Grapes — Yield in South Africa
South Africa: Grapes — Yield was 17,998 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Grapes — Yield in South Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, grapes — yield in South Africa stood at 17,998 kg/ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.8% on the previous year and up 14.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, grapes — yield in South Africa peaked at 19,273 kg/ha in 2013 and was at its lowest, 6,816 kg/ha, in 1970.
That places South Africa 11th out of 94 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Grapes — Yield in South Africa, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 7,710 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 8,117 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 1963 | 8,354 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1964 | 8,277 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1965 | 9,497 kg/ha | +14.7% |
| 1966 | 9,032 kg/ha | -4.9% |
| 1967 | 8,921 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1968 | 9,796 kg/ha | +9.8% |
| 1969 | 9,303 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 1970 | 6,816 kg/ha | -26.7% |
| 1971 | 8,353 kg/ha | +22.5% |
| 1972 | 8,218 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1973 | 8,056 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1974 | 7,039 kg/ha | -12.6% |
| 1975 | 8,325 kg/ha | +18.3% |
| 1976 | 8,094 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 1977 | 7,364 kg/ha | -9.0% |
| 1978 | 7,563 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1979 | 8,597 kg/ha | +13.7% |
| 1980 | 9,579 kg/ha | +11.4% |
| 1981 | 10,313 kg/ha | +7.7% |
| 1982 | 11,761 kg/ha | +14.0% |
| 1983 | 12,448 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 1984 | 12,253 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1985 | 12,092 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1986 | 12,418 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1987 | 12,640 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1988 | 13,025 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 1989 | 13,306 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1990 | 13,203 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1991 | 13,209 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 13,998 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 1993 | 12,257 kg/ha | -12.4% |
| 1994 | 12,530 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1995 | 13,190 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 1996 | 13,364 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1997 | 13,265 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1998 | 11,983 kg/ha | -9.7% |
| 1999 | 14,933 kg/ha | +24.6% |
| 2000 | 13,418 kg/ha | -10.1% |
| 2001 | 11,889 kg/ha | -11.4% |
| 2002 | 13,038 kg/ha | +9.7% |
| 2003 | 15,096 kg/ha | +15.8% |
| 2004 | 15,788 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 2005 | 14,946 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 2006 | 15,591 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 2007 | 15,760 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2008 | 15,544 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 2009 | 15,205 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 2010 | 16,649 kg/ha | +9.5% |
| 2011 | 16,233 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 2012 | 14,654 kg/ha | -9.7% |
| 2013 | 19,273 kg/ha | +31.5% |
| 2014 | 15,740 kg/ha | -18.3% |
| 2015 | 16,267 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 2016 | 16,321 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 17,055 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 2018 | 17,078 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 17,165 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2020 | 17,354 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2021 | 17,616 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2022 | 17,711 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2023 | 17,857 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2024 | 17,998 kg/ha | +0.8% |
South Africa compared with similar countries
- South Africa's 17,998 kg/ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 9,598 kg/ha, 1.9× the median. (29 countries reporting)
- South Africa's 17,998 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 5,456 kg/ha, 3.3× the median. (6 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 8,779 kg/ha | 7,710 kg/ha | 9,796 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 7,843 kg/ha | 6,816 kg/ha | 8,597 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 11,983 kg/ha | 9,579 kg/ha | 13,306 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 13,193 kg/ha | 11,983 kg/ha | 14,933 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 14,628 kg/ha | 11,889 kg/ha | 15,788 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 16,644 kg/ha | 14,654 kg/ha | 19,273 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 17,707 kg/ha | 17,354 kg/ha | 17,998 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near South Africa
- 8 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 6,920 kg/ha compare
- 8 Egypt 21,180 kg/ha compare
- 9 Albania 19,600 kg/ha compare
- 9 United Republic of Tanzania 6,323 kg/ha compare
- 10 Belgium-Luxembourg 18,886 kg/ha compare
- 10 Republic of Moldova 5,460 kg/ha compare
- 11 Syrian Arab Republic 5,399 kg/ha compare
- 12 Turkmenistan 17,283 kg/ha compare
- 12 Caribbean 13,112 kg/ha compare
- 13 Uruguay 16,790 kg/ha compare
- 14 Thailand 16,744 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for South Africa
- 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)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.8% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.8% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 2.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.0% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is grapes — yield in South Africa?
- Grapes — yield in South Africa was 17,998 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest grapes — yield recorded in South Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 19,273 kg/ha in 2013.
- What is the lowest grapes — yield recorded in South Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 6,816 kg/ha in 1970.
- How does South Africa rank for grapes — yield?
- South Africa ranks 11th out of 94 countries with data for 2024.
- Is grapes — yield rising or falling in South Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 14.3%. 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 Grapes — 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.