 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 162,176 ha | 151,893 ha | 172,834 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 167,391 ha | 164,558 ha | 170,424 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Southern Africa
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- Poultry Birds — Stocks 183,952 1000 An (2024)
- Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Production 731,569 t (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is vegetables primary — area harvested in Southern Africa?
- Vegetables primary — area harvested in Southern Africa was 170,424 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest vegetables primary — area harvested recorded in Southern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 172,834 ha in 2015.
- What is the lowest vegetables primary — area harvested recorded in Southern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 68,589 ha in 1961.
- How does Southern Africa rank for vegetables primary — area harvested?
- Southern Africa ranks 28th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is vegetables primary — area harvested rising or falling in Southern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Southern 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.