Dates — Yield in Southern Africa
Southern Africa: Dates — Yield was 2,618 kg/ha in 2024. ▬ Flat
Dates — Yield in Southern Africa, 1997–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, dates — yield in Southern Africa stood at 2,618 kg/ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.1% on the previous year and down 6.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, dates — yield in Southern Africa peaked at 3,034 kg/ha in 2001 and was at its lowest, 2,490 kg/ha, in 1998.
Southern Africa ranks 19th of 20 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
Dates — Yield in Southern Africa, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 2,500 kg/ha | — |
| 1998 | 2,490 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1999 | 2,702 kg/ha | +8.5% |
| 2000 | 2,798 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 2001 | 3,034 kg/ha | +8.4% |
| 2002 | 2,717 kg/ha | -10.5% |
| 2003 | 2,795 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2004 | 2,790 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2005 | 2,719 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 2006 | 2,724 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2007 | 2,771 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2008 | 2,777 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2009 | 2,835 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 2010 | 2,755 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 2011 | 2,792 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2012 | 2,863 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 2013 | 2,819 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2014 | 2,805 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2015 | 2,812 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 2,807 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2017 | 2,808 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 2,709 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 2019 | 2,666 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2020 | 2,644 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2021 | 2,633 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2022 | 2,617 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2023 | 2,621 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 2,618 kg/ha | -0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 2,564 kg/ha | 2,490 kg/ha | 2,702 kg/ha | 3 |
| 2000s | 2,796 kg/ha | 2,717 kg/ha | 3,034 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,784 kg/ha | 2,666 kg/ha | 2,863 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,627 kg/ha | 2,617 kg/ha | 2,644 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Southern Africa
More agriculture & rural data for Southern Africa
- Meat of goat, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight, annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production, annual 5.29 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — Producing -1.09 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight, annual 2.43 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — Production, annual growth rate 3.06 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered 0.6011 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight, annual growth 10.34 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered -0.8423 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Production, annual growth rate 9 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass 6.41 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is dates — yield in Southern Africa?
- Dates — yield in Southern Africa was 2,618 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest dates — yield recorded in Southern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 3,034 kg/ha in 2001.
- What is the lowest dates — yield recorded in Southern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,490 kg/ha in 1998.
- How does Southern Africa rank for dates — yield?
- Southern Africa ranks 19th out of 20 groups with data for 2024.
- Is dates — yield rising or falling in Southern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Southern Africa data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Dates — 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.