Chicory roots — Yield in South Africa
South Africa: Chicory roots — Yield was 5,726 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Chicory roots — Yield in South Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, chicory roots — yield in South Africa stood at 5,726 kg/ha. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.9% on the previous year and up 1.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, chicory roots — yield in South Africa peaked at 5,726 kg/ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 1,111 kg/ha, in 1973.
That places South Africa 19th out of 20 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,121 kg/ha | 1,628 kg/ha | 2,548 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,242 kg/ha | 1,111 kg/ha | 3,724 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,219 kg/ha | 1,607 kg/ha | 2,861 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 3,618 kg/ha | 2,153 kg/ha | 4,575 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,891 kg/ha | 3,203 kg/ha | 4,154 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 5,331 kg/ha | 4,179 kg/ha | 5,668 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 5,632 kg/ha | 5,511 kg/ha | 5,726 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near South Africa
- 16 Puerto Rico 19,637 kg/ha compare
- 17 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 17,008 kg/ha compare
- 18 Philippines 8,925 kg/ha compare
- 19 Qatar 8,088 kg/ha compare
- 20 Russian Federation 6,888 kg/ha compare
- 21 Czechoslovakia 6,000 kg/ha compare
- 21 Romania 6,000 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 chicory roots — yield in South Africa?
- Chicory roots — yield in South Africa was 5,726 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest chicory roots — yield recorded in South Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 5,726 kg/ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest chicory roots — yield recorded in South Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,111 kg/ha in 1973.
- How does South Africa rank for chicory roots — yield?
- South Africa ranks 19th out of 20 groups with data for 2024.
- Is chicory roots — yield rising or falling in South Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this South Africa data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Chicory roots — 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.