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 1st of 28 groups on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
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
- 1 Austria 89,246 kg/ha compare
- 2 Israel 67,073 kg/ha compare
- 3 Switzerland 58,462 kg/ha compare
- 4 New Zealand 54,320 kg/ha compare
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 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 1st out of 28 groups 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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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.