Kenaf, and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted — Yield in Southern Africa
Southern Africa: Kenaf, and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted — Yield was 664.2 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Kenaf, and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted — Yield in Southern Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for kenaf, and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted — yield in Southern Africa is 664.2 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 0.3% on the previous year and down 10.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, kenaf, and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted — yield in Southern Africa peaked at 1,100 kg/ha in 1966 and was at its lowest, 662.2 kg/ha, in 2023.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Kenaf, and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted — Yield in Southern Africa, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,000 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 1,100 kg/ha | +10.0% |
| 1967 | 1,091 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1968 | 1,000 kg/ha | -8.3% |
| 1969 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 1,091 kg/ha | +9.1% |
| 1973 | 1,091 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 1,091 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 1,091 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 1,091 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 1,091 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 1,091 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 1,091 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 1,091 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 1,091 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 1,091 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 1,091 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 1,091 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 1,091 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 1,091 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 1,091 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 1,091 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 1,091 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 909.7 kg/ha | -16.6% |
| 1991 | 961.3 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 1992 | 960.2 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1993 | 959.2 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1994 | 958.1 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1995 | 957.1 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1996 | 956 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1997 | 981.8 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1998 | 980.1 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1999 | 1,000 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2000 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 967.1 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 2002 | 954.3 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 2003 | 939.9 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2004 | 920.2 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 2005 | 895.6 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 2006 | 871 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 2007 | 846.9 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 2008 | 823.8 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 2009 | 802.1 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 2010 | 782.2 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 2011 | 764.8 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 2012 | 704.3 kg/ha | -7.9% |
| 2013 | 750 kg/ha | +6.5% |
| 2014 | 737.6 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 2015 | 706.8 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 2016 | 730.6 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 2017 | 712.3 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 2018 | 692.3 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 2019 | 676.6 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 2020 | 666.8 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 2021 | 676.5 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2022 | 669.8 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2023 | 662.2 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2024 | 664.2 kg/ha | +0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,021 kg/ha | 1,000 kg/ha | 1,100 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,073 kg/ha | 1,000 kg/ha | 1,091 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,091 kg/ha | 1,091 kg/ha | 1,091 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 962.35 kg/ha | 909.7 kg/ha | 1,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 902.09 kg/ha | 802.1 kg/ha | 1,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 725.75 kg/ha | 676.6 kg/ha | 782.2 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 667.9 kg/ha | 662.2 kg/ha | 676.5 kg/ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is kenaf, and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted — yield in Southern Africa?
- Kenaf, and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted — yield in Southern Africa was 664.2 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest kenaf, and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted — yield recorded in Southern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 1,100 kg/ha in 1966.
- What is the lowest kenaf, and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted — yield recorded in Southern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 662.2 kg/ha in 2023.
- How does Southern Africa rank for kenaf, and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted — yield?
- Southern Africa ranks 15th out of 19 groups with data for 2024.
- Is kenaf, and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted — yield rising or falling in Southern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 10.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Southern Africa data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Kenaf, and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted — 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.