Pears — Yield in South Africa
South Africa: Pears — Yield was 38,041 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Pears — Yield in South Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, pears — yield in South Africa stood at 38,041 kg/ha. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 1.2% on the previous year and up 15.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pears — yield in South Africa peaked at 38,041 kg/ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 10,619 kg/ha, in 1962.
South Africa ranks 5th of 87 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Pears — Yield in South Africa, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 11,198 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 10,619 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 1963 | 12,290 kg/ha | +15.7% |
| 1964 | 14,365 kg/ha | +16.9% |
| 1965 | 13,511 kg/ha | -5.9% |
| 1966 | 15,775 kg/ha | +16.8% |
| 1967 | 15,732 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1968 | 15,418 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1969 | 15,858 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1970 | 14,733 kg/ha | -7.1% |
| 1971 | 16,353 kg/ha | +11.0% |
| 1972 | 18,178 kg/ha | +11.2% |
| 1973 | 19,043 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 1974 | 15,727 kg/ha | -17.4% |
| 1975 | 17,766 kg/ha | +13.0% |
| 1976 | 17,278 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 1977 | 20,616 kg/ha | +19.3% |
| 1978 | 18,077 kg/ha | -12.3% |
| 1979 | 18,015 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1980 | 18,983 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 1981 | 19,458 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1982 | 19,807 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1983 | 19,498 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1984 | 18,763 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 1985 | 20,208 kg/ha | +7.7% |
| 1986 | 16,965 kg/ha | -16.0% |
| 1987 | 20,819 kg/ha | +22.7% |
| 1988 | 22,031 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 1989 | 21,646 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1990 | 21,419 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1991 | 21,587 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1992 | 22,472 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 1993 | 21,425 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 1994 | 20,958 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 1995 | 19,460 kg/ha | -7.1% |
| 1996 | 21,292 kg/ha | +9.4% |
| 1997 | 22,692 kg/ha | +6.6% |
| 1998 | 20,998 kg/ha | -7.5% |
| 1999 | 22,262 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 2000 | 21,726 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 2001 | 22,064 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2002 | 23,289 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 2003 | 24,142 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 2004 | 24,950 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 2005 | 25,717 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 2006 | 27,251 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 2007 | 29,311 kg/ha | +7.6% |
| 2008 | 29,043 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2009 | 29,573 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2010 | 30,056 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2011 | 30,920 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2012 | 31,808 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2013 | 32,571 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 2014 | 32,957 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2015 | 33,909 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2016 | 34,223 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2017 | 34,715 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2018 | 35,032 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2019 | 35,522 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2020 | 35,960 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2021 | 36,682 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2022 | 37,103 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2023 | 37,572 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2024 | 38,041 kg/ha | +1.2% |
South Africa compared with similar countries
- South Africa's 38,041 kg/ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 8,274 kg/ha, 4.6× the median. (25 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 13,863 kg/ha | 10,619 kg/ha | 15,858 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 17,579 kg/ha | 14,733 kg/ha | 20,616 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 19,818 kg/ha | 16,965 kg/ha | 22,031 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 21,456 kg/ha | 19,460 kg/ha | 22,692 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 25,707 kg/ha | 21,726 kg/ha | 29,573 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 33,171 kg/ha | 30,056 kg/ha | 35,522 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 37,071 kg/ha | 35,960 kg/ha | 38,041 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near South Africa
- 2 Israel 67,073 kg/ha compare
- 2 Türkiye 28,327 kg/ha compare
- 3 Switzerland 58,462 kg/ha compare
- 4 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 10,792 kg/ha compare
- 4 New Zealand 54,320 kg/ha compare
- 6 Chile 34,815 kg/ha compare
- 6 United Republic of Tanzania 7,505 kg/ha compare
- 7 Argentina 33,698 kg/ha compare
- 8 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 32,171 kg/ha compare
- 8 Syrian Arab Republic 5,564 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 pears — yield in South Africa?
- Pears — yield in South Africa was 38,041 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pears — yield recorded in South Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 38,041 kg/ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest pears — yield recorded in South Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 10,619 kg/ha in 1962.
- How does South Africa rank for pears — yield?
- South Africa ranks 5th out of 87 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pears — yield rising or falling in South Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 15.4%. 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 Pears — 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.