Cauliflowers and broccoli — Yield in Southern Africa
Southern Africa: Cauliflowers and broccoli — Yield was 10,875 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Cauliflowers and broccoli — Yield in Southern Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, cauliflowers and broccoli — yield in Southern Africa stood at 10,875 kg/ha. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is down 3.4% on the previous year and down 26.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cauliflowers and broccoli — yield in Southern Africa peaked at 33,333 kg/ha in 1965 and was at its lowest, 10,875 kg/ha, in 2024.
That places Southern Africa 25th out of 28 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Cauliflowers and broccoli — Yield in Southern Africa, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 32,500 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 30,000 kg/ha | -7.7% |
| 1963 | 31,111 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 1964 | 31,111 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 33,333 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 1966 | 28,000 kg/ha | -16.0% |
| 1967 | 32,000 kg/ha | +14.3% |
| 1968 | 29,000 kg/ha | -9.4% |
| 1969 | 28,000 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 1970 | 27,000 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 1971 | 24,000 kg/ha | -11.1% |
| 1972 | 20,000 kg/ha | -16.7% |
| 1973 | 20,769 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 1974 | 23,077 kg/ha | +11.1% |
| 1975 | 25,385 kg/ha | +10.0% |
| 1976 | 30,769 kg/ha | +21.2% |
| 1977 | 30,714 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1978 | 33,333 kg/ha | +8.5% |
| 1979 | 29,333 kg/ha | -12.0% |
| 1980 | 32,000 kg/ha | +9.1% |
| 1981 | 30,000 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 1982 | 30,667 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1983 | 23,333 kg/ha | -23.9% |
| 1984 | 22,000 kg/ha | -5.7% |
| 1985 | 28,000 kg/ha | +27.3% |
| 1986 | 28,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 27,099 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 1988 | 25,354 kg/ha | -6.4% |
| 1989 | 27,449 kg/ha | +8.3% |
| 1990 | 25,446 kg/ha | -7.3% |
| 1991 | 25,646 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1992 | 26,017 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1993 | 25,134 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 1994 | 23,323 kg/ha | -7.2% |
| 1995 | 23,950 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1996 | 23,865 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1997 | 24,868 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 1998 | 23,157 kg/ha | -6.9% |
| 1999 | 22,737 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 2000 | 22,015 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 2001 | 21,473 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 2002 | 20,965 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 2003 | 20,443 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 2004 | 19,862 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 2005 | 17,691 kg/ha | -10.9% |
| 2006 | 19,538 kg/ha | +10.4% |
| 2007 | 16,976 kg/ha | -13.1% |
| 2008 | 17,146 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2009 | 17,460 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2010 | 16,396 kg/ha | -6.1% |
| 2011 | 16,366 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2012 | 15,992 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 2013 | 15,576 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 2014 | 14,800 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 2015 | 14,538 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 2016 | 14,001 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 2017 | 13,457 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 2018 | 13,158 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 2019 | 12,761 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 2020 | 12,394 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 2021 | 12,110 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 2022 | 11,636 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 2023 | 11,261 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 2024 | 10,875 kg/ha | -3.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 30,562 kg/ha | 28,000 kg/ha | 33,333 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 26,438 kg/ha | 20,000 kg/ha | 33,333 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 27,390 kg/ha | 22,000 kg/ha | 32,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 24,414 kg/ha | 22,737 kg/ha | 26,017 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 19,357 kg/ha | 16,976 kg/ha | 22,015 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 14,704 kg/ha | 12,761 kg/ha | 16,396 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 11,655 kg/ha | 10,875 kg/ha | 12,394 kg/ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is cauliflowers and broccoli — yield in Southern Africa?
- Cauliflowers and broccoli — yield in Southern Africa was 10,875 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cauliflowers and broccoli — yield recorded in Southern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 33,333 kg/ha in 1965.
- What is the lowest cauliflowers and broccoli — yield recorded in Southern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 10,875 kg/ha in 2024.
- How does Southern Africa rank for cauliflowers and broccoli — yield?
- Southern Africa ranks 25th out of 28 groups with data for 2024.
- Is cauliflowers and broccoli — yield rising or falling in Southern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 26.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Southern Africa data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Cauliflowers and broccoli — 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.