Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Yield in Southern Africa
Southern Africa: Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Yield was 791.8 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Yield in Southern Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Southern Africa recorded 791.8 kg/ha for fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 6.0% on the previous year and down 1.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield in Southern Africa peaked at 977.2 kg/ha in 2011 and was at its lowest, 233.1 kg/ha, in 1967.
That places Southern Africa 18th out of 28 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Yield in Southern Africa, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 470.9 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 436.6 kg/ha | -7.3% |
| 1963 | 448.9 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1964 | 300.9 kg/ha | -33.0% |
| 1965 | 464.4 kg/ha | +54.3% |
| 1966 | 265.8 kg/ha | -42.8% |
| 1967 | 233.1 kg/ha | -12.3% |
| 1968 | 269.3 kg/ha | +15.5% |
| 1969 | 344.9 kg/ha | +28.1% |
| 1970 | 281.9 kg/ha | -18.3% |
| 1971 | 641.9 kg/ha | +127.7% |
| 1972 | 253 kg/ha | -60.6% |
| 1973 | 293.8 kg/ha | +16.1% |
| 1974 | 485.5 kg/ha | +65.2% |
| 1975 | 728.7 kg/ha | +50.1% |
| 1976 | 579.9 kg/ha | -20.4% |
| 1977 | 538.6 kg/ha | -7.1% |
| 1978 | 560.7 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 1979 | 511.7 kg/ha | -8.7% |
| 1980 | 512 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1981 | 496.8 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 1982 | 371.4 kg/ha | -25.2% |
| 1983 | 289.1 kg/ha | -22.2% |
| 1984 | 367.1 kg/ha | +27.0% |
| 1985 | 434.5 kg/ha | +18.4% |
| 1986 | 387.5 kg/ha | -10.8% |
| 1987 | 375 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 1988 | 410.6 kg/ha | +9.5% |
| 1989 | 397.1 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 1990 | 473.2 kg/ha | +19.2% |
| 1991 | 485.7 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1992 | 374.5 kg/ha | -22.9% |
| 1993 | 393.5 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 1994 | 400.6 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1995 | 456.3 kg/ha | +13.9% |
| 1996 | 481 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 1997 | 333.9 kg/ha | -30.6% |
| 1998 | 388.5 kg/ha | +16.4% |
| 1999 | 425.5 kg/ha | +9.5% |
| 2000 | 415.1 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 2001 | 564.9 kg/ha | +36.1% |
| 2002 | 426.9 kg/ha | -24.4% |
| 2003 | 638 kg/ha | +49.4% |
| 2004 | 678.5 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 2005 | 801 kg/ha | +18.1% |
| 2006 | 787.3 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 2007 | 879.7 kg/ha | +11.7% |
| 2008 | 876.1 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2009 | 918.1 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 2010 | 913 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2011 | 977.2 kg/ha | +7.0% |
| 2012 | 918.5 kg/ha | -6.0% |
| 2013 | 652.7 kg/ha | -28.9% |
| 2014 | 805.3 kg/ha | +23.4% |
| 2015 | 917.2 kg/ha | +13.9% |
| 2016 | 913 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2017 | 744.9 kg/ha | -18.4% |
| 2018 | 891 kg/ha | +19.6% |
| 2019 | 962 kg/ha | +8.0% |
| 2020 | 820.6 kg/ha | -14.7% |
| 2021 | 772.8 kg/ha | -5.8% |
| 2022 | 724.4 kg/ha | -6.3% |
| 2023 | 746.9 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 2024 | 791.8 kg/ha | +6.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 359.42 kg/ha | 233.1 kg/ha | 470.9 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 487.57 kg/ha | 253 kg/ha | 728.7 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 404.11 kg/ha | 289.1 kg/ha | 512 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 421.27 kg/ha | 333.9 kg/ha | 485.7 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 698.56 kg/ha | 415.1 kg/ha | 918.1 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 869.48 kg/ha | 652.7 kg/ha | 977.2 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 771.3 kg/ha | 724.4 kg/ha | 820.6 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Southern Africa
- 15 South Sudan 2,338 kg/ha compare
- 16 China, mainland 2,337 kg/ha compare
- 17 China 2,337 kg/ha compare
- 18 Latvia 2,248 kg/ha compare
- 19 Estonia 1,971 kg/ha compare
- 20 Australia 1,795 kg/ha compare
- 21 Australia and New Zealand 1,775 kg/ha compare
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- Pulses, Total — Area harvested 141,439 ha (2024)
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- Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Production 731,569 t (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield in Southern Africa?
- Fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield in Southern Africa was 791.8 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield recorded in Southern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 977.2 kg/ha in 2011.
- What is the lowest fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield recorded in Southern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 233.1 kg/ha in 1967.
- How does Southern Africa rank for fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield?
- Southern Africa ranks 18th out of 28 groups with data for 2024.
- Is fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield rising or falling in Southern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.7%. 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 Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — 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.