Asparagus — Yield in Southern Africa
Southern Africa: Asparagus — Yield was 4,249 kg/ha in 2024. ▬ Flat
Asparagus — Yield in Southern Africa, 1991–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Southern Africa recorded 4,249 kg/ha for asparagus — yield in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.4% on the previous year and up 4.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, asparagus — yield in Southern Africa peaked at 4,712 kg/ha in 2008 and was at its lowest, 4,000 kg/ha, in 2017.
Southern Africa ranks 22nd of 24 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
Asparagus — Yield in Southern Africa, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 4,141 kg/ha | — |
| 1992 | 4,118 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1993 | 4,108 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1994 | 4,225 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1995 | 4,275 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1996 | 4,366 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1997 | 4,415 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1998 | 4,511 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1999 | 4,250 kg/ha | -5.8% |
| 2000 | 4,543 kg/ha | +6.9% |
| 2001 | 4,501 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2002 | 4,516 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2003 | 4,307 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 2004 | 4,345 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2005 | 4,382 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2006 | 4,176 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 2007 | 4,535 kg/ha | +8.6% |
| 2008 | 4,712 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 2009 | 4,443 kg/ha | -5.7% |
| 2010 | 4,533 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2011 | 4,317 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 2012 | 4,300 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2013 | 4,446 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 2014 | 4,062 kg/ha | -8.6% |
| 2015 | 4,417 kg/ha | +8.7% |
| 2016 | 4,250 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 2017 | 4,000 kg/ha | -5.9% |
| 2018 | 4,062 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2019 | 4,125 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2020 | 4,100 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2021 | 4,700 kg/ha | +14.6% |
| 2022 | 4,475 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 2023 | 4,265 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 2024 | 4,249 kg/ha | -0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 4,268 kg/ha | 4,108 kg/ha | 4,511 kg/ha | 9 |
| 2000s | 4,446 kg/ha | 4,176 kg/ha | 4,712 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 4,251 kg/ha | 4,000 kg/ha | 4,533 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,358 kg/ha | 4,100 kg/ha | 4,700 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Southern Africa
- 19 Kenya 5,264 kg/ha compare
- 20 Australia 5,147 kg/ha compare
- 21 China, Taiwan Province of 4,916 kg/ha compare
- 22 Australia and New Zealand 4,736 kg/ha compare
- 23 Canada 4,583 kg/ha compare
- 24 Belgium 4,500 kg/ha compare
- 24 Luxembourg 4,500 kg/ha compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is asparagus — yield in Southern Africa?
- Asparagus — yield in Southern Africa was 4,249 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest asparagus — yield recorded in Southern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 4,712 kg/ha in 2008.
- What is the lowest asparagus — yield recorded in Southern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,000 kg/ha in 2017.
- How does Southern Africa rank for asparagus — yield?
- Southern Africa ranks 22nd out of 24 groups with data for 2024.
- Is asparagus — yield rising or falling in Southern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Southern Africa data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Asparagus — 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.