Foreign-Held U.S. Farmland · country dossier
South Africa
Investors attributed to South Africa reported holding 21K acres of US agricultural land as of 2024-12-31 — 0.04% of all foreign-held US farmland, across 28 holdings.
- Acres (2024)
- 20,550
- Share of foreign-held
- 0.0%
- Holdings
- 28
- Held as ownership
- 59%
Fifteen-year trend
Reported South Africa holdings grew from 12K acres in 2010 to 21K in 2024, peaking at 21K in 2019. Figures are reported holdings under AFIDA — self-reported minimums that include leases of ten years or longer.
| Year | Reported acres |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 20,550 |
| 2023 | 20,550 |
| 2022 | 20,550 |
| 2021 | 20,550 |
| 2020 | 20,550 |
| 2019 | 20,550 |
| 2018 | 20,523 |
| 2017 | 20,523 |
| 2016 | 20,523 |
| 2015 | 12,231 |
| 2014 | 16,118 |
| 2013 | 16,115 |
| 2012 | 16,115 |
| 2011 | 15,979 |
| 2010 | 12,152 |
Where, and what kind of land
Largest states
Land use (acres)
Aggregated from the USDA FSA AFIDA detailed holdings files (public domain) — see the full dataset, methodology, and the register's documented defects at Foreign-Held U.S. Farmland. Country is the reported first-tier investor, not a verified ultimate parent. Aggregate-level only; no record-level owner names. Keyless JSON for all countries: /foreign-farmland/index.json. CC0.