Citrus Fruit, Total — Yield in Southern Africa
Southern Africa: Citrus Fruit, Total — Yield was 30,187 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Citrus Fruit, Total — 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 citrus fruit, total — yield in Southern Africa is 30,187 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.8% on the previous year and down 1.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, citrus fruit, total — yield in Southern Africa peaked at 30,733 kg/ha in 2014 and was at its lowest, 14,917 kg/ha, in 1961.
Southern Africa ranks 1st of 27 groups on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Citrus Fruit, Total — Yield in Southern Africa, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 14,917 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 15,991 kg/ha | +7.2% |
| 1963 | 15,923 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1964 | 16,828 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 1965 | 15,844 kg/ha | -5.8% |
| 1966 | 15,914 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1967 | 16,684 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 1968 | 16,392 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1969 | 15,557 kg/ha | -5.1% |
| 1970 | 16,013 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1971 | 15,249 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 1972 | 17,768 kg/ha | +16.5% |
| 1973 | 16,695 kg/ha | -6.0% |
| 1974 | 18,123 kg/ha | +8.6% |
| 1975 | 16,975 kg/ha | -6.3% |
| 1976 | 18,074 kg/ha | +6.5% |
| 1977 | 15,999 kg/ha | -11.5% |
| 1978 | 17,910 kg/ha | +11.9% |
| 1979 | 17,236 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 1980 | 17,130 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1981 | 18,432 kg/ha | +7.6% |
| 1982 | 16,942 kg/ha | -8.1% |
| 1983 | 15,987 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 1984 | 16,005 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1985 | 16,754 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 1986 | 17,119 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1987 | 18,157 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 1988 | 17,987 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1989 | 18,852 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 1990 | 19,109 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1991 | 19,059 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1992 | 18,984 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1993 | 18,609 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1994 | 20,130 kg/ha | +8.2% |
| 1995 | 19,391 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 1996 | 20,228 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 1997 | 20,975 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 1998 | 20,487 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1999 | 22,452 kg/ha | +9.6% |
| 2000 | 22,787 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2001 | 22,755 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2002 | 23,025 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2003 | 23,543 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2004 | 22,699 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 2005 | 25,555 kg/ha | +12.6% |
| 2006 | 27,606 kg/ha | +8.0% |
| 2007 | 27,888 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2008 | 28,382 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2009 | 27,712 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 2010 | 27,323 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 2011 | 28,084 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 2012 | 28,940 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 2013 | 29,962 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 2014 | 30,733 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 2015 | 30,558 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2016 | 29,232 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 2017 | 29,158 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2018 | 30,308 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 2019 | 30,143 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2020 | 29,289 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 2021 | 29,900 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 2022 | 29,938 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2023 | 29,653 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2024 | 30,187 kg/ha | +1.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 16,006 kg/ha | 14,917 kg/ha | 16,828 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 17,004 kg/ha | 15,249 kg/ha | 18,123 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 17,337 kg/ha | 15,987 kg/ha | 18,852 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 19,942 kg/ha | 18,609 kg/ha | 22,452 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 25,195 kg/ha | 22,699 kg/ha | 28,382 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 29,444 kg/ha | 27,323 kg/ha | 30,733 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 29,793 kg/ha | 29,289 kg/ha | 30,187 kg/ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is citrus fruit, total — yield in Southern Africa?
- Citrus fruit, total — yield in Southern Africa was 30,187 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest citrus fruit, total — yield recorded in Southern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 30,733 kg/ha in 2014.
- What is the lowest citrus fruit, total — yield recorded in Southern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 14,917 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Southern Africa rank for citrus fruit, total — yield?
- Southern Africa ranks 1st out of 27 groups with data for 2024.
- Is citrus fruit, total — yield rising or falling in Southern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.8%. 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 Citrus Fruit, Total — 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.