Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Yield in Southern Africa
Southern Africa: Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Yield was 377.6 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Yield in Southern Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, oilcrops, oil equivalent — yield in Southern Africa stood at 377.6 kg/ha.
That represents a change of down 20.7% on the previous year and down 18.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oilcrops, oil equivalent — yield in Southern Africa peaked at 535.5 kg/ha in 2008 and was at its lowest, 151.3 kg/ha, in 1992.
That places Southern Africa 21st 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, Oil Equivalent — Yield in Southern Africa, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 247.7 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 233.3 kg/ha | -5.8% |
| 1963 | 237.3 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1964 | 185.3 kg/ha | -21.9% |
| 1965 | 222.2 kg/ha | +19.9% |
| 1966 | 216.6 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 1967 | 351.5 kg/ha | +62.3% |
| 1968 | 194.9 kg/ha | -44.6% |
| 1969 | 254.7 kg/ha | +30.7% |
| 1970 | 212.3 kg/ha | -16.6% |
| 1971 | 301.5 kg/ha | +42.0% |
| 1972 | 304.1 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1973 | 249.3 kg/ha | -18.0% |
| 1974 | 405.7 kg/ha | +62.7% |
| 1975 | 319 kg/ha | -21.4% |
| 1976 | 303.1 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 1977 | 414.3 kg/ha | +36.7% |
| 1978 | 335.4 kg/ha | -19.0% |
| 1979 | 259.2 kg/ha | -22.7% |
| 1980 | 334.2 kg/ha | +28.9% |
| 1981 | 422.2 kg/ha | +26.3% |
| 1982 | 244.1 kg/ha | -42.2% |
| 1983 | 191 kg/ha | -21.8% |
| 1984 | 161.6 kg/ha | -15.4% |
| 1985 | 263.3 kg/ha | +62.9% |
| 1986 | 234.8 kg/ha | -10.8% |
| 1987 | 279.9 kg/ha | +19.2% |
| 1988 | 305.4 kg/ha | +9.1% |
| 1989 | 316.8 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 1990 | 394.4 kg/ha | +24.5% |
| 1991 | 340.5 kg/ha | -13.7% |
| 1992 | 151.3 kg/ha | -55.6% |
| 1993 | 276.1 kg/ha | +82.5% |
| 1994 | 319.7 kg/ha | +15.8% |
| 1995 | 349.2 kg/ha | +9.2% |
| 1996 | 445.5 kg/ha | +27.6% |
| 1997 | 354 kg/ha | -20.5% |
| 1998 | 394.8 kg/ha | +11.5% |
| 1999 | 494.2 kg/ha | +25.2% |
| 2000 | 462.9 kg/ha | -6.3% |
| 2001 | 443.2 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 2002 | 504.2 kg/ha | +13.8% |
| 2003 | 413.5 kg/ha | -18.0% |
| 2004 | 432.4 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 2005 | 476 kg/ha | +10.1% |
| 2006 | 403.9 kg/ha | -15.1% |
| 2007 | 334 kg/ha | -17.3% |
| 2008 | 535.5 kg/ha | +60.3% |
| 2009 | 478.4 kg/ha | -10.7% |
| 2010 | 423.7 kg/ha | -11.4% |
| 2011 | 446.6 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 2012 | 372.5 kg/ha | -16.6% |
| 2013 | 370.3 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2014 | 460.3 kg/ha | +24.3% |
| 2015 | 369.4 kg/ha | -19.7% |
| 2016 | 371.2 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2017 | 481.7 kg/ha | +29.8% |
| 2018 | 445.3 kg/ha | -7.6% |
| 2019 | 391.9 kg/ha | -12.0% |
| 2020 | 467.4 kg/ha | +19.3% |
| 2021 | 489 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 2022 | 472.3 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 2023 | 476.3 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2024 | 377.6 kg/ha | -20.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 238.17 kg/ha | 185.3 kg/ha | 351.5 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 310.39 kg/ha | 212.3 kg/ha | 414.3 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 275.33 kg/ha | 161.6 kg/ha | 422.2 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 351.97 kg/ha | 151.3 kg/ha | 494.2 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 448.4 kg/ha | 334 kg/ha | 535.5 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 413.29 kg/ha | 369.4 kg/ha | 481.7 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 456.52 kg/ha | 377.6 kg/ha | 489 kg/ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is oilcrops, oil equivalent — yield in Southern Africa?
- Oilcrops, oil equivalent — yield in Southern Africa was 377.6 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oilcrops, oil equivalent — yield recorded in Southern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 535.5 kg/ha in 2008.
- What is the lowest oilcrops, oil equivalent — yield recorded in Southern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 151.3 kg/ha in 1992.
- How does Southern Africa rank for oilcrops, oil equivalent — yield?
- Southern Africa ranks 21st out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is oilcrops, oil equivalent — yield rising or falling in Southern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 18.0%. 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, Oil 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.