Vegetables Primary — Production in Southern Africa

Southern Africa: Vegetables Primary — Production was 2.87 million t in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
2.87 million t
Change on year
up 2.4%
Rank
30th
of 33 regions
All-time high
2.90 million t
in 2015
All-time low
921,541 t
in 1962
Years of data
64
1961–2024

Vegetables Primary — Production in Southern Africa, 1961–2024

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Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.

Analysis

Southern Africa recorded 2.87 million t for vegetables primary — production in 2024.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.4% on the previous year and up 7.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, vegetables primary — production in Southern Africa peaked at 2.90 million t in 2015 and was at its lowest, 921,541 t, in 1962.

Southern Africa ranks 30th of 33 regions on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 1.06 million t 921,541 t 1.20 million t 9
1970s 1.40 million t 1.19 million t 1.57 million t 10
1980s 1.86 million t 1.67 million t 2.04 million t 10
1990s 2.07 million t 1.96 million t 2.22 million t 10
2000s 2.26 million t 2.07 million t 2.48 million t 10
2010s 2.80 million t 2.67 million t 2.90 million t 10
2020s 2.84 million t 2.76 million t 2.88 million t 5

Countries ranked near Southern Africa

  1. 27 Myanmar 5.02 million t compare
  2. 28 Morocco 4.94 million t compare
  3. 29 Poland 4.73 million t compare
  4. 30 Nepal 4.66 million t compare
  5. 31 Guinea 4.03 million t compare
  6. 31 South Africa 2.69 million t compare
  7. 32 Argentina 3.92 million t compare
  8. 32 Central African Republic 108,308 t compare
  9. 33 Germany 3.76 million t compare
  10. 33 Réunion 45,358 t compare

See the full ranking of 240 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is vegetables primary — production in Southern Africa?
Vegetables primary — production in Southern Africa was 2.87 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest vegetables primary — production recorded in Southern Africa?
The highest recorded value was 2.90 million t in 2015.
What is the lowest vegetables primary — production recorded in Southern Africa?
The lowest recorded value was 921,541 t in 1962.
How does Southern Africa rank for vegetables primary — production?
Southern Africa ranks 30th out of 33 regions with data for 2024.
Is vegetables primary — production rising or falling in Southern Africa?
Over the last ten years it is up 7.1%. 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 — Production. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Vegetables Primary — Production
Unit
t
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
240 places, 13,982 data points, 1961–2024
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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.