Cereals allocated to food, animal feed and fuel, per square kilometre in South Africa
South Africa: Cereals allocated to food, animal feed and fuel, per square kilometre was 0 tonnes per square kilometre in 2021. ◆ Volatile
Latest (2021)
0 tonnes per square kilometre
World rank
136th
of 178 countries
All-time high
0.2473 tonnes per square kilometre
in 2002
All-time low
0 tonnes per square kilometre
in 2020
Years of data
61
1961–2021
Cereals allocated to food, animal feed and fuel, per square kilometre in South Africa, 1961–2021
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in tonnes per square kilometre.
Analysis
South Africa recorded 0 tonnes per square kilometre for cereals allocated to food, animal feed and fuel, per square kilometre in 2021. That is the lowest value across all 61 years on record.
That represents a change of down 100.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereals allocated to food, animal feed and fuel, per square kilometre in South Africa peaked at 0.2473 tonnes per square kilometre in 2002 and was at its lowest, 0 tonnes per square kilometre, in 2020.
South Africa ranks 136th of 178 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Cereals allocated to food, animal feed and fuel, per square kilometre in South Africa, year by year
| Year | tonnes per square kilometre | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.0223 tonnes per square kilometre | — |
| 1962 | 0.0223 tonnes per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 0.0297 tonnes per square kilometre | +33.3% |
| 1964 | 0.0297 tonnes per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 0.0371 tonnes per square kilometre | +25.0% |
| 1966 | 0.0742 tonnes per square kilometre | +100.0% |
| 1967 | 0.0651 tonnes per square kilometre | -12.2% |
| 1968 | 0.0676 tonnes per square kilometre | +3.8% |
| 1969 | 0.0767 tonnes per square kilometre | +13.4% |
| 1970 | 0.0981 tonnes per square kilometre | +28.0% |
| 1971 | 0.1838 tonnes per square kilometre | +87.4% |
| 1972 | 0.0948 tonnes per square kilometre | -48.4% |
| 1973 | 0.1006 tonnes per square kilometre | +6.1% |
| 1974 | 0.1088 tonnes per square kilometre | +8.2% |
| 1975 | 0.0907 tonnes per square kilometre | -16.7% |
| 1976 | 0.1146 tonnes per square kilometre | +26.4% |
| 1977 | 0.1302 tonnes per square kilometre | +13.7% |
| 1978 | 0.1335 tonnes per square kilometre | +2.5% |
| 1979 | 0.15 tonnes per square kilometre | +12.3% |
| 1980 | 0.1583 tonnes per square kilometre | +5.5% |
| 1981 | 0.169 tonnes per square kilometre | +6.8% |
| 1982 | 0.1649 tonnes per square kilometre | -2.4% |
| 1983 | 0.1764 tonnes per square kilometre | +7.0% |
| 1984 | 0.1269 tonnes per square kilometre | -28.0% |
| 1985 | 0.0989 tonnes per square kilometre | -22.1% |
| 1986 | 0.0824 tonnes per square kilometre | -16.7% |
| 1987 | 0.0824 tonnes per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 0.0824 tonnes per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 0.0824 tonnes per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 0.0824 tonnes per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 0.0824 tonnes per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 0.0824 tonnes per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 0.0824 tonnes per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 0.0824 tonnes per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 0.0824 tonnes per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 0.0824 tonnes per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 0.0824 tonnes per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 0.0907 tonnes per square kilometre | +10.0% |
| 1999 | 0.0907 tonnes per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 0.1731 tonnes per square kilometre | +90.9% |
| 2001 | 0.1649 tonnes per square kilometre | -4.8% |
| 2002 | 0.2473 tonnes per square kilometre | +50.0% |
| 2003 | 0.2473 tonnes per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 0.2473 tonnes per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 0.2061 tonnes per square kilometre | -16.7% |
| 2006 | 0.2242 tonnes per square kilometre | +8.8% |
| 2007 | 0.2061 tonnes per square kilometre | -8.1% |
| 2008 | 0.2061 tonnes per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 0.0824 tonnes per square kilometre | -60.0% |
| 2010 | 0.0132 tonnes per square kilometre | -84.0% |
| 2011 | 0.033 tonnes per square kilometre | +150.0% |
| 2012 | 0.0239 tonnes per square kilometre | -27.5% |
| 2013 | 0.0272 tonnes per square kilometre | +13.8% |
| 2014 | 0.0008 tonnes per square kilometre | -97.0% |
| 2015 | 0.0016 tonnes per square kilometre | +100.0% |
| 2016 | 0.0025 tonnes per square kilometre | +50.0% |
| 2017 | 0.0008 tonnes per square kilometre | -66.7% |
| 2018 | 0.0016 tonnes per square kilometre | +100.0% |
| 2019 | 0.0041 tonnes per square kilometre | +150.0% |
| 2020 | 0 tonnes per square kilometre | -100.0% |
| 2021 | 0 tonnes per square kilometre | — |
South Africa compared with similar countries
- South Africa's 0 tonnes per square kilometre is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.298 tonnes per square kilometre. (55 countries reporting)
- South Africa's 0 tonnes per square kilometre is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.0037 tonnes per square kilometre. (37 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cereals allocated to food, animal feed and fuel, per square kilometre 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | +150.0% | 0.0132 tonnes per square kilometre | 0.033 tonnes per square kilometre |
