Cereals, primary — Yield in South Africa
South Africa: Cereals, primary — Yield was 4,562 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Cereals, primary — Yield in South Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, cereals, primary — yield in South Africa stood at 4,562 kg/ha.
The figure is down 20.0% on the previous year and down 6.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereals, primary — yield in South Africa peaked at 5,703 kg/ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 911.4 kg/ha, in 1965.
South Africa ranks 10th of 33 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,109 kg/ha | 911.4 kg/ha | 1,726 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,542 kg/ha | 1,008 kg/ha | 1,876 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,715 kg/ha | 960.2 kg/ha | 2,680 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,011 kg/ha | 944.7 kg/ha | 2,585 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,099 kg/ha | 2,424 kg/ha | 4,406 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 4,241 kg/ha | 3,348 kg/ha | 5,332 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 5,238 kg/ha | 4,562 kg/ha | 5,703 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near South Africa
- 7 New Caledonia 11,650 kg/ha compare
- 8 New Zealand 9,102 kg/ha compare
- 9 Belgium-Luxembourg 8,134 kg/ha compare
- 10 Bahamas 7,737 kg/ha compare
- 11 Egypt 7,360 kg/ha compare
- 12 Ireland 7,325 kg/ha compare
- 13 Belgium 6,856 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for South Africa
- Agriculture share gdp 2.83 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 2.83 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 2.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.0% (2025)
- Rural population 36.2% (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.8% (2025)
- Rural population 23.43 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 2.8% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 12.08 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 430,925 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cereals, primary — yield in South Africa?
- Cereals, primary — yield in South Africa was 4,562 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cereals, primary — yield recorded in South Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 5,703 kg/ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest cereals, primary — yield recorded in South Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 911.4 kg/ha in 1965.
- How does South Africa rank for cereals, primary — yield?
- South Africa ranks 10th out of 33 groups with data for 2024.
- Is cereals, primary — yield rising or falling in South Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this South Africa data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Cereals, primary — 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.