Cereals n.e.c. — Yield in Southern Africa
Southern Africa: Cereals n.e.c. — Yield was 591 kg/ha in 2024. ▬ Flat
Cereals n.e.c. — Yield in Southern Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, cereals n.e.c. — yield in Southern Africa stood at 591 kg/ha.
That represents a change of up 1.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereals n.e.c. — yield in Southern Africa peaked at 676.1 kg/ha in 2007 and was at its lowest, 536.3 kg/ha, in 1990.
Southern Africa ranks 24th of 24 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
Cereals n.e.c. — Yield in Southern Africa, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 600 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 600 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 600 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 600 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 600 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 600 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 600 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 600 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 600 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 600 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 600 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 600 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 600 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 600 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 602.4 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1976 | 621.1 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1977 | 640.8 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1978 | 640.8 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 640.8 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 640.8 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 631.6 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1982 | 631.6 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 631.6 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 631.6 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 631.6 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 631.6 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 631.6 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 623.7 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1989 | 623.7 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 536.3 kg/ha | -14.0% |
| 1991 | 629.5 kg/ha | +17.4% |
| 1992 | 648.9 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1993 | 650.1 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1994 | 628.7 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 1995 | 624.2 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1996 | 623 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1997 | 619.5 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1998 | 614.4 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1999 | 616 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2000 | 617.3 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2001 | 612.5 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2002 | 637.4 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 2003 | 621.1 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 2004 | 627 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2005 | 628.9 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2006 | 629.1 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 676.1 kg/ha | +7.5% |
| 2008 | 621.2 kg/ha | -8.1% |
| 2009 | 614.6 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2010 | 608.2 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2011 | 571.4 kg/ha | -6.1% |
| 2012 | 571.8 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 575.4 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2014 | 584.6 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2015 | 594.4 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2016 | 593.2 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2017 | 592.3 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2018 | 586.7 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2019 | 588.7 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2020 | 587.2 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2021 | 590.2 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2022 | 590.2 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 590.9 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2024 | 591 kg/ha | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 600 kg/ha | 600 kg/ha | 600 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 614.59 kg/ha | 600 kg/ha | 640.8 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 630.94 kg/ha | 623.7 kg/ha | 640.8 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 619.06 kg/ha | 536.3 kg/ha | 650.1 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 628.52 kg/ha | 612.5 kg/ha | 676.1 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 586.67 kg/ha | 571.4 kg/ha | 608.2 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 589.9 kg/ha | 587.2 kg/ha | 591 kg/ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is cereals n.e.c. — yield in Southern Africa?
- Cereals n.e.c. — yield in Southern Africa was 591 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cereals n.e.c. — yield recorded in Southern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 676.1 kg/ha in 2007.
- What is the lowest cereals n.e.c. — yield recorded in Southern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 536.3 kg/ha in 1990.
- How does Southern Africa rank for cereals n.e.c. — yield?
- Southern Africa ranks 24th out of 24 groups with data for 2024.
- Is cereals n.e.c. — yield rising or falling in Southern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Southern Africa data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Cereals n.e.c. — 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.