AVOCADO PRODUCTION STATS & REGIONS
19 500 ha planted in South Africa (2023 SAAGA Census)
±800 ha new plantings annually
3-year average annual production: 146 500 t.
Employment: 1 permanent worker / 2.6 h.a.
Time to full production: 6-8 years
Limpopo: 54 %
Mpumalanga: 22 %
KZN: 18 %
Western Cape: 5 %
Eastern Cape: 1 %
COMMENT BOX
– The forecasted data for the next 2 seasons i.e. 2023-2025 comes from all 20 ANA registered nurseries and 2 non-ANA member nurseries.
– Of the forecasted data for the season 2022-2024, there are 3 new registered nurseries and one existing nursery that had not been propagating Avocado trees for the past 2 seasons.
– The actual tree sales from 2021 were from ANA registered nurseries and one non- ANA member nursery.