Beans, dry — Yield in South Africa
South Africa: Beans, dry — Yield was 1,277 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Beans, dry — Yield in South Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for beans, dry — yield in South Africa is 1,277 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 6.9% on the previous year and down 13.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, beans, dry — yield in South Africa peaked at 1,563 kg/ha in 1990 and was at its lowest, 516.9 kg/ha, in 1992.
That places South Africa 60th out of 127 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Beans, dry — Yield in South Africa, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 739.7 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 678.6 kg/ha | -8.3% |
| 1963 | 603.2 kg/ha | -11.1% |
| 1964 | 615.4 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1965 | 681.8 kg/ha | +10.8% |
| 1966 | 769.2 kg/ha | +12.8% |
| 1967 | 1,026 kg/ha | +33.4% |
| 1968 | 871.4 kg/ha | -15.1% |
| 1969 | 803.3 kg/ha | -7.8% |
| 1970 | 810.3 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1971 | 1,069 kg/ha | +31.9% |
| 1972 | 984.1 kg/ha | -7.9% |
| 1973 | 785.7 kg/ha | -20.2% |
| 1974 | 1,181 kg/ha | +50.3% |
| 1975 | 626.2 kg/ha | -47.0% |
| 1976 | 701.9 kg/ha | +12.1% |
| 1977 | 989.2 kg/ha | +40.9% |
| 1978 | 1,029 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 1979 | 621.2 kg/ha | -39.6% |
| 1980 | 1,112 kg/ha | +79.1% |
| 1981 | 1,356 kg/ha | +21.9% |
| 1982 | 1,183 kg/ha | -12.8% |
| 1983 | 670.9 kg/ha | -43.3% |
| 1984 | 814 kg/ha | +21.3% |
| 1985 | 1,298 kg/ha | +59.5% |
| 1986 | 1,210 kg/ha | -6.8% |
| 1987 | 1,138 kg/ha | -6.0% |
| 1988 | 1,260 kg/ha | +10.7% |
| 1989 | 1,462 kg/ha | +16.1% |
| 1990 | 1,563 kg/ha | +6.9% |
| 1991 | 1,267 kg/ha | -18.9% |
| 1992 | 516.9 kg/ha | -59.2% |
| 1993 | 1,309 kg/ha | +153.2% |
| 1994 | 807.3 kg/ha | -38.3% |
| 1995 | 757.4 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 1996 | 881.2 kg/ha | +16.3% |
| 1997 | 1,106 kg/ha | +25.6% |
| 1998 | 1,086 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1999 | 1,173 kg/ha | +8.0% |
| 2000 | 1,003 kg/ha | -14.5% |
| 2001 | 1,176 kg/ha | +17.2% |
| 2002 | 1,314 kg/ha | +11.8% |
| 2003 | 1,182 kg/ha | -10.1% |
| 2004 | 1,424 kg/ha | +20.4% |
| 2005 | 1,416 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2006 | 1,225 kg/ha | -13.5% |
| 2007 | 779.6 kg/ha | -36.4% |
| 2008 | 1,346 kg/ha | +72.7% |
| 2009 | 1,530 kg/ha | +13.7% |
| 2010 | 1,185 kg/ha | -22.6% |
| 2011 | 1,002 kg/ha | -15.4% |
| 2012 | 1,200 kg/ha | +19.8% |
| 2013 | 1,382 kg/ha | +15.2% |
| 2014 | 1,471 kg/ha | +6.4% |
| 2015 | 1,147 kg/ha | -22.1% |
| 2016 | 1,030 kg/ha | -10.1% |
| 2017 | 1,521 kg/ha | +47.6% |
| 2018 | 1,300 kg/ha | -14.5% |
| 2019 | 1,119 kg/ha | -13.9% |
| 2020 | 1,292 kg/ha | +15.5% |
| 2021 | 1,217 kg/ha | -5.8% |
| 2022 | 1,226 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2023 | 1,371 kg/ha | +11.9% |
| 2024 | 1,277 kg/ha | -6.9% |
South Africa compared with similar countries
- South Africa's 1,277 kg/ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 1,210 kg/ha, 1.1× the median. (36 countries reporting)
- South Africa's 1,277 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 699.55 kg/ha, 1.8× the median. (28 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Beans, dry — Yield in South Africa changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | +153.2% | 516.9 kg/ha | 1,309 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 754.29 kg/ha | 603.2 kg/ha | 1,026 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 879.7 kg/ha | 621.2 kg/ha | 1,181 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,151 kg/ha | 670.9 kg/ha | 1,462 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,047 kg/ha | 516.9 kg/ha | 1,563 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,240 kg/ha | 779.6 kg/ha | 1,530 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,236 kg/ha | 1,002 kg/ha | 1,521 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,277 kg/ha | 1,217 kg/ha | 1,371 kg/ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for South Africa
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 7.11 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0283 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 186.56 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.812 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3618 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.8% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.8% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 2.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.0% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is beans, dry — yield in South Africa?
- Beans, dry — yield in South Africa was 1,277 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest beans, dry — yield recorded in South Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 1,563 kg/ha in 1990.
- What is the lowest beans, dry — yield recorded in South Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 516.9 kg/ha in 1992.
- How does South Africa rank for beans, dry — yield?
- South Africa ranks 60th out of 127 countries with data for 2024.
- Is beans, dry — yield rising or falling in South Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 13.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this South Africa data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Beans, dry — 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.