FAOSTAT · 2024

Agricultural production in Eswatini

According to FAOSTAT, Eswatini produced 77,722 t of cereals, 13,231 t of vegetables, 201,368 t of fruit, 26,283 t of meat and 42,309 t of milk in 2024. Its largest crops by volume were sugar cane (5.5 million t), maize (75,000 t) and pineapples (68,674 t).

Products recorded: 56
World #1: 0; products
World top 10: 0; products
Year: 2024

Among its twelve largest crops, the biggest ten-year change was in bananas (+265%), followed by pineapples (+75%).

Livestock numbers: 652,513 cattle, 55,271 pigs, 18,522 sheep and 531,407 goats.

Totals by group

Group	Tonnes	World rank	Share	10-year change
All sugar crops	5,534,000	37	0.25%	+1.7%
All fruit	201,368	126	0.02%	+35%
All citrus fruit	93,812	67	0.06%	−0.3%
All roots and tubers	77,953	146	0.01%	+8.8%
All cereals	77,722	142	0%	−36%
All milk	42,309	140	0%	+6.0%
All meat	26,283	157	0.01%	+14%
All vegetables	13,231	166	0%	+1.2%
All pulses	2,752	145	0%	−9.8%
All eggs	1,338	148	0%	+2.9%
All tree nuts	1,060	97	0.01%	+6.7%

All products by volume, 2024

Product	Tonnes	World rank	Share	10-year change
Sugar cane	5,534,000	29	0.29%	+1.7%
Raw sugar	590,000	33	0.31%	−14%
Molasses	226,464	35	0.31%	−8.3%
Maize	75,000	106	0.01%	−37%
Pineapples	68,674	37	0.23%	+75%
Other starchy roots and tubers	66,514	14	0.68%	+9.0%
Grapefruit and pomelos	46,811	18	0.47%	−7.2%
Oranges	46,045	60	0.07%	+7.8%
Cow milk	42,309	137	0.01%	+6.0%
Bananas	30,363	73	0.02%	+265%
Beer	22,500	132	0.01%	+57%
Beef (cattle meat)	17,957	123	0.03%	+11%
Potatoes	8,618	129	0%	+6.3%
Other vegetables, fresh n.e.c.	7,650	136	0%	−0.6%
Tomatoes	5,581	132	0%	+3.8%
Other fruits, n.e.c.	5,241	99	0.01%	+7.5%
Skim milk of cows	4,462	121	0%	−1.8%
Goat meat	3,186	83	0.04%	+14%
Chicken meat	2,861	157	0%	+9.5%
Sweet potatoes	2,821	84	0%	+14%
Groundnuts (peanuts)	2,157	81	0%	−20%
Edible offal of cattle, fresh, chilled or frozen	2,126	105	0.02%	+11%
Raw hides and skins of cattle	2,126	104	0.02%	+11%
Pork (pig meat)	2,109	128	0%	+55%
Seed cotton	1,678	64	0%	+12%
Plums	1,434	73	0.01%	−11%
Other pulses n.e.c.	1,360	78	0.03%	−5.4%
Hen eggs	1,338	148	0%	+2.9%
Cotton seed	1,068	66	0%	+24%
Almonds, in shell	1,060	31	0.03%	+6.7%
Rice (paddy)	1,000	109	0%	+16%
Sorghum	1,000	90	0%	0.0%
Avocados	899	59	0.01%	+7.8%
Beans, dry	722	95	0%	−20%
Wheat	722	117	0%	+1.7%
Tangerines and mandarins	718	64	0%	+5.0%
Cow peas, dry	670	32	0.01%	−5.6%
Mangoes and guavas	635	88	0%	+438%
Edible offal of goat, fresh, chilled or frozen	538	79	0.04%	+14%
Cotton lint	505	66	0%	+20%
Cattle fat, unrendered	440	104	0.01%	+11%
Raw hides and skins of goats or kids	358	84	0.02%	+14%
Dates	310	34	0%	+0.3%
Other citrus fruit, n.e.c.	239	55	0%	+0.4%
Buttermilk, dry	211	85	0.03%	—
Butter of cow milk	188	111	0%	−1.6%
Sheep meat	170	142	0%	+9.0%
Tobacco, unmanufactured	162	106	0%	+8.0%
Tea, packed	136	88	0%	—
Cottonseed oil	129	66	0%	+4.0%
Edible offal of pigs, fresh, chilled or frozen	107	104	0%	+55%
Fat of pigs	107	106	0%	+55%
Goat fat, unrendered	53	89	0.02%	+13%
Edible offal of sheep, fresh, chilled or frozen	34	117	0%	+9.7%
Raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs	29	117	0%	+12%
Sheep fat, unrendered	4	122	0%	0.0%

Live animals, 2024

Product	Head	World rank	Share	10-year change
Chickens	1,967,000	143	0.01%	+6.8%
Cattle	652,513	115	0.04%	+5.2%
Goats	531,407	90	0.04%	+21%
Pigs	55,271	122	0.01%	+58%
Sheep	18,522	146	0%	+8.7%
Asses	16,747	58	0.03%	+4.7%
Horses	1,756	120	0%	+6.4%
Mules and hinnies	114	58	0%	+3.6%

Source: FAO. 2025. FAOSTAT: Crops and livestock products. Accessed on 4 November 2026. fao.org/faostat. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Charts, rankings and changes calculated by Husfarm.