Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Yield in Southern Africa
Southern Africa: Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Yield was 1,116 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Yield in Southern Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Southern Africa recorded 1,116 kg/ha for groundnuts, excluding shelled — yield in 2024.
The figure is down 20.0% on the previous year and down 13.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, groundnuts, excluding shelled — yield in Southern Africa peaked at 1,754 kg/ha in 1998 and was at its lowest, 317 kg/ha, in 1984.
Southern Africa ranks 19th of 27 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Yield in Southern Africa, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 871.6 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 756.8 kg/ha | -13.2% |
| 1963 | 845.4 kg/ha | +11.7% |
| 1964 | 632.7 kg/ha | -25.2% |
| 1965 | 800.1 kg/ha | +26.5% |
| 1966 | 828.5 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 1967 | 1,611 kg/ha | +94.4% |
| 1968 | 738.4 kg/ha | -54.2% |
| 1969 | 1,065 kg/ha | +44.2% |
| 1970 | 825 kg/ha | -22.5% |
| 1971 | 1,065 kg/ha | +29.1% |
| 1972 | 1,202 kg/ha | +12.9% |
| 1973 | 847.4 kg/ha | -29.5% |
| 1974 | 1,542 kg/ha | +81.9% |
| 1975 | 1,046 kg/ha | -32.1% |
| 1976 | 791.1 kg/ha | -24.4% |
| 1977 | 1,284 kg/ha | +62.3% |
| 1978 | 1,391 kg/ha | +8.3% |
| 1979 | 684 kg/ha | -50.8% |
| 1980 | 1,061 kg/ha | +55.1% |
| 1981 | 1,076 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1982 | 509.9 kg/ha | -52.6% |
| 1983 | 401.7 kg/ha | -21.2% |
| 1984 | 317 kg/ha | -21.1% |
| 1985 | 876.4 kg/ha | +176.5% |
| 1986 | 528.3 kg/ha | -39.7% |
| 1987 | 714.4 kg/ha | +35.2% |
| 1988 | 1,128 kg/ha | +58.0% |
| 1989 | 1,065 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 1990 | 1,230 kg/ha | +15.6% |
| 1991 | 1,250 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1992 | 549.7 kg/ha | -56.0% |
| 1993 | 766.5 kg/ha | +39.4% |
| 1994 | 1,286 kg/ha | +67.8% |
| 1995 | 1,094 kg/ha | -15.0% |
| 1996 | 1,580 kg/ha | +44.5% |
| 1997 | 1,584 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1998 | 1,754 kg/ha | +10.7% |
| 1999 | 1,668 kg/ha | -4.9% |
| 2000 | 1,576 kg/ha | -5.5% |
| 2001 | 1,317 kg/ha | -16.5% |
| 2002 | 1,369 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 2003 | 1,278 kg/ha | -6.6% |
| 2004 | 1,526 kg/ha | +19.4% |
| 2005 | 1,456 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 2006 | 1,415 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 2007 | 1,316 kg/ha | -7.0% |
| 2008 | 1,520 kg/ha | +15.5% |
| 2009 | 1,657 kg/ha | +9.0% |
| 2010 | 1,398 kg/ha | -15.6% |
| 2011 | 1,088 kg/ha | -22.2% |
| 2012 | 1,191 kg/ha | +9.5% |
| 2013 | 826.3 kg/ha | -30.6% |
| 2014 | 1,296 kg/ha | +56.9% |
| 2015 | 1,014 kg/ha | -21.8% |
| 2016 | 695.5 kg/ha | -31.4% |
| 2017 | 1,502 kg/ha | +116.0% |
| 2018 | 933.7 kg/ha | -37.9% |
| 2019 | 825.2 kg/ha | -11.6% |
| 2020 | 1,174 kg/ha | +42.3% |
| 2021 | 1,458 kg/ha | +24.2% |
| 2022 | 969.1 kg/ha | -33.5% |
| 2023 | 1,395 kg/ha | +43.9% |
| 2024 | 1,116 kg/ha | -20.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 905.47 kg/ha | 632.7 kg/ha | 1,611 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,068 kg/ha | 684 kg/ha | 1,542 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 767.71 kg/ha | 317 kg/ha | 1,128 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,276 kg/ha | 549.7 kg/ha | 1,754 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,443 kg/ha | 1,278 kg/ha | 1,657 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,077 kg/ha | 695.5 kg/ha | 1,502 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,222 kg/ha | 969.1 kg/ha | 1,458 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Southern Africa
- 16 Kyrgyzstan 3,518 kg/ha compare
- 16 Polynesia 597.2 kg/ha compare
- 17 Argentina 3,432 kg/ha compare
- 18 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 3,407 kg/ha compare
- 19 Indonesia 3,252 kg/ha compare
- 20 Australia 3,132 kg/ha compare
- 20 Australia and New Zealand 3,132 kg/ha compare
- 22 Greece 3,090 kg/ha compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is groundnuts, excluding shelled — yield in Southern Africa?
- Groundnuts, excluding shelled — yield in Southern Africa was 1,116 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest groundnuts, excluding shelled — yield recorded in Southern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 1,754 kg/ha in 1998.
- What is the lowest groundnuts, excluding shelled — yield recorded in Southern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 317 kg/ha in 1984.
- How does Southern Africa rank for groundnuts, excluding shelled — yield?
- Southern Africa ranks 19th out of 27 groups with data for 2024.
- Is groundnuts, excluding shelled — yield rising or falling in Southern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 13.9%. 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 Groundnuts, excluding shelled — 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.