Other vegetables, fresh n.e.c. — Yield in South Africa
South Africa: Other vegetables, fresh n.e.c. — Yield was 10,389 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Other vegetables, fresh n.e.c. — Yield in South Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
South Africa recorded 10,389 kg/ha for other vegetables, fresh n.e.c. — yield in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is down 1.6% on the previous year and down 14.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, other vegetables, fresh n.e.c. — yield in South Africa peaked at 16,346 kg/ha in 1990 and was at its lowest, 10,389 kg/ha, in 2024.
That places South Africa 99th out of 187 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Other vegetables, fresh n.e.c. — Yield in South Africa, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 13,000 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 13,092 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1963 | 13,236 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1964 | 13,291 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1965 | 13,490 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1966 | 13,308 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1967 | 13,399 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1968 | 13,407 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1969 | 13,598 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1970 | 14,020 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1971 | 13,972 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1972 | 13,467 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 1973 | 13,506 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1974 | 13,548 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1975 | 13,677 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1976 | 13,782 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1977 | 13,885 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1978 | 14,013 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1979 | 14,013 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 14,286 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1981 | 14,371 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1982 | 14,535 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1983 | 14,194 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1984 | 14,546 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1985 | 13,611 kg/ha | -6.4% |
| 1986 | 13,889 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1987 | 14,167 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1988 | 14,444 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1989 | 14,722 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1990 | 16,346 kg/ha | +11.0% |
| 1991 | 16,026 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1992 | 15,854 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1993 | 15,682 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1994 | 15,511 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1995 | 15,339 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1996 | 15,167 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1997 | 14,995 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1998 | 14,851 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1999 | 14,668 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2000 | 14,500 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2001 | 14,320 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2002 | 14,146 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2003 | 13,973 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2004 | 13,800 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2005 | 13,627 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 2006 | 13,454 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 2007 | 13,282 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 2008 | 13,110 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 2009 | 12,937 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 2010 | 12,972 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2011 | 12,316 kg/ha | -5.1% |
| 2012 | 12,487 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2013 | 12,200 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 2014 | 12,085 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2015 | 11,925 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 2016 | 11,754 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 2017 | 11,579 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2018 | 11,410 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2019 | 11,243 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2020 | 11,080 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2021 | 10,920 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 2022 | 10,727 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 2023 | 10,558 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2024 | 10,389 kg/ha | -1.6% |
South Africa compared with similar countries
- South Africa's 10,389 kg/ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 12,245 kg/ha, 85% of the median. (49 countries reporting)
- South Africa's 10,389 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 7,305 kg/ha, 1.4× the median. (43 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 13,314 kg/ha | 13,000 kg/ha | 13,598 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 13,788 kg/ha | 13,467 kg/ha | 14,020 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 14,276 kg/ha | 13,611 kg/ha | 14,722 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 15,444 kg/ha | 14,668 kg/ha | 16,346 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 13,715 kg/ha | 12,937 kg/ha | 14,500 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 11,997 kg/ha | 11,243 kg/ha | 12,972 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 10,735 kg/ha | 10,389 kg/ha | 11,080 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near South Africa
- 96 Madagascar 10,861 kg/ha compare
- 97 Estonia 10,502 kg/ha compare
- 98 Niger 10,490 kg/ha compare
- 100 Luxembourg 10,361 kg/ha compare
- 101 French Polynesia 10,208 kg/ha compare
- 102 Sierra Leone 10,000 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 other vegetables, fresh n.e.c. — yield in South Africa?
- Other vegetables, fresh n.e.c. — yield in South Africa was 10,389 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest other vegetables, fresh n.e.c. — yield recorded in South Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 16,346 kg/ha in 1990.
- What is the lowest other vegetables, fresh n.e.c. — yield recorded in South Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 10,389 kg/ha in 2024.
- How does South Africa rank for other vegetables, fresh n.e.c. — yield?
- South Africa ranks 99th out of 187 countries with data for 2024.
- Is other vegetables, fresh n.e.c. — yield rising or falling in South Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 14.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this South Africa data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Other vegetables, fresh n.e.c. — 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.