Oranges — Yield in South Africa
South Africa: Oranges — Yield was 45,800 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Oranges — Yield in South Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
South Africa recorded 45,800 kg/ha for oranges — yield in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.3% on the previous year and up 16.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oranges — yield in South Africa peaked at 45,800 kg/ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 15,954 kg/ha, in 1961.
That places South Africa 5th out of 117 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Oranges — Yield in South Africa, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 15,954 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 17,331 kg/ha | +8.6% |
| 1963 | 17,415 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1964 | 18,832 kg/ha | +8.1% |
| 1965 | 17,661 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 1966 | 17,466 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1967 | 18,923 kg/ha | +8.3% |
| 1968 | 19,334 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1969 | 17,654 kg/ha | -8.7% |
| 1970 | 18,743 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 1971 | 17,049 kg/ha | -9.0% |
| 1972 | 20,552 kg/ha | +20.5% |
| 1973 | 18,947 kg/ha | -7.8% |
| 1974 | 21,671 kg/ha | +14.4% |
| 1975 | 20,480 kg/ha | -5.5% |
| 1976 | 22,226 kg/ha | +8.5% |
| 1977 | 18,611 kg/ha | -16.3% |
| 1978 | 21,948 kg/ha | +17.9% |
| 1979 | 20,854 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 1980 | 20,252 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 1981 | 21,569 kg/ha | +6.5% |
| 1982 | 20,457 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 1983 | 19,345 kg/ha | -5.4% |
| 1984 | 19,340 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1985 | 19,984 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1986 | 19,855 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1987 | 20,686 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 1988 | 20,097 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 1989 | 19,767 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1990 | 21,514 kg/ha | +8.8% |
| 1991 | 21,648 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1992 | 22,247 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1993 | 21,077 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 1994 | 23,080 kg/ha | +9.5% |
| 1995 | 21,360 kg/ha | -7.5% |
| 1996 | 22,144 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 1997 | 23,185 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 1998 | 22,214 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 1999 | 24,547 kg/ha | +10.5% |
| 2000 | 24,384 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2001 | 24,490 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2002 | 25,456 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 2003 | 26,501 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 2004 | 25,017 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 2005 | 30,385 kg/ha | +21.5% |
| 2006 | 35,763 kg/ha | +17.7% |
| 2007 | 35,202 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2008 | 35,406 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2009 | 33,402 kg/ha | -5.7% |
| 2010 | 33,924 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2011 | 36,566 kg/ha | +7.8% |
| 2012 | 37,582 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 2013 | 38,505 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 2014 | 39,270 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2015 | 40,042 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2016 | 40,426 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2017 | 41,176 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2018 | 42,008 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2019 | 42,801 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2020 | 43,532 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2021 | 44,490 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2022 | 44,616 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 45,208 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2024 | 45,800 kg/ha | +1.3% |
South Africa compared with similar countries
- South Africa's 45,800 kg/ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 13,908 kg/ha, 3.3× the median. (37 countries reporting)
- South Africa's 45,800 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 7,416 kg/ha, 6.2× the median. (26 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 17,841 kg/ha | 15,954 kg/ha | 19,334 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 20,108 kg/ha | 17,049 kg/ha | 22,226 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 20,135 kg/ha | 19,340 kg/ha | 21,569 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 22,302 kg/ha | 21,077 kg/ha | 24,547 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 29,601 kg/ha | 24,384 kg/ha | 35,763 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 39,230 kg/ha | 33,924 kg/ha | 42,801 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 44,729 kg/ha | 43,532 kg/ha | 45,800 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near South Africa
- 2 Guyana 64,427 kg/ha compare
- 2 Türkiye 31,060 kg/ha compare
- 3 Albania 60,677 kg/ha compare
- 3 Viet Nam 26,832 kg/ha compare
- 4 Saint Lucia 46,040 kg/ha compare
- 5 Syrian Arab Republic 18,015 kg/ha compare
- 6 Zimbabwe 44,000 kg/ha compare
- 6 Melanesia 17,368 kg/ha compare
- 7 Democratic Republic of the Congo 15,458 kg/ha compare
- 7 Tunisia 40,165 kg/ha compare
- 8 Paraguay 40,105 kg/ha compare
- 8 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 14,026 kg/ha compare
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 oranges — yield in South Africa?
- Oranges — yield in South Africa was 45,800 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oranges — yield recorded in South Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 45,800 kg/ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest oranges — yield recorded in South Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 15,954 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does South Africa rank for oranges — yield?
- South Africa ranks 5th out of 117 countries with data for 2024.
- Is oranges — yield rising or falling in South Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 16.6%. 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 Oranges — 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.