Oats — Yield in South Africa
South Africa: Oats — Yield was 1,381 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Oats — Yield in South Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for oats — yield in South Africa is 1,381 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 7.4% on the previous year and down 16.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oats — yield in South Africa peaked at 2,176 kg/ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 785.7 kg/ha, in 2019.
That places South Africa 65th out of 78 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Oats — Yield in South Africa, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,477 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,414 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 1963 | 1,300 kg/ha | -8.1% |
| 1964 | 1,500 kg/ha | +15.4% |
| 1965 | 1,550 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1966 | 1,467 kg/ha | -5.4% |
| 1967 | 1,690 kg/ha | +15.2% |
| 1968 | 1,643 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 1969 | 1,286 kg/ha | -21.7% |
| 1970 | 1,512 kg/ha | +17.6% |
| 1971 | 1,400 kg/ha | -7.4% |
| 1972 | 1,400 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 1,388 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1974 | 1,438 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 1975 | 1,350 kg/ha | -6.1% |
| 1976 | 1,343 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1977 | 1,267 kg/ha | -5.7% |
| 1978 | 1,380 kg/ha | +8.9% |
| 1979 | 1,450 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 1980 | 1,444 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1981 | 1,491 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1982 | 1,533 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1983 | 1,509 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1984 | 1,473 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 1985 | 800 kg/ha | -45.7% |
| 1986 | 1,229 kg/ha | +53.6% |
| 1987 | 1,340 kg/ha | +9.1% |
| 1988 | 1,229 kg/ha | -8.3% |
| 1989 | 1,400 kg/ha | +14.0% |
| 1990 | 1,529 kg/ha | +9.2% |
| 1991 | 1,205 kg/ha | -21.2% |
| 1992 | 1,286 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 1993 | 1,319 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1994 | 1,480 kg/ha | +12.2% |
| 1995 | 1,357 kg/ha | -8.3% |
| 1996 | 1,320 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 1997 | 1,000 kg/ha | -24.2% |
| 1998 | 1,012 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1999 | 1,018 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2000 | 1,320 kg/ha | +29.7% |
| 2001 | 1,809 kg/ha | +37.0% |
| 2002 | 1,941 kg/ha | +7.3% |
| 2003 | 1,320 kg/ha | -32.0% |
| 2004 | 1,432 kg/ha | +8.5% |
| 2005 | 1,491 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 2006 | 1,554 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 2007 | 1,585 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2008 | 1,588 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2009 | 1,609 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2010 | 1,658 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 2011 | 1,689 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2012 | 1,723 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2013 | 1,766 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 2014 | 1,646 kg/ha | -6.8% |
| 2015 | 1,607 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 2016 | 1,628 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2017 | 1,650 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2018 | 1,700 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 2019 | 785.7 kg/ha | -53.8% |
| 2020 | 2,176 kg/ha | +176.9% |
| 2021 | 1,628 kg/ha | -25.2% |
| 2022 | 1,020 kg/ha | -37.3% |
| 2023 | 1,491 kg/ha | +46.1% |
| 2024 | 1,381 kg/ha | -7.4% |
South Africa compared with similar countries
- South Africa's 1,381 kg/ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 1,770 kg/ha, 78% of the median. (22 countries reporting)
- South Africa's 1,381 kg/ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 1,461 kg/ha, 95% of the median. (6 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Oats — Yield in South Africa changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | +176.9% | 785.7 kg/ha | 2,176 kg/ha |
| 2019 | -53.8% | 1,700 kg/ha | 785.7 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,481 kg/ha | 1,286 kg/ha | 1,690 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,393 kg/ha | 1,267 kg/ha | 1,512 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,345 kg/ha | 800 kg/ha | 1,533 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,253 kg/ha | 1,000 kg/ha | 1,529 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,565 kg/ha | 1,320 kg/ha | 1,941 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,585 kg/ha | 785.7 kg/ha | 1,766 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,539 kg/ha | 1,020 kg/ha | 2,176 kg/ha | 5 |
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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 oats — yield in South Africa?
- Oats — yield in South Africa was 1,381 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oats — yield recorded in South Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 2,176 kg/ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest oats — yield recorded in South Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 785.7 kg/ha in 2019.
- How does South Africa rank for oats — yield?
- South Africa ranks 65th out of 78 countries with data for 2024.
- Is oats — yield rising or falling in South Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 16.1%. 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 Oats — 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.