Cow peas, dry — Yield in South Africa
South Africa: Cow peas, dry — Yield was 436 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Cow peas, dry — Yield in South Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
South Africa recorded 436 kg/ha for cow peas, dry — yield in 2024.
The figure is down 0.1% on the previous year and down 0.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cow peas, dry — yield in South Africa peaked at 1,312 kg/ha in 1974 and was at its lowest, 341.7 kg/ha, in 1986.
South Africa ranks 37th of 47 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Cow peas, dry — Yield in South Africa, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 619.6 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 447.1 kg/ha | -27.8% |
| 1963 | 442.1 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1964 | 410.5 kg/ha | -7.1% |
| 1965 | 500 kg/ha | +21.8% |
| 1966 | 738.5 kg/ha | +47.7% |
| 1967 | 805.3 kg/ha | +9.0% |
| 1968 | 850 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 1969 | 1,061 kg/ha | +24.8% |
| 1970 | 792.3 kg/ha | -25.3% |
| 1971 | 1,108 kg/ha | +39.8% |
| 1972 | 1,181 kg/ha | +6.6% |
| 1973 | 593.8 kg/ha | -49.7% |
| 1974 | 1,312 kg/ha | +121.0% |
| 1975 | 927.3 kg/ha | -29.3% |
| 1976 | 880 kg/ha | -5.1% |
| 1977 | 945.5 kg/ha | +7.4% |
| 1978 | 900 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 1979 | 940 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 1980 | 1,054 kg/ha | +12.2% |
| 1981 | 1,112 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 1982 | 792.9 kg/ha | -28.7% |
| 1983 | 590.9 kg/ha | -25.5% |
| 1984 | 423.1 kg/ha | -28.4% |
| 1985 | 563.6 kg/ha | +33.2% |
| 1986 | 341.7 kg/ha | -39.4% |
| 1987 | 346.2 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1988 | 400 kg/ha | +15.5% |
| 1989 | 500 kg/ha | +25.0% |
| 1990 | 520.1 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 1991 | 456.2 kg/ha | -12.3% |
| 1992 | 456.1 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1993 | 460.5 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1994 | 468.7 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1995 | 483.3 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1996 | 461.5 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 1997 | 459 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1998 | 456.4 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1999 | 454.4 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2000 | 452.7 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2001 | 451.4 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2002 | 450.3 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2003 | 449.5 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2004 | 448.7 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2005 | 447.9 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2006 | 447.2 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2007 | 446.5 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2008 | 445.8 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2009 | 445 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2010 | 444.2 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2011 | 443.1 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2012 | 434.8 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 2013 | 434.8 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 437.7 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2015 | 438.5 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 437.7 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2017 | 436.9 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2018 | 436.4 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2019 | 435.4 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2020 | 435.3 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2021 | 436.1 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2022 | 436.7 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2023 | 436.3 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2024 | 436 kg/ha | -0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 652.69 kg/ha | 410.5 kg/ha | 1,061 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 958.04 kg/ha | 593.8 kg/ha | 1,312 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 612.54 kg/ha | 341.7 kg/ha | 1,112 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 467.62 kg/ha | 454.4 kg/ha | 520.1 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 448.5 kg/ha | 445 kg/ha | 452.7 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 437.95 kg/ha | 434.8 kg/ha | 444.2 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 436.08 kg/ha | 435.3 kg/ha | 436.7 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near South Africa
- 34 Burkina Faso 484.2 kg/ha compare
- 35 Malawi 466.9 kg/ha compare
- 36 Cameroon 450.8 kg/ha compare
- 38 Australia 367.1 kg/ha compare
- 38 Australia and New Zealand 367.1 kg/ha compare
- 40 Mauritania 353.4 kg/ha compare
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- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 7.11 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0283 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 186.56 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.812 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3618 units per person (2025)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cow peas, dry — yield in South Africa?
- Cow peas, dry — yield in South Africa was 436 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cow peas, dry — yield recorded in South Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 1,312 kg/ha in 1974.
- What is the lowest cow peas, dry — yield recorded in South Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 341.7 kg/ha in 1986.
- How does South Africa rank for cow peas, dry — yield?
- South Africa ranks 37th out of 47 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cow peas, dry — yield rising or falling in South Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this South Africa data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Cow peas, dry — 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.