Wheat — Area harvested in Southern Africa
Southern Africa: Wheat — Area harvested was 515,258 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Wheat — Area harvested in Southern Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, wheat — area harvested in Southern Africa stood at 515,258 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 7.0% on the previous year and up 4.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, wheat — area harvested in Southern Africa peaked at 2.12 million ha in 1972 and was at its lowest, 492,268 ha, in 2014.
That places Southern Africa 23rd out of 26 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Wheat — Area harvested in Southern Africa, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1.47 million ha | — |
| 1962 | 1.45 million ha | -1.9% |
| 1963 | 1.59 million ha | +10.0% |
| 1964 | 1.39 million ha | -12.6% |
| 1965 | 1.43 million ha | +2.9% |
| 1966 | 1.21 million ha | -15.7% |
| 1967 | 1.37 million ha | +13.8% |
| 1968 | 1.75 million ha | +27.8% |
| 1969 | 1.95 million ha | +11.0% |
| 1970 | 2.02 million ha | +3.7% |
| 1971 | 2.11 million ha | +4.3% |
| 1972 | 2.12 million ha | +0.9% |
| 1973 | 2.10 million ha | -1.1% |
| 1974 | 1.94 million ha | -7.5% |
| 1975 | 1.90 million ha | -2.4% |
| 1976 | 2.02 million ha | +6.4% |
| 1977 | 1.87 million ha | -7.2% |
| 1978 | 1.94 million ha | +3.6% |
| 1979 | 1.94 million ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 1.66 million ha | -14.5% |
| 1981 | 1.83 million ha | +10.6% |
| 1982 | 2.04 million ha | +11.2% |
| 1983 | 1.85 million ha | -9.3% |
| 1984 | 1.97 million ha | +6.7% |
| 1985 | 2.02 million ha | +2.4% |
| 1986 | 1.97 million ha | -2.7% |
| 1987 | 1.78 million ha | -9.6% |
| 1988 | 2.04 million ha | +14.7% |
| 1989 | 1.89 million ha | -7.5% |
| 1990 | 1.61 million ha | -15.0% |
| 1991 | 1.47 million ha | -8.3% |
| 1992 | 764,828 ha | -48.1% |
| 1993 | 1.09 million ha | +42.3% |
| 1994 | 1.08 million ha | -0.9% |
| 1995 | 1.38 million ha | +28.2% |
| 1996 | 1.32 million ha | -4.7% |
| 1997 | 1.40 million ha | +6.6% |
| 1998 | 769,603 ha | -45.2% |
| 1999 | 740,379 ha | -3.8% |
| 2000 | 958,891 ha | +29.5% |
| 2001 | 1.00 million ha | +4.3% |
| 2002 | 979,683 ha | -2.1% |
| 2003 | 787,168 ha | -19.7% |
| 2004 | 857,741 ha | +9.0% |
| 2005 | 826,899 ha | -3.6% |
| 2006 | 785,908 ha | -5.0% |
| 2007 | 650,443 ha | -17.2% |
| 2008 | 771,277 ha | +18.6% |
| 2009 | 671,125 ha | -13.0% |
| 2010 | 574,291 ha | -14.4% |
| 2011 | 627,829 ha | +9.3% |
| 2012 | 525,870 ha | -16.2% |
| 2013 | 519,186 ha | -1.3% |
| 2014 | 492,268 ha | -5.2% |
| 2015 | 492,659 ha | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 518,715 ha | +5.3% |
| 2017 | 499,963 ha | -3.6% |
| 2018 | 513,213 ha | +2.7% |
| 2019 | 544,402 ha | +6.1% |
| 2020 | 515,882 ha | -5.2% |
| 2021 | 531,997 ha | +3.1% |
| 2022 | 578,939 ha | +8.8% |
| 2023 | 554,035 ha | -4.3% |
| 2024 | 515,258 ha | -7.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.51 million ha | 1.21 million ha | 1.95 million ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2.00 million ha | 1.87 million ha | 2.12 million ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.91 million ha | 1.66 million ha | 2.04 million ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.16 million ha | 740,379 ha | 1.61 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 828,944 ha | 650,443 ha | 1.00 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 530,840 ha | 492,268 ha | 627,829 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 539,222 ha | 515,258 ha | 578,939 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is wheat — area harvested in Southern Africa?
- Wheat — area harvested in Southern Africa was 515,258 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest wheat — area harvested recorded in Southern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 2.12 million ha in 1972.
- What is the lowest wheat — area harvested recorded in Southern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 492,268 ha in 2014.
- How does Southern Africa rank for wheat — area harvested?
- Southern Africa ranks 23rd out of 26 groups with data for 2024.
- Is wheat — area harvested rising or falling in Southern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Southern Africa 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.