Herbaceous crops — Area from MODIS in Southern Africa
Southern Africa: Herbaceous crops — Area from MODIS was 7,717 1000 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Herbaceous crops — Area from MODIS in Southern Africa, 2001–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
Southern Africa recorded 7,717 1000 ha for herbaceous crops — area from modis in 2024.
The figure is down 1.5% on the previous year and up 3.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, herbaceous crops — area from modis in Southern Africa peaked at 7,994 1000 ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 5,728 1000 ha, in 2001.
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 rising across the 24 years of available data.
Herbaceous crops — Area from MODIS in Southern Africa, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 5,728 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 6,663 1000 ha | +16.3% |
| 2003 | 6,754 1000 ha | +1.4% |
| 2004 | 7,305 1000 ha | +8.2% |
| 2005 | 7,504 1000 ha | +2.7% |
| 2006 | 7,552 1000 ha | +0.6% |
| 2007 | 6,911 1000 ha | -8.5% |
| 2008 | 6,977 1000 ha | +1.0% |
| 2009 | 7,186 1000 ha | +3.0% |
| 2010 | 7,100 1000 ha | -1.2% |
| 2011 | 7,304 1000 ha | +2.9% |
| 2012 | 7,127 1000 ha | -2.4% |
| 2013 | 7,055 1000 ha | -1.0% |
| 2014 | 7,453 1000 ha | +5.6% |
| 2015 | 7,296 1000 ha | -2.1% |
| 2016 | 7,134 1000 ha | -2.2% |
| 2017 | 7,359 1000 ha | +3.1% |
| 2018 | 7,603 1000 ha | +3.3% |
| 2019 | 7,528 1000 ha | -1.0% |
| 2020 | 7,940 1000 ha | +5.5% |
| 2021 | 7,994 1000 ha | +0.7% |
| 2022 | 7,992 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2023 | 7,832 1000 ha | -2.0% |
| 2024 | 7,717 1000 ha | -1.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 6,954 1000 ha | 5,728 1000 ha | 7,552 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 7,296 1000 ha | 7,055 1000 ha | 7,603 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 7,895 1000 ha | 7,717 1000 ha | 7,994 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Southern Africa
- 20 Germany 13,190 1000 ha compare
- 20 Wallis and Futuna Islands 0.02 1000 ha compare
- 21 Kazakhstan 12,888 1000 ha compare
- 22 Italy 10,859 1000 ha compare
- 23 Chad 10,706 1000 ha compare
- 24 Romania 10,218 1000 ha compare
- 24 Caribbean 3,756 1000 ha compare
- 25 Côte d'Ivoire 268.13 1000 ha compare
- 25 Indonesia 9,853 1000 ha compare
- 26 Cabo Verde 33.5 1000 ha compare
- 26 Sudan (former) 9,129 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Southern Africa
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 4.17 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 7.61 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.282 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 0.892 °C (2025)
- Wood fuel, coniferous — Production 770,000 m3 (2024)
- Roundwood, non-coniferous — Production 27.42 million m3 (2024)
- Wood fuel, non-coniferous — Production 17.80 million m3 (2024)
- Industrial roundwood — Production 17.26 million m3 (2024)
- Industrial roundwood — Import quantity 161,260 m3 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is herbaceous crops — area from modis in Southern Africa?
- Herbaceous crops — area from modis in Southern Africa was 7,717 1000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest herbaceous crops — area from modis recorded in Southern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 7,994 1000 ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest herbaceous crops — area from modis recorded in Southern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 5,728 1000 ha in 2001.
- How does Southern Africa rank for herbaceous crops — area from modis?
- Southern Africa ranks 23rd out of 26 groups with data for 2024.
- Is herbaceous crops — area from modis rising or falling in Southern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.5%. 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 Herbaceous crops — Area from MODIS. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The FAOSTAT domain on Land Cover data under the Agri-Environmental Indicators section contains land cover information organized by the land cover classes of the international standard system for Environmental and Economic Accounting Central Framework (SEEA CF). The land cover information is compiled from publicly available Global Land Cover (GLC) maps: a) MODIS land cover types based on the Land Cover Classification System, LCCS; b) The European Spatial Agency (ESA) Climate Change Initiative (CCI) annual land cover maps produced by the Université catholique de Louvain (UCL)-Geomatics and now under the European Copernicus Program; c) The annual land cover maps which were produced under the European Copernicus Global Land Service (CGLS) (CGLS land cover, containing discrete land cover categorization), with spatial resolution 100m; and d) the WorldCover maps of the European Space Agency, produced at 10m resolution.