Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Yield in South Africa
South Africa: Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Yield was 1,034 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — 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 oilcrops, cake equivalent — yield in South Africa is 1,034 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 28.0% on the previous year and up 3.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oilcrops, cake equivalent — yield in South Africa peaked at 1,435 kg/ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 235.8 kg/ha, in 1992.
South Africa ranks 56th of 183 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Yield in South Africa, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 317.9 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 303.6 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 1963 | 315.8 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 1964 | 243.8 kg/ha | -22.8% |
| 1965 | 309 kg/ha | +26.7% |
| 1966 | 293.8 kg/ha | -4.9% |
| 1967 | 472.8 kg/ha | +60.9% |
| 1968 | 264.1 kg/ha | -44.1% |
| 1969 | 350.9 kg/ha | +32.9% |
| 1970 | 286.9 kg/ha | -18.2% |
| 1971 | 396 kg/ha | +38.0% |
| 1972 | 398.6 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1973 | 321.7 kg/ha | -19.3% |
| 1974 | 555.3 kg/ha | +72.6% |
| 1975 | 464.2 kg/ha | -16.4% |
| 1976 | 409.3 kg/ha | -11.8% |
| 1977 | 561.3 kg/ha | +37.1% |
| 1978 | 467.9 kg/ha | -16.6% |
| 1979 | 373.4 kg/ha | -20.2% |
| 1980 | 488.7 kg/ha | +30.9% |
| 1981 | 576.8 kg/ha | +18.0% |
| 1982 | 344.2 kg/ha | -40.3% |
| 1983 | 275.4 kg/ha | -20.0% |
| 1984 | 247.8 kg/ha | -10.0% |
| 1985 | 388.9 kg/ha | +56.9% |
| 1986 | 345.6 kg/ha | -11.1% |
| 1987 | 398.5 kg/ha | +15.3% |
| 1988 | 454.5 kg/ha | +14.1% |
| 1989 | 486.6 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 1990 | 589.1 kg/ha | +21.1% |
| 1991 | 506.3 kg/ha | -14.1% |
| 1992 | 235.8 kg/ha | -53.4% |
| 1993 | 394.6 kg/ha | +67.3% |
| 1994 | 459.8 kg/ha | +16.5% |
| 1995 | 476.4 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 1996 | 608.3 kg/ha | +27.7% |
| 1997 | 532.7 kg/ha | -12.4% |
| 1998 | 662.2 kg/ha | +24.3% |
| 1999 | 716.2 kg/ha | +8.2% |
| 2000 | 736.6 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 2001 | 699.7 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 2002 | 750.2 kg/ha | +7.2% |
| 2003 | 599.8 kg/ha | -20.0% |
| 2004 | 693.3 kg/ha | +15.6% |
| 2005 | 809.2 kg/ha | +16.7% |
| 2006 | 793.1 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 2007 | 617.7 kg/ha | -22.1% |
| 2008 | 840.8 kg/ha | +36.1% |
| 2009 | 882 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 2010 | 919.9 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 2011 | 889 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 2012 | 822.6 kg/ha | -7.5% |
| 2013 | 848.5 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 2014 | 996.1 kg/ha | +17.4% |
| 2015 | 888.2 kg/ha | -10.8% |
| 2016 | 776.2 kg/ha | -12.6% |
| 2017 | 1,139 kg/ha | +46.7% |
| 2018 | 1,117 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 2019 | 978 kg/ha | -12.4% |
| 2020 | 1,115 kg/ha | +14.0% |
| 2021 | 1,353 kg/ha | +21.4% |
| 2022 | 1,302 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 2023 | 1,435 kg/ha | +10.2% |
| 2024 | 1,034 kg/ha | -28.0% |
South Africa compared with similar countries
- South Africa's 1,034 kg/ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 601.5 kg/ha, 1.7× the median. (51 countries reporting)
- South Africa's 1,034 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 332.5 kg/ha, 3.1× the median. (43 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 319.08 kg/ha | 243.8 kg/ha | 472.8 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 423.46 kg/ha | 286.9 kg/ha | 561.3 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 400.7 kg/ha | 247.8 kg/ha | 576.8 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 518.14 kg/ha | 235.8 kg/ha | 716.2 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 742.24 kg/ha | 599.8 kg/ha | 882 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 937.42 kg/ha | 776.2 kg/ha | 1,139 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,248 kg/ha | 1,034 kg/ha | 1,435 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near South Africa
More agriculture & rural data for South Africa
- Cropland extent over the long-term, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per capita 0.1917 hectares per person (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0.0002 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per capita 1.49 hectares per person (2025)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is oilcrops, cake equivalent — yield in South Africa?
- Oilcrops, cake equivalent — yield in South Africa was 1,034 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oilcrops, cake equivalent — yield recorded in South Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 1,435 kg/ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest oilcrops, cake equivalent — yield recorded in South Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 235.8 kg/ha in 1992.
- How does South Africa rank for oilcrops, cake equivalent — yield?
- South Africa ranks 56th out of 183 countries with data for 2024.
- Is oilcrops, cake equivalent — yield rising or falling in South Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.8%. 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 Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — 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.