Fruit Primary — Production in South Africa
South Africa: Fruit Primary — Production was 8.47 million t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Fruit Primary — Production in South Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
South Africa recorded 8.47 million t for fruit primary — production in 2024.
The figure is up 0.7% on the previous year and up 19.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fruit primary — production in South Africa peaked at 8.77 million t in 2022 and was at its lowest, 1.57 million t, in 1961.
That places South Africa 18th out of 192 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Fruit Primary — Production in South Africa, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1.57 million t | — |
| 1962 | 1.60 million t | +2.0% |
| 1963 | 1.73 million t | +8.5% |
| 1964 | 1.83 million t | +5.3% |
| 1965 | 1.94 million t | +6.3% |
| 1966 | 1.98 million t | +2.1% |
| 1967 | 2.15 million t | +8.4% |
| 1968 | 2.30 million t | +6.9% |
| 1969 | 2.30 million t | -0.0% |
| 1970 | 2.15 million t | -6.6% |
| 1971 | 2.35 million t | +9.5% |
| 1972 | 2.56 million t | +9.0% |
| 1973 | 2.49 million t | -2.8% |
| 1974 | 2.50 million t | +0.3% |
| 1975 | 2.62 million t | +4.8% |
| 1976 | 2.75 million t | +5.2% |
| 1977 | 2.42 million t | -12.1% |
| 1978 | 2.78 million t | +14.8% |
| 1979 | 2.88 million t | +3.8% |
| 1980 | 3.13 million t | +8.6% |
| 1981 | 3.06 million t | -2.3% |
| 1982 | 3.20 million t | +4.8% |
| 1983 | 3.13 million t | -2.3% |
| 1984 | 3.18 million t | +1.7% |
| 1985 | 3.22 million t | +1.3% |
| 1986 | 3.23 million t | +0.3% |
| 1987 | 3.52 million t | +8.7% |
| 1988 | 3.84 million t | +9.3% |
| 1989 | 3.88 million t | +1.0% |
| 1990 | 3.82 million t | -1.7% |
| 1991 | 3.87 million t | +1.5% |
| 1992 | 3.95 million t | +2.0% |
| 1993 | 3.85 million t | -2.5% |
| 1994 | 3.85 million t | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 3.89 million t | +1.0% |
| 1996 | 4.30 million t | +10.5% |
| 1997 | 4.53 million t | +5.4% |
| 1998 | 4.60 million t | +1.5% |
| 1999 | 5.22 million t | +13.4% |
| 2000 | 5.23 million t | +0.4% |
| 2001 | 5.19 million t | -0.9% |
| 2002 | 5.45 million t | +5.1% |
| 2003 | 5.93 million t | +8.8% |
| 2004 | 5.68 million t | -4.3% |
| 2005 | 5.82 million t | +2.6% |
| 2006 | 5.86 million t | +0.6% |
| 2007 | 6.10 million t | +4.2% |
| 2008 | 6.36 million t | +4.3% |
| 2009 | 6.11 million t | -4.0% |
| 2010 | 6.13 million t | +0.3% |
| 2011 | 6.25 million t | +1.9% |
| 2012 | 6.46 million t | +3.4% |
| 2013 | 7.07 million t | +9.4% |
| 2014 | 7.06 million t | -0.1% |
| 2015 | 7.27 million t | +3.0% |
| 2016 | 6.55 million t | -9.9% |
| 2017 | 6.92 million t | +5.6% |
| 2018 | 7.33 million t | +5.9% |
| 2019 | 7.29 million t | -0.6% |
| 2020 | 7.43 million t | +1.9% |
| 2021 | 7.97 million t | +7.2% |
| 2022 | 8.77 million t | +10.1% |
| 2023 | 8.41 million t | -4.1% |
| 2024 | 8.47 million t | +0.7% |
South Africa compared with similar countries
- South Africa's 8.47 million t is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 753,355 t, 11.2× the median. (51 countries reporting)
- South Africa's 8.47 million t is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 459,726 t, 18.4× the median. (44 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.93 million t | 1.57 million t | 2.30 million t | 9 |
| 1970s | 2.55 million t | 2.15 million t | 2.88 million t | 10 |
| 1980s | 3.34 million t | 3.06 million t | 3.88 million t | 10 |
| 1990s | 4.19 million t | 3.82 million t | 5.22 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 5.77 million t | 5.19 million t | 6.36 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 6.83 million t | 6.13 million t | 7.33 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 8.21 million t | 7.43 million t | 8.77 million t | 5 |
Countries ranked near South Africa
- 15 Ecuador 9.92 million t compare
- 15 Lao People's Democratic Republic 1.21 million t compare
- 16 Republic of Moldova 1.01 million t compare
- 16 Thailand 9.92 million t compare
- 17 Dominican Republic 9.23 million t compare
- 17 Polynesia 70,967 t compare
- 18 Timor-Leste 17,791 t compare
- 19 Pakistan 8.45 million t compare
- 19 Micronesia 12,230 t compare
- 20 France 8.32 million t compare
- 20 Micronesia (Federated States of) 2,630 t compare
- 21 Peru 8.15 million t compare
More agriculture & rural data for South Africa
- Cropland extent over the long-term, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per capita 0.1917 hectares per person (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0.0002 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per capita 1.49 hectares per person (2025)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is fruit primary — production in South Africa?
- Fruit primary — production in South Africa was 8.47 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest fruit primary — production recorded in South Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 8.77 million t in 2022.
- What is the lowest fruit primary — production recorded in South Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.57 million t in 1961.
- How does South Africa rank for fruit primary — production?
- South Africa ranks 18th out of 192 countries with data for 2024.
- Is fruit primary — production rising or falling in South Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 19.9%. 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 Fruit Primary — Production. 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.