Carrots and turnips — Yield in South Africa
South Africa: Carrots and turnips — Yield was 29,701 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Carrots and turnips — Yield in South Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
South Africa recorded 29,701 kg/ha for carrots and turnips — yield in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.2% on the previous year and up 2.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, carrots and turnips — yield in South Africa peaked at 43,571 kg/ha in 1966 and was at its lowest, 20,667 kg/ha, in 1972.
That places South Africa 55th out of 133 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Carrots and turnips — Yield in South Africa, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 32,143 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 28,571 kg/ha | -11.1% |
| 1963 | 38,571 kg/ha | +35.0% |
| 1964 | 40,714 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 1965 | 39,286 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 1966 | 43,571 kg/ha | +10.9% |
| 1967 | 41,333 kg/ha | -5.1% |
| 1968 | 29,000 kg/ha | -29.8% |
| 1969 | 25,600 kg/ha | -11.7% |
| 1970 | 25,200 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1971 | 22,333 kg/ha | -11.4% |
| 1972 | 20,667 kg/ha | -7.5% |
| 1973 | 21,000 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1974 | 25,667 kg/ha | +22.2% |
| 1975 | 28,000 kg/ha | +9.1% |
| 1976 | 26,667 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 1977 | 30,000 kg/ha | +12.5% |
| 1978 | 30,190 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1979 | 30,229 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1980 | 35,667 kg/ha | +18.0% |
| 1981 | 35,294 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1982 | 30,588 kg/ha | -13.3% |
| 1983 | 28,462 kg/ha | -7.0% |
| 1984 | 29,000 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1985 | 26,000 kg/ha | -10.3% |
| 1986 | 26,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 26,667 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1988 | 29,667 kg/ha | +11.2% |
| 1989 | 30,000 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1990 | 27,689 kg/ha | -7.7% |
| 1991 | 27,736 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1992 | 29,282 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 1993 | 27,384 kg/ha | -6.5% |
| 1994 | 26,025 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 1995 | 27,138 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 1996 | 26,306 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 1997 | 27,283 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 1998 | 27,205 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1999 | 27,241 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2000 | 27,267 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2001 | 27,259 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2002 | 24,833 kg/ha | -8.9% |
| 2003 | 27,801 kg/ha | +12.0% |
| 2004 | 28,218 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2005 | 31,051 kg/ha | +10.0% |
| 2006 | 31,573 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2007 | 27,981 kg/ha | -11.4% |
| 2008 | 27,951 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2009 | 27,934 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2010 | 28,544 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2011 | 28,056 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 2012 | 29,853 kg/ha | +6.4% |
| 2013 | 29,805 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2014 | 29,098 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 2015 | 29,092 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2016 | 29,218 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2017 | 29,314 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 29,390 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 29,454 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 29,512 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 29,576 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2022 | 29,585 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 29,643 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 29,701 kg/ha | +0.2% |
South Africa compared with similar countries
- South Africa's 29,701 kg/ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 19,856 kg/ha, 1.5× the median. (37 countries reporting)
- South Africa's 29,701 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 13,777 kg/ha, 2.2× the median. (18 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Carrots and turnips — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1963 | +35.0% | 28,571 kg/ha | 38,571 kg/ha |
| 1968 | -29.8% | 41,333 kg/ha | 29,000 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 35,421 kg/ha | 25,600 kg/ha | 43,571 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 25,995 kg/ha | 20,667 kg/ha | 30,229 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 29,734 kg/ha | 26,000 kg/ha | 35,667 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 27,329 kg/ha | 26,025 kg/ha | 29,282 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 28,187 kg/ha | 24,833 kg/ha | 31,573 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 29,182 kg/ha | 28,056 kg/ha | 29,853 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 29,603 kg/ha | 29,512 kg/ha | 29,701 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 carrots and turnips — yield in South Africa?
- Carrots and turnips — yield in South Africa was 29,701 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest carrots and turnips — yield recorded in South Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 43,571 kg/ha in 1966.
- What is the lowest carrots and turnips — yield recorded in South Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 20,667 kg/ha in 1972.
- How does South Africa rank for carrots and turnips — yield?
- South Africa ranks 55th out of 133 countries with data for 2024.
- Is carrots and turnips — yield rising or falling in South Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this South Africa data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Carrots and turnips — 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.