Papayas — Yield in Southern Africa
Southern Africa: Papayas — Yield was 9,111 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Papayas — Yield in Southern Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, papayas — yield in Southern 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 Southern Africa peaked at 10,941 kg/ha in 1988 and was at its lowest, 6,942 kg/ha, in 1992.
Southern Africa ranks 20th of 21 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Papayas — Yield in Southern Africa, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 8,489 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 8,666 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1963 | 7,640 kg/ha | -11.8% |
| 1964 | 8,836 kg/ha | +15.6% |
| 1965 | 8,126 kg/ha | -8.0% |
| 1966 | 8,418 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 1967 | 8,378 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1968 | 9,018 kg/ha | +7.6% |
| 1969 | 8,233 kg/ha | -8.7% |
| 1970 | 9,324 kg/ha | +13.3% |
| 1971 | 8,691 kg/ha | -6.8% |
| 1972 | 9,272 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 1973 | 8,273 kg/ha | -10.8% |
| 1974 | 8,506 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1975 | 8,597 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1976 | 8,338 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 1977 | 8,243 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1978 | 8,481 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1979 | 9,667 kg/ha | +14.0% |
| 1980 | 9,064 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 1981 | 9,857 kg/ha | +8.8% |
| 1982 | 8,072 kg/ha | -18.1% |
| 1983 | 8,157 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1984 | 8,234 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1985 | 9,683 kg/ha | +17.6% |
| 1986 | 9,612 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1987 | 10,337 kg/ha | +7.5% |
| 1988 | 10,941 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 1989 | 9,848 kg/ha | -10.0% |
| 1990 | 10,551 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 1991 | 10,211 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 1992 | 6,942 kg/ha | -32.0% |
| 1993 | 9,669 kg/ha | +39.3% |
| 1994 | 9,393 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 1995 | 9,396 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 9,924 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 1997 | 9,885 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1998 | 10,549 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 1999 | 9,058 kg/ha | -14.1% |
| 2000 | 8,485 kg/ha | -6.3% |
| 2001 | 8,881 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 2002 | 8,131 kg/ha | -8.4% |
| 2003 | 8,432 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 2004 | 7,902 kg/ha | -6.3% |
| 2005 | 10,910 kg/ha | +38.1% |
| 2006 | 9,510 kg/ha | -12.8% |
| 2007 | 10,298 kg/ha | +8.3% |
| 2008 | 9,792 kg/ha | -4.9% |
| 2009 | 10,876 kg/ha | +11.1% |
| 2010 | 9,289 kg/ha | -14.6% |
| 2011 | 9,509 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 2012 | 7,705 kg/ha | -19.0% |
| 2013 | 9,015 kg/ha | +17.0% |
| 2014 | 8,850 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 2015 | 9,108 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2016 | 9,140 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 9,170 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 9,175 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 9,172 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2020 | 9,164 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2021 | 9,150 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2022 | 9,133 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2023 | 9,122 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2024 | 9,111 kg/ha | -0.1% |
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 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is papayas — yield in Southern Africa?
- Papayas — yield in Southern 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 Southern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 10,941 kg/ha in 1988.
- What is the lowest papayas — yield recorded in Southern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 6,942 kg/ha in 1992.
- How does Southern Africa rank for papayas — yield?
- Southern Africa ranks 20th out of 21 groups with data for 2024.
- Is papayas — yield rising or falling in Southern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.0%. 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 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.