Papayas — Yield in South Africa
South Africa: Papayas — Yield was 9,111 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Papayas — Yield in South Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, papayas — yield in South Africa stood at 9,111 kg/ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.1% on the previous year and up 3.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, papayas — yield in South Africa peaked at 10,941 kg/ha in 1988 and was at its lowest, 6,942 kg/ha, in 1992.
South Africa ranks 24th of 25 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 8,423 kg/ha | 7,640 kg/ha | 9,018 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 8,739 kg/ha | 8,243 kg/ha | 9,667 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 9,381 kg/ha | 8,072 kg/ha | 10,941 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 9,558 kg/ha | 6,942 kg/ha | 10,551 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 9,322 kg/ha | 7,902 kg/ha | 10,910 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 9,013 kg/ha | 7,705 kg/ha | 9,509 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 9,136 kg/ha | 9,111 kg/ha | 9,164 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near South Africa
More agriculture & rural data for South Africa
- Agriculture share gdp 2.83 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 2.83 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 2.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.0% (2025)
- Rural population 36.2% (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.8% (2025)
- Rural population 23.43 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 2.8% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 12.08 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 430,925 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is papayas — yield in South Africa?
- Papayas — yield in South Africa was 9,111 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest papayas — yield recorded in South Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 10,941 kg/ha in 1988.
- What is the lowest papayas — yield recorded in South Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 6,942 kg/ha in 1992.
- How does South Africa rank for papayas — yield?
- South Africa ranks 24th out of 25 groups with data for 2024.
- Is papayas — yield rising or falling in South Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.0%. 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 Papayas — 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.