Apples — Yield in Southern Africa
Southern Africa: Apples — Yield was 42,688 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Apples — Yield in Southern Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for apples — yield in Southern Africa is 42,688 kg/ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.2% on the previous year and up 14.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, apples — yield in Southern Africa peaked at 42,688 kg/ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 13,241 kg/ha, in 1962.
Southern Africa ranks 1st of 25 groups on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Apples — Yield in Southern Africa, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 13,692 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 13,241 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 1963 | 14,530 kg/ha | +9.7% |
| 1964 | 14,916 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1965 | 13,904 kg/ha | -6.8% |
| 1966 | 15,896 kg/ha | +14.3% |
| 1967 | 15,274 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 1968 | 14,137 kg/ha | -7.4% |
| 1969 | 13,834 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 1970 | 14,817 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 1971 | 14,304 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 1972 | 17,652 kg/ha | +23.4% |
| 1973 | 15,772 kg/ha | -10.7% |
| 1974 | 15,756 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1975 | 18,720 kg/ha | +18.8% |
| 1976 | 19,527 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 1977 | 14,809 kg/ha | -24.2% |
| 1978 | 19,072 kg/ha | +28.8% |
| 1979 | 18,173 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 1980 | 20,306 kg/ha | +11.7% |
| 1981 | 18,770 kg/ha | -7.6% |
| 1982 | 21,952 kg/ha | +17.0% |
| 1983 | 17,977 kg/ha | -18.1% |
| 1984 | 23,033 kg/ha | +28.1% |
| 1985 | 20,112 kg/ha | -12.7% |
| 1986 | 21,045 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 1987 | 19,578 kg/ha | -7.0% |
| 1988 | 26,291 kg/ha | +34.3% |
| 1989 | 23,859 kg/ha | -9.2% |
| 1990 | 20,992 kg/ha | -12.0% |
| 1991 | 24,296 kg/ha | +15.7% |
| 1992 | 24,029 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1993 | 25,020 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 1994 | 24,484 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 1995 | 24,403 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1996 | 26,805 kg/ha | +9.8% |
| 1997 | 25,640 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 1998 | 26,194 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1999 | 25,986 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2000 | 27,970 kg/ha | +7.6% |
| 2001 | 28,674 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 2002 | 29,396 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 2003 | 30,125 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 2004 | 30,805 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 2005 | 31,832 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 2006 | 30,703 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 2007 | 32,201 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 2008 | 33,832 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 2009 | 38,938 kg/ha | +15.1% |
| 2010 | 35,417 kg/ha | -9.0% |
| 2011 | 35,638 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2012 | 34,749 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 2013 | 36,418 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 2014 | 37,339 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 2015 | 37,942 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2016 | 38,564 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2017 | 39,154 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2018 | 39,752 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2019 | 40,400 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2020 | 40,886 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2021 | 41,604 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2022 | 41,698 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 42,191 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2024 | 42,688 kg/ha | +1.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 14,380 kg/ha | 13,241 kg/ha | 15,896 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 16,860 kg/ha | 14,304 kg/ha | 19,527 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 21,292 kg/ha | 17,977 kg/ha | 26,291 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 24,785 kg/ha | 20,992 kg/ha | 26,805 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 31,448 kg/ha | 27,970 kg/ha | 38,938 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 37,537 kg/ha | 34,749 kg/ha | 40,400 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 41,813 kg/ha | 40,886 kg/ha | 42,688 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Southern Africa
- 1 New Zealand 60,409 kg/ha compare
- 1 Türkiye 26,737 kg/ha compare
- 2 Switzerland 59,025 kg/ha compare
- 3 Chile 51,975 kg/ha compare
- 3 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 19,474 kg/ha compare
- 4 Belgium-Luxembourg 51,790 kg/ha compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is apples — yield in Southern Africa?
- Apples — yield in Southern Africa was 42,688 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest apples — yield recorded in Southern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 42,688 kg/ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest apples — yield recorded in Southern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 13,241 kg/ha in 1962.
- How does Southern Africa rank for apples — yield?
- Southern Africa ranks 1st out of 25 groups with data for 2024.
- Is apples — yield rising or falling in Southern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 14.3%. 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 Apples — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and 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 or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.