Peaches and nectarines — Yield in Southern Africa
Southern Africa: Peaches and nectarines — Yield was 18,633 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Peaches and nectarines — Yield in Southern Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Southern Africa recorded 18,633 kg/ha for peaches and nectarines — yield in 2024. 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 Southern Africa peaked at 18,633 kg/ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 8,115 kg/ha, in 2001.
That places Southern Africa 7th out of 23 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Peaches and nectarines — Yield in Southern Africa, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 9,933 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 8,557 kg/ha | -13.9% |
| 1963 | 9,526 kg/ha | +11.3% |
| 1964 | 9,740 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1965 | 10,532 kg/ha | +8.1% |
| 1966 | 10,046 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 1967 | 10,294 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1968 | 9,753 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 1969 | 9,881 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1970 | 9,743 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1971 | 9,749 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1972 | 9,931 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1973 | 10,221 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1974 | 10,416 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1975 | 10,281 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1976 | 10,386 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1977 | 10,308 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1978 | 9,535 kg/ha | -7.5% |
| 1979 | 9,658 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1980 | 10,551 kg/ha | +9.3% |
| 1981 | 10,367 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1982 | 10,598 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1983 | 10,241 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 1984 | 10,534 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1985 | 10,650 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1986 | 12,261 kg/ha | +15.1% |
| 1987 | 13,548 kg/ha | +10.5% |
| 1988 | 12,397 kg/ha | -8.5% |
| 1989 | 13,134 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 1990 | 11,161 kg/ha | -15.0% |
| 1991 | 10,800 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 1992 | 11,136 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1993 | 10,377 kg/ha | -6.8% |
| 1994 | 9,949 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 1995 | 9,901 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1996 | 10,180 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1997 | 12,634 kg/ha | +24.1% |
| 1998 | 11,688 kg/ha | -7.5% |
| 1999 | 9,682 kg/ha | -17.2% |
| 2000 | 9,765 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2001 | 8,115 kg/ha | -16.9% |
| 2002 | 11,452 kg/ha | +41.1% |
| 2003 | 14,932 kg/ha | +30.4% |
| 2004 | 16,696 kg/ha | +11.8% |
| 2005 | 15,826 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 2006 | 16,159 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 2007 | 16,041 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2008 | 14,280 kg/ha | -11.0% |
| 2009 | 15,944 kg/ha | +11.7% |
| 2010 | 16,983 kg/ha | +6.5% |
| 2011 | 16,600 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 2012 | 16,668 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2013 | 16,904 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2014 | 16,990 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2015 | 17,334 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2016 | 17,558 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2017 | 17,583 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 17,675 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2019 | 17,716 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 17,847 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2021 | 18,406 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 2022 | 18,345 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2023 | 18,489 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2024 | 18,633 kg/ha | +0.8% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Peaches and nectarines — Yield in Southern Africa changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | +41.1% | 8,115 kg/ha | 11,452 kg/ha |
| 2003 | +30.4% | 11,452 kg/ha | 14,932 kg/ha |
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 |
Countries ranked near Southern Africa
- 4 Greece 22,922 kg/ha compare
- 5 Chile 22,282 kg/ha compare
- 5 Syrian Arab Republic 7,422 kg/ha compare
- 6 France 21,403 kg/ha compare
- 7 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 6,836 kg/ha compare
- 7 Italy 20,603 kg/ha compare
- 8 China, mainland 20,311 kg/ha compare
- 9 China 20,288 kg/ha compare
- 9 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 5,001 kg/ha compare
- 10 Republic of Moldova 3,655 kg/ha compare
- 10 Saudi Arabia 20,276 kg/ha compare
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- Other vegetables, fresh n.e.c. — Area harvested, annual growth rate 4.78 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other vegetables, fresh n.e.c. — Production, annual growth rate 3.9 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other vegetables, fresh n.e.c. — Yield, annual growth rate -0.844 % change on previous year (2024)
- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Area harvested 6.91 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is peaches and nectarines — yield in Southern Africa?
- Peaches and nectarines — yield in Southern 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 Southern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 18,633 kg/ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest peaches and nectarines — yield recorded in Southern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 8,115 kg/ha in 2001.
- How does Southern Africa rank for peaches and nectarines — yield?
- Southern Africa ranks 7th out of 23 groups with data for 2024.
- Is peaches and nectarines — yield rising or falling in Southern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.7%. 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 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.