South Africa - Land under cereal production

Land under cereal production (hectares)

The value for Land under cereal production (hectares) in South Africa was 3,034,761 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 57 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 7,497,800 in 1972 and a minimum value of 2,671,222 in 2016.

Definition: Land under cereal production refers to harvested area, although some countries report only sown or cultivated area. Cereals include wheat, rice, maize, barley, oats, rye, millet, sorghum, buckwheat, and mixed grains. 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 and those used for grazing are excluded.

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.

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Year Value
1961 6,092,600
1962 6,207,500
1963 6,612,300
1964 6,389,300
1965 6,412,300
1966 6,120,300
1967 6,877,300
1968 6,961,300
1969 6,772,300
1970 6,855,800
1971 7,360,800
1972 7,497,800
1973 6,419,660
1974 7,239,600
1975 7,115,150
1976 7,382,900
1977 7,022,050
1978 6,798,620
1979 6,959,520
1980 6,631,630
1981 6,717,500
1982 7,087,000
1983 6,950,000
1984 7,314,000
1985 7,019,500
1986 7,355,500
1987 7,427,500
1988 7,262,900
1989 6,722,900
1990 6,156,932
1991 5,685,647
1992 5,352,315
1993 5,928,140
1994 6,184,004
1995 5,294,961
1996 5,489,640
1997 5,834,396
1998 4,690,000
1999 4,590,484
2000 5,260,171
2001 4,420,161
2002 4,706,204
2003 4,659,074
2004 4,329,495
2005 4,283,072
2006 3,009,317
2007 3,407,418
2008 3,775,240
2009 3,307,450
2010 3,542,031
2011 3,218,442
2012 3,430,267
2013 3,500,995
2014 3,391,585
2015 3,362,235
2016 2,671,222
2017 3,342,279
2018 3,034,761

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Agricultural production