Cereals, primary — Yield in Southern Africa
Southern Africa: Cereals, primary — Yield was 3,960 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cereals, primary — Yield in Southern Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Southern Africa recorded 3,960 kg/ha for cereals, primary — yield in 2024.
The figure is down 18.3% on the previous year and up 0.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereals, primary — yield in Southern Africa peaked at 4,845 kg/ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 888.1 kg/ha, in 1965.
That places Southern Africa 16th out of 33 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,063 kg/ha | 888.1 kg/ha | 1,611 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,469 kg/ha | 965.3 kg/ha | 1,796 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,618 kg/ha | 930.2 kg/ha | 2,495 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,851 kg/ha | 907.4 kg/ha | 2,313 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,738 kg/ha | 2,204 kg/ha | 3,713 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,657 kg/ha | 2,959 kg/ha | 4,601 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,525 kg/ha | 3,960 kg/ha | 4,845 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Southern Africa
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- Bananas — Area harvested 11,906 ha (2024)
- Bananas — Production 461,288 t (2024)
- Tomatoes — Production 528,091 t (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 11,393 t (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield 53,939 kg/ha (2024)
- Swine / pigs — Stocks 1.50 million An (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested 4,427 ha (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production 374,875 t (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight 95 kg/An (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cereals, primary — yield in Southern Africa?
- Cereals, primary — yield in Southern Africa was 3,960 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cereals, primary — yield recorded in Southern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 4,845 kg/ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest cereals, primary — yield recorded in Southern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 888.1 kg/ha in 1965.
- How does Southern Africa rank for cereals, primary — yield?
- Southern Africa ranks 16th out of 33 groups with data for 2024.
- Is cereals, primary — yield rising or falling in Southern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- 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, 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.