Cherries — Yield in Southern Africa
Southern Africa: Cherries — Yield was 1,579 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Cherries — Yield in Southern Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for cherries — yield in Southern Africa is 1,579 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 2.6% on the previous year and down 20.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cherries — yield in Southern Africa peaked at 9,520 kg/ha in 1997 and was at its lowest, 1,144 kg/ha, in 2003.
That places Southern Africa 24th out of 24 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.
Cherries — Yield in Southern Africa, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,788 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 2,138 kg/ha | -23.3% |
| 1963 | 2,136 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1964 | 3,125 kg/ha | +46.3% |
| 1965 | 3,716 kg/ha | +18.9% |
| 1966 | 2,673 kg/ha | -28.1% |
| 1967 | 3,673 kg/ha | +37.4% |
| 1968 | 2,173 kg/ha | -40.8% |
| 1969 | 3,820 kg/ha | +75.8% |
| 1970 | 3,780 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1971 | 2,800 kg/ha | -25.9% |
| 1972 | 3,888 kg/ha | +38.9% |
| 1973 | 3,782 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 1974 | 3,754 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1975 | 3,638 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 1976 | 3,709 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1977 | 3,757 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1978 | 4,114 kg/ha | +9.5% |
| 1979 | 2,760 kg/ha | -32.9% |
| 1980 | 4,500 kg/ha | +63.0% |
| 1981 | 3,991 kg/ha | -11.3% |
| 1982 | 4,438 kg/ha | +11.2% |
| 1983 | 4,263 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 1984 | 4,243 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1985 | 4,023 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 1986 | 3,686 kg/ha | -8.4% |
| 1987 | 4,014 kg/ha | +8.9% |
| 1988 | 3,622 kg/ha | -9.8% |
| 1989 | 3,152 kg/ha | -13.0% |
| 1990 | 2,600 kg/ha | -17.5% |
| 1991 | 3,646 kg/ha | +40.2% |
| 1992 | 1,777 kg/ha | -51.3% |
| 1993 | 7,027 kg/ha | +295.4% |
| 1994 | 1,562 kg/ha | -77.8% |
| 1995 | 3,160 kg/ha | +102.3% |
| 1996 | 3,961 kg/ha | +25.3% |
| 1997 | 9,520 kg/ha | +140.3% |
| 1998 | 3,448 kg/ha | -63.8% |
| 1999 | 7,107 kg/ha | +106.1% |
| 2000 | 6,732 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 2001 | 2,365 kg/ha | -64.9% |
| 2002 | 3,585 kg/ha | +51.6% |
| 2003 | 1,144 kg/ha | -68.1% |
| 2004 | 1,494 kg/ha | +30.6% |
| 2005 | 2,468 kg/ha | +65.1% |
| 2006 | 2,212 kg/ha | -10.3% |
| 2007 | 1,585 kg/ha | -28.4% |
| 2008 | 1,554 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 2009 | 2,118 kg/ha | +36.3% |
| 2010 | 2,336 kg/ha | +10.3% |
| 2011 | 2,294 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 2012 | 2,341 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 2013 | 2,290 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 2014 | 1,980 kg/ha | -13.5% |
| 2015 | 1,875 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 2016 | 1,717 kg/ha | -8.4% |
| 2017 | 1,763 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 2018 | 1,618 kg/ha | -8.3% |
| 2019 | 1,540 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 2020 | 1,594 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 2021 | 1,654 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 2022 | 1,661 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2023 | 1,621 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 2024 | 1,579 kg/ha | -2.6% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cherries — Yield in Southern 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | +295.4% | 1,777 kg/ha | 7,027 kg/ha |
| 1997 | +140.3% | 3,961 kg/ha | 9,520 kg/ha |
| 1999 | +106.1% | 3,448 kg/ha | 7,107 kg/ha |
| 1995 | +102.3% | 1,562 kg/ha | 3,160 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,916 kg/ha | 2,136 kg/ha | 3,820 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,598 kg/ha | 2,760 kg/ha | 4,114 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,993 kg/ha | 3,152 kg/ha | 4,500 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 4,381 kg/ha | 1,562 kg/ha | 9,520 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,526 kg/ha | 1,144 kg/ha | 6,732 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,975 kg/ha | 1,540 kg/ha | 2,341 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,622 kg/ha | 1,579 kg/ha | 1,661 kg/ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is cherries — yield in Southern Africa?
- Cherries — yield in Southern Africa was 1,579 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cherries — yield recorded in Southern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 9,520 kg/ha in 1997.
- What is the lowest cherries — yield recorded in Southern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,144 kg/ha in 2003.
- How does Southern Africa rank for cherries — yield?
- Southern Africa ranks 24th out of 24 groups with data for 2024.
- Is cherries — yield rising or falling in Southern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 20.2%. 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 Cherries — 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.