Peas, dry — Yield in South Africa
South Africa: Peas, dry — Yield was 1,007 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Peas, dry — Yield in South Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
South Africa recorded 1,007 kg/ha for peas, dry — yield in 2024.
The figure is up 0.2% on the previous year and down 0.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, peas, dry — yield in South Africa peaked at 1,618 kg/ha in 1992 and was at its lowest, 411.1 kg/ha, in 1966.
South Africa ranks 25th of 31 groups on this measure, in the bottom 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 | 943.86 kg/ha | 411.1 kg/ha | 1,238 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 840.41 kg/ha | 457.1 kg/ha | 1,025 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,301 kg/ha | 1,000 kg/ha | 1,520 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,226 kg/ha | 600 kg/ha | 1,618 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,094 kg/ha | 1,040 kg/ha | 1,291 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,028 kg/ha | 1,007 kg/ha | 1,060 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,005 kg/ha | 997.3 kg/ha | 1,011 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near South Africa
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 peas, dry — yield in South Africa?
- Peas, dry — yield in South Africa was 1,007 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest peas, dry — yield recorded in South Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 1,618 kg/ha in 1992.
- What is the lowest peas, dry — yield recorded in South Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 411.1 kg/ha in 1966.
- How does South Africa rank for peas, dry — yield?
- South Africa ranks 25th out of 31 groups with data for 2024.
- Is peas, dry — yield rising or falling in South Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.4%. 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 Peas, dry — 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.