Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Yield in Southern Africa
Southern Africa: Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Yield was 1,026 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Yield in Southern Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Southern Africa recorded 1,026 kg/ha for oilcrops, cake equivalent — yield in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 27.7% on the previous year and up 3.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oilcrops, cake equivalent — yield in Southern Africa peaked at 1,420 kg/ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 235.2 kg/ha, in 1992.
That places Southern Africa 15th out of 29 groups with data for 2024, putting it 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 Southern Africa, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 318.4 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 301.9 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 1963 | 313.2 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 1964 | 244.8 kg/ha | -21.8% |
| 1965 | 307.2 kg/ha | +25.5% |
| 1966 | 291 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 1967 | 461.6 kg/ha | +58.6% |
| 1968 | 262.1 kg/ha | -43.2% |
| 1969 | 346.5 kg/ha | +32.2% |
| 1970 | 284.1 kg/ha | -18.0% |
| 1971 | 393.3 kg/ha | +38.4% |
| 1972 | 394.8 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1973 | 320.7 kg/ha | -18.8% |
| 1974 | 549.5 kg/ha | +71.3% |
| 1975 | 453.2 kg/ha | -17.5% |
| 1976 | 403.3 kg/ha | -11.0% |
| 1977 | 550 kg/ha | +36.4% |
| 1978 | 461.3 kg/ha | -16.1% |
| 1979 | 368.6 kg/ha | -20.1% |
| 1980 | 479.1 kg/ha | +30.0% |
| 1981 | 568.6 kg/ha | +18.7% |
| 1982 | 343.9 kg/ha | -39.5% |
| 1983 | 274.4 kg/ha | -20.2% |
| 1984 | 250.6 kg/ha | -8.7% |
| 1985 | 388.6 kg/ha | +55.1% |
| 1986 | 346.4 kg/ha | -10.9% |
| 1987 | 398 kg/ha | +14.9% |
| 1988 | 450.3 kg/ha | +13.1% |
| 1989 | 478.8 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 1990 | 584.5 kg/ha | +22.1% |
| 1991 | 504.9 kg/ha | -13.6% |
| 1992 | 235.2 kg/ha | -53.4% |
| 1993 | 392.9 kg/ha | +67.0% |
| 1994 | 456 kg/ha | +16.1% |
| 1995 | 473.9 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 1996 | 604.6 kg/ha | +27.6% |
| 1997 | 519.1 kg/ha | -14.1% |
| 1998 | 642.8 kg/ha | +23.8% |
| 1999 | 698.2 kg/ha | +8.6% |
| 2000 | 704.5 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2001 | 689.7 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 2002 | 736.8 kg/ha | +6.8% |
| 2003 | 595.4 kg/ha | -19.2% |
| 2004 | 685 kg/ha | +15.0% |
| 2005 | 798.1 kg/ha | +16.5% |
| 2006 | 787 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 2007 | 613.7 kg/ha | -22.0% |
| 2008 | 830.7 kg/ha | +35.4% |
| 2009 | 873.4 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 2010 | 906 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 2011 | 878.9 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 2012 | 815.7 kg/ha | -7.2% |
| 2013 | 841.2 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 2014 | 987.9 kg/ha | +17.4% |
| 2015 | 882.9 kg/ha | -10.6% |
| 2016 | 770.7 kg/ha | -12.7% |
| 2017 | 1,132 kg/ha | +46.8% |
| 2018 | 1,110 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 2019 | 972.1 kg/ha | -12.4% |
| 2020 | 1,105 kg/ha | +13.7% |
| 2021 | 1,344 kg/ha | +21.5% |
| 2022 | 1,292 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 2023 | 1,420 kg/ha | +9.9% |
| 2024 | 1,026 kg/ha | -27.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 316.3 kg/ha | 244.8 kg/ha | 461.6 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 417.88 kg/ha | 284.1 kg/ha | 550 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 397.87 kg/ha | 250.6 kg/ha | 568.6 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 511.21 kg/ha | 235.2 kg/ha | 698.2 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 731.43 kg/ha | 595.4 kg/ha | 873.4 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 929.66 kg/ha | 770.7 kg/ha | 1,132 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,237 kg/ha | 1,026 kg/ha | 1,420 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Southern Africa
- 12 Germany 1,946 kg/ha compare
- 12 Micronesia (Federated States of) 422.3 kg/ha compare
- 13 Italy 1,913 kg/ha compare
- 13 Melanesia 417.6 kg/ha compare
- 14 Sweden 1,874 kg/ha compare
- 15 Lebanon 1,802 kg/ha compare
- 15 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 402.1 kg/ha compare
- 16 Slovenia 1,767 kg/ha compare
- 16 United Republic of Tanzania 391.9 kg/ha compare
- 17 Lithuania 1,750 kg/ha compare
- 18 Poland 1,738 kg/ha compare
- 18 Polynesia 338.7 kg/ha compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is oilcrops, cake equivalent — yield in Southern Africa?
- Oilcrops, cake equivalent — yield in Southern Africa was 1,026 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oilcrops, cake equivalent — yield recorded in Southern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 1,420 kg/ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest oilcrops, cake equivalent — yield recorded in Southern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 235.2 kg/ha in 1992.
- How does Southern Africa rank for oilcrops, cake equivalent — yield?
- Southern Africa ranks 15th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is oilcrops, cake equivalent — yield rising or falling in Southern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.8%. 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 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.