Oranges — Yield in Southern Africa
Southern Africa: Oranges — Yield was 38,712 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Oranges — Yield in Southern Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, oranges — yield in Southern Africa stood at 38,712 kg/ha. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.7% on the previous year and up 11.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oranges — yield in Southern Africa peaked at 38,712 kg/ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 14,350 kg/ha, in 1971.
That places Southern Africa 1st out of 27 groups 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 Southern Africa, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 14,651 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 15,918 kg/ha | +8.6% |
| 1963 | 15,766 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1964 | 17,005 kg/ha | +7.9% |
| 1965 | 15,732 kg/ha | -7.5% |
| 1966 | 15,582 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1967 | 16,160 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 1968 | 16,206 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1969 | 14,712 kg/ha | -9.2% |
| 1970 | 15,639 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 1971 | 14,350 kg/ha | -8.2% |
| 1972 | 17,093 kg/ha | +19.1% |
| 1973 | 15,931 kg/ha | -6.8% |
| 1974 | 17,857 kg/ha | +12.1% |
| 1975 | 16,950 kg/ha | -5.1% |
| 1976 | 18,271 kg/ha | +7.8% |
| 1977 | 15,471 kg/ha | -15.3% |
| 1978 | 17,884 kg/ha | +15.6% |
| 1979 | 17,027 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 1980 | 16,627 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 1981 | 17,766 kg/ha | +6.8% |
| 1982 | 16,933 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 1983 | 15,924 kg/ha | -6.0% |
| 1984 | 15,789 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1985 | 16,470 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 1986 | 16,510 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1987 | 17,254 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 1988 | 17,085 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1989 | 17,707 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 1990 | 19,004 kg/ha | +7.3% |
| 1991 | 19,241 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1992 | 19,679 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1993 | 19,002 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 1994 | 20,765 kg/ha | +9.3% |
| 1995 | 19,487 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 1996 | 20,239 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 1997 | 21,240 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 1998 | 20,437 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 1999 | 22,445 kg/ha | +9.8% |
| 2000 | 22,222 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2001 | 22,453 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2002 | 23,076 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 2003 | 23,862 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 2004 | 22,606 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 2005 | 26,923 kg/ha | +19.1% |
| 2006 | 31,267 kg/ha | +16.1% |
| 2007 | 30,709 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 2008 | 31,412 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 2009 | 29,550 kg/ha | -5.9% |
| 2010 | 29,886 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2011 | 31,949 kg/ha | +6.9% |
| 2012 | 33,110 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 2013 | 34,217 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 2014 | 34,753 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2015 | 35,178 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2016 | 34,237 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 2017 | 35,010 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 2018 | 36,543 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 2019 | 36,733 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2020 | 36,644 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2021 | 37,637 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 2022 | 38,140 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2023 | 38,083 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2024 | 38,712 kg/ha | +1.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 15,748 kg/ha | 14,651 kg/ha | 17,005 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 16,647 kg/ha | 14,350 kg/ha | 18,271 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 16,806 kg/ha | 15,789 kg/ha | 17,766 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 20,154 kg/ha | 19,002 kg/ha | 22,445 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 26,408 kg/ha | 22,222 kg/ha | 31,412 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 34,162 kg/ha | 29,886 kg/ha | 36,733 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 37,843 kg/ha | 36,644 kg/ha | 38,712 kg/ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is oranges — yield in Southern Africa?
- Oranges — yield in Southern Africa was 38,712 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oranges — yield recorded in Southern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 38,712 kg/ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest oranges — yield recorded in Southern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 14,350 kg/ha in 1971.
- How does Southern Africa rank for oranges — yield?
- Southern Africa ranks 1st out of 27 groups with data for 2024.
- Is oranges — yield rising or falling in Southern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 11.4%. 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 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.