Beans, dry — Yield in Southern Africa
Southern Africa: Beans, dry — Yield was 1,055 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Beans, dry — 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 beans, dry — yield in Southern Africa is 1,055 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 8.8% on the previous year and down 5.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, beans, dry — yield in Southern Africa peaked at 1,474 kg/ha in 1990 and was at its lowest, 499.6 kg/ha, in 1992.
That places Southern Africa 17th out of 32 groups 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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 696.48 kg/ha | 562.5 kg/ha | 939 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 798.73 kg/ha | 596.7 kg/ha | 1,035 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,029 kg/ha | 647.9 kg/ha | 1,266 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 996.49 kg/ha | 499.6 kg/ha | 1,474 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,047 kg/ha | 609.3 kg/ha | 1,299 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 976.69 kg/ha | 799.5 kg/ha | 1,121 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 980.06 kg/ha | 793.3 kg/ha | 1,149 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Southern Africa
More agriculture & rural data for Southern Africa
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Producing 3.93 million An (2024)
- Bananas — Area harvested 11,906 ha (2024)
- Bananas — Production 461,288 t (2024)
- Tomatoes — Production 528,091 t (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 11,393 t (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield 53,939 kg/ha (2024)
- Swine / pigs — Stocks 1.50 million An (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested 4,427 ha (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production 374,875 t (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight 95 kg/An (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is beans, dry — yield in Southern Africa?
- Beans, dry — yield in Southern Africa was 1,055 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest beans, dry — yield recorded in Southern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 1,474 kg/ha in 1990.
- What is the lowest beans, dry — yield recorded in Southern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 499.6 kg/ha in 1992.
- How does Southern Africa rank for beans, dry — yield?
- Southern Africa ranks 17th out of 32 groups with data for 2024.
- Is beans, dry — yield rising or falling in Southern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.8%. 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 Beans, dry — 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.