| 2019 | +150.0% | 0.0016 tonnes per square kilometre | 0.0041 tonnes per square kilometre |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0472 tonnes per square kilometre | 0.0223 tonnes per square kilometre | 0.0767 tonnes per square kilometre | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.1205 tonnes per square kilometre | 0.0907 tonnes per square kilometre | 0.1838 tonnes per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.1224 tonnes per square kilometre | 0.0824 tonnes per square kilometre | 0.1764 tonnes per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0841 tonnes per square kilometre | 0.0824 tonnes per square kilometre | 0.0907 tonnes per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.2005 tonnes per square kilometre | 0.0824 tonnes per square kilometre | 0.2473 tonnes per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0109 tonnes per square kilometre | 0.0008 tonnes per square kilometre | 0.033 tonnes per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2020s | 0 tonnes per square kilometre | 0 tonnes per square kilometre | 0 tonnes per square kilometre | 2 |
Countries ranked near South Africa
- 133 Mozambique 0.0013 tonnes per square kilometre compare
- 134 Brazil 0.0012 tonnes per square kilometre compare
- 135 Angola 0.0008 tonnes per square kilometre compare
- 136 Antigua and Barbuda 0 tonnes per square kilometre compare
- 136 Burundi 0 tonnes per square kilometre
- 136 Bahrain 0 tonnes per square kilometre
- 136 Bahamas 0 tonnes per square kilometre compare
- 136 Belize 0 tonnes per square kilometre compare
- 136 Barbados 0 tonnes per square kilometre compare
- 136 Botswana 0 tonnes per square kilometre compare
- 136 Congo 0 tonnes per square kilometre
- 136 Colombia 0 tonnes per square kilometre compare
- 136 Cape Verde 0 tonnes per square kilometre compare
- 136 Djibouti 0 tonnes per square kilometre compare
- 136 Fiji 0 tonnes per square kilometre compare
- 136 Gabon 0 tonnes per square kilometre compare
- 136 Gambia 0 tonnes per square kilometre compare
- 136 Guyana 0 tonnes per square kilometre compare
- 136 Honduras 0 tonnes per square kilometre compare
- 136 Iraq 0 tonnes per square kilometre compare
- 136 Kiribati 0 tonnes per square kilometre compare
- 136 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0 tonnes per square kilometre compare
- 136 Saint Lucia 0 tonnes per square kilometre compare
- 136 Lesotho 0 tonnes per square kilometre compare
- 136 Moldova 0 tonnes per square kilometre compare
- 136 Maldives 0 tonnes per square kilometre compare
- 136 Marshall Islands 0 tonnes per square kilometre
- 136 Mauritania 0 tonnes per square kilometre compare
- 136 Mauritius 0 tonnes per square kilometre compare
- 136 Malawi 0 tonnes per square kilometre compare
- 136 New Caledonia 0 tonnes per square kilometre compare
- 136 Niger 0 tonnes per square kilometre compare
- 136 Papua New Guinea 0 tonnes per square kilometre
- 136 French Polynesia 0 tonnes per square kilometre compare
- 136 Rwanda 0 tonnes per square kilometre compare
- 136 Solomon Islands 0 tonnes per square kilometre compare
- 136 Seychelles 0 tonnes per square kilometre
- 136 Togo 0 tonnes per square kilometre compare
- 136 Tajikistan 0 tonnes per square kilometre compare
- 136 Turkmenistan 0 tonnes per square kilometre compare
- 136 East Timor 0 tonnes per square kilometre compare
- 136 Tonga 0 tonnes per square kilometre
- 136 Vanuatu 0 tonnes per square kilometre compare
- 136 Samoa 0 tonnes per square kilometre compare
- 136 Yemen 0 tonnes per square kilometre compare
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 cereals allocated to food, animal feed and fuel, per square kilometre in South Africa?
- Cereals allocated to food, animal feed and fuel, per square kilometre in South Africa was 0 tonnes per square kilometre in 2021, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest cereals allocated to food, animal feed and fuel, per square kilometre recorded in South Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 0.2473 tonnes per square kilometre in 2002.
- What is the lowest cereals allocated to food, animal feed and fuel, per square kilometre recorded in South Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 tonnes per square kilometre in 2020.
- How does South Africa rank for cereals allocated to food, animal feed and fuel, per square kilometre?
- South Africa ranks 136th out of 178 countries with data for 2021.
- Is cereals allocated to food, animal feed and fuel, per square kilometre rising or falling in South Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 100.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this South Africa data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Cereals allocated to food, animal feed and fuel, per square kilometre. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Cereals allocated to food, animal feed and fuel divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Cereals allocated to food, animal feed and fuel ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Cereals allocated to food, animal feed and fuel Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
- Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Cereals allocated to food, animal feed and fuel divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.