Wheat — Area harvested in Namibia
Namibia: Wheat — Area harvested was 2,594 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Wheat — Area harvested in Namibia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, wheat — area harvested in Namibia stood at 2,594 ha.
The figure is down 39.0% on the previous year and up 72.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, wheat — area harvested in Namibia peaked at 4,254 ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 400 ha, in 1962.
That places Namibia 104th 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 Namibia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 600 ha | — |
| 1962 | 400 ha | -33.3% |
| 1963 | 450 ha | +12.5% |
| 1964 | 450 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 450 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 400 ha | -11.1% |
| 1967 | 400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 600 ha | +50.0% |
| 1981 | 700 ha | +16.7% |
| 1982 | 800 ha | +14.3% |
| 1983 | 1,000 ha | +25.0% |
| 1984 | 1,200 ha | +20.0% |
| 1985 | 1,500 ha | +25.0% |
| 1986 | 2,000 ha | +33.3% |
| 1987 | 1,800 ha | -10.0% |
| 1988 | 1,750 ha | -2.8% |
| 1989 | 900 ha | -48.6% |
| 1990 | 1,000 ha | +11.1% |
| 1991 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 600 ha | -40.0% |
| 1993 | 1,300 ha | +116.7% |
| 1994 | 1,200 ha | -7.7% |
| 1995 | 1,160 ha | -3.3% |
| 1996 | 1,300 ha | +12.1% |
| 1997 | 1,234 ha | -5.1% |
| 1998 | 1,069 ha | -13.4% |
| 1999 | 1,000 ha | -6.5% |
| 2000 | 673 ha | -32.7% |
| 2001 | 1,012 ha | +50.4% |
| 2002 | 1,646 ha | +62.6% |
| 2003 | 1,646 ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 1,985 ha | +20.6% |
| 2005 | 2,434 ha | +22.6% |
| 2006 | 2,168 ha | -10.9% |
| 2007 | 2,369 ha | +9.3% |
| 2008 | 2,374 ha | +0.2% |
| 2009 | 1,852 ha | -22.0% |
| 2010 | 2,198 ha | +18.7% |
| 2011 | 2,663 ha | +21.2% |
| 2012 | 2,350 ha | -11.8% |
| 2013 | 2,413 ha | +2.7% |
| 2014 | 1,500 ha | -37.8% |
| 2015 | 1,799 ha | +19.9% |
| 2016 | 2,077 ha | +15.5% |
| 2017 | 1,149 ha | -44.7% |
| 2018 | 1,149 ha | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 1,108 ha | -3.6% |
| 2020 | 2,068 ha | +86.6% |
| 2021 | 2,068 ha | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 3,416 ha | +65.2% |
| 2023 | 4,254 ha | +24.5% |
| 2024 | 2,594 ha | -39.0% |
Namibia compared with similar countries
- Namibia's 2,594 ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 55,000 ha, 5% of the median. (25 countries reporting)
- Namibia's 2,594 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 12,910 ha, 20% of the median. (25 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Wheat — Area harvested in Namibia 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | +116.7% | 600 ha | 1,300 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 438.89 ha | 400 ha | 600 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 400 ha | 400 ha | 400 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,225 ha | 600 ha | 2,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,086 ha | 600 ha | 1,300 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,816 ha | 673 ha | 2,434 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,841 ha | 1,108 ha | 2,663 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,880 ha | 2,068 ha | 4,254 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Namibia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 8 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0699 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 340.78 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.13 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4913 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 7.0% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 7.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.5% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is wheat — area harvested in Namibia?
- Wheat — area harvested in Namibia was 2,594 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest wheat — area harvested recorded in Namibia?
- The highest recorded value was 4,254 ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest wheat — area harvested recorded in Namibia?
- The lowest recorded value was 400 ha in 1962.
- How does Namibia rank for wheat — area harvested?
- Namibia ranks 104th out of 124 countries with data for 2024.
- Is wheat — area harvested rising or falling in Namibia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 72.9%. 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 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.