Fruit Primary — Yield in South Africa
South Africa: Fruit Primary — Yield was 24,932 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Fruit Primary — Yield in South Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
South Africa recorded 24,932 kg/ha for fruit primary — yield in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.9% on the previous year and up 10.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fruit primary — yield in South Africa peaked at 24,932 kg/ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 10,530 kg/ha, in 1961.
That places South Africa 1st out of 33 groups 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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 11,297 kg/ha | 10,530 kg/ha | 12,161 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 11,746 kg/ha | 10,738 kg/ha | 12,339 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 14,775 kg/ha | 13,059 kg/ha | 16,299 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 16,001 kg/ha | 15,270 kg/ha | 17,520 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 19,206 kg/ha | 16,422 kg/ha | 21,118 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 22,640 kg/ha | 21,140 kg/ha | 24,167 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 24,300 kg/ha | 23,572 kg/ha | 24,932 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near South Africa
- 1 Guyana 38,100 kg/ha compare
- 2 Belgium-Luxembourg 37,654 kg/ha compare
- 3 Costa Rica 34,518 kg/ha compare
- 4 Zimbabwe 33,576 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for South Africa
- 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)
- Rural population 36.2% (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.8% (2025)
- Rural population 23.43 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 2.8% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 12.08 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 430,925 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is fruit primary — yield in South Africa?
- Fruit primary — yield in South Africa was 24,932 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest fruit primary — yield recorded in South Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 24,932 kg/ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest fruit primary — yield recorded in South Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 10,530 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does South Africa rank for fruit primary — yield?
- South Africa ranks 1st out of 33 groups with data for 2024.
- Is fruit primary — yield rising or falling in South Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.7%. 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 — 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.