Peaches and nectarines — Yield in South Africa
South Africa: Peaches and nectarines — Yield was 18,633 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Peaches and nectarines — Yield in South Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, peaches and nectarines — yield in South Africa stood at 18,633 kg/ha. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.8% on the previous year and up 9.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, peaches and nectarines — yield in South Africa peaked at 18,633 kg/ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 8,115 kg/ha, in 2001.
South Africa ranks 12th of 81 countries on this measure, in the top 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 | 9,807 kg/ha | 8,557 kg/ha | 10,532 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 10,023 kg/ha | 9,535 kg/ha | 10,416 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 11,428 kg/ha | 10,241 kg/ha | 13,548 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 10,751 kg/ha | 9,682 kg/ha | 12,634 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 13,921 kg/ha | 8,115 kg/ha | 16,696 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 17,201 kg/ha | 16,600 kg/ha | 17,716 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 18,344 kg/ha | 17,847 kg/ha | 18,633 kg/ha | 5 |
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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)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is peaches and nectarines — yield in South Africa?
- Peaches and nectarines — yield in South Africa was 18,633 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest peaches and nectarines — yield recorded in South Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 18,633 kg/ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest peaches and nectarines — yield recorded in South Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 8,115 kg/ha in 2001.
- How does South Africa rank for peaches and nectarines — yield?
- South Africa ranks 12th out of 81 countries with data for 2024.
- Is peaches and nectarines — yield rising or falling in South Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.7%. 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 Peaches and nectarines — 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.