Apricots — Yield in South Africa
South Africa: Apricots — Yield was 8,329 kg/ha in 2024. ▬ Flat
Apricots — Yield in South Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, apricots — yield in South Africa stood at 8,329 kg/ha.
The figure is down 0.8% on the previous year and down 6.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, apricots — yield in South Africa peaked at 14,749 kg/ha in 1997 and was at its lowest, 6,337 kg/ha, in 1973.
South Africa ranks 9th of 27 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 8,629 kg/ha | 6,587 kg/ha | 9,825 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 8,217 kg/ha | 6,337 kg/ha | 9,318 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 10,827 kg/ha | 8,636 kg/ha | 13,198 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 11,512 kg/ha | 10,098 kg/ha | 14,749 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 9,435 kg/ha | 7,150 kg/ha | 13,209 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 8,935 kg/ha | 8,648 kg/ha | 9,293 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 8,415 kg/ha | 8,329 kg/ha | 8,454 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near South Africa
- 6 Turkmenistan 12,669 kg/ha compare
- 7 Greece 12,352 kg/ha compare
- 8 Pakistan 12,023 kg/ha compare
- 9 Uzbekistan 11,694 kg/ha compare
- 10 Argentina 11,412 kg/ha compare
- 11 Romania 11,342 kg/ha compare
- 12 Bosnia and Herzegovina 10,500 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for South Africa
- Agriculture share gdp 2.83 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 2.83 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 2.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.0% (2025)
- Rural population 36.2% (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.8% (2025)
- Rural population 23.43 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 2.8% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 12.08 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 430,925 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is apricots — yield in South Africa?
- Apricots — yield in South Africa was 8,329 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest apricots — yield recorded in South Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 14,749 kg/ha in 1997.
- What is the lowest apricots — yield recorded in South Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 6,337 kg/ha in 1973.
- How does South Africa rank for apricots — yield?
- South Africa ranks 9th out of 27 groups with data for 2024.
- Is apricots — yield rising or falling in South Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this South Africa data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Apricots — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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.