Wheat — Area harvested in Eswatini
Eswatini: Wheat — Area harvested was 389 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Wheat — Area harvested in Eswatini, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for wheat — area harvested in Eswatini is 389 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.3% on the previous year and up 6.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, wheat — area harvested in Eswatini peaked at 487 ha in 1973 and was at its lowest, 0 ha, in 1961.
That places Eswatini 118th out of 124 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Wheat — Area harvested in Eswatini, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0 ha | — |
| 1962 | 0 ha | — |
| 1963 | 0 ha | — |
| 1964 | 0 ha | — |
| 1965 | 0 ha | — |
| 1966 | 0 ha | — |
| 1967 | 0 ha | — |
| 1968 | 0 ha | — |
| 1969 | 0 ha | — |
| 1970 | 38 ha | — |
| 1971 | 174 ha | +357.9% |
| 1972 | 372 ha | +113.8% |
| 1973 | 487 ha | +30.9% |
| 1974 | 386 ha | -20.7% |
| 1975 | 301 ha | -22.0% |
| 1976 | 95 ha | -68.4% |
| 1977 | 400 ha | +321.1% |
| 1978 | 400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 362 ha | -9.5% |
| 1991 | 200 ha | -44.8% |
| 1992 | 179 ha | -10.5% |
| 1993 | 243 ha | +35.8% |
| 1994 | 350 ha | +44.0% |
| 1995 | 300 ha | -14.3% |
| 1996 | 200 ha | -33.3% |
| 1997 | 216 ha | +8.0% |
| 1998 | 220 ha | +1.9% |
| 1999 | 200 ha | -9.1% |
| 2000 | 200 ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 205 ha | +2.5% |
| 2002 | 207 ha | +1.0% |
| 2003 | 215 ha | +3.9% |
| 2004 | 217 ha | +0.9% |
| 2005 | 206 ha | -5.1% |
| 2006 | 216 ha | +4.9% |
| 2007 | 220 ha | +1.9% |
| 2008 | 248 ha | +12.7% |
| 2009 | 280 ha | +12.9% |
| 2010 | 300 ha | +7.1% |
| 2011 | 330 ha | +10.0% |
| 2012 | 350 ha | +6.1% |
| 2013 | 360 ha | +2.9% |
| 2014 | 366 ha | +1.7% |
| 2015 | 392 ha | +7.1% |
| 2016 | 373 ha | -4.8% |
| 2017 | 372 ha | -0.3% |
| 2018 | 377 ha | +1.3% |
| 2019 | 382 ha | +1.3% |
| 2020 | 384 ha | +0.5% |
| 2021 | 386 ha | +0.5% |
| 2022 | 387 ha | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 388 ha | +0.3% |
| 2024 | 389 ha | +0.3% |
Eswatini compared with similar countries
- Eswatini's 389 ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 55,000 ha, 1% of the median. (25 countries reporting)
- Eswatini's 389 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 12,910 ha, 3% of the median. (25 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Wheat — Area harvested in Eswatini changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 | +357.9% | 38 ha | 174 ha |
| 1977 | +321.1% | 95 ha | 400 ha |
| 1972 | +113.8% | 174 ha | 372 ha |
| 1976 | -68.4% | 301 ha | 95 ha |
| 1991 | -44.8% | 362 ha | 200 ha |
| 1994 | +44.0% | 243 ha | 350 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0 ha | 0 ha | 0 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 305.3 ha | 38 ha | 487 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 400 ha | 400 ha | 400 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 247 ha | 179 ha | 362 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 221.4 ha | 200 ha | 280 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 360.2 ha | 300 ha | 392 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 386.8 ha | 384 ha | 389 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Eswatini
More agriculture & rural data for Eswatini
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 5.08 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0641 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 263.26 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.4281 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.7328 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 6.4% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 6.4% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 6.2% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.9% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is wheat — area harvested in Eswatini?
- Wheat — area harvested in Eswatini was 389 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest wheat — area harvested recorded in Eswatini?
- The highest recorded value was 487 ha in 1973.
- What is the lowest wheat — area harvested recorded in Eswatini?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 ha in 1961.
- How does Eswatini rank for wheat — area harvested?
- Eswatini ranks 118th out of 124 countries with data for 2024.
- Is wheat — area harvested rising or falling in Eswatini?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Eswatini data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Wheat — 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.