Peas, dry — Yield in Southern Africa
Southern Africa: Peas, dry — Yield was 699.3 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Peas, dry — Yield in Southern Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for peas, dry — yield in Southern Africa is 699.3 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.5% on the previous year and up 0.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, peas, dry — yield in Southern Africa peaked at 1,328 kg/ha in 1989 and was at its lowest, 332.4 kg/ha, in 2020.
Southern Africa ranks 26th of 27 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Peas, dry — Yield in Southern Africa, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 830.5 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 870 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 1963 | 805.6 kg/ha | -7.4% |
| 1964 | 778.9 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 1965 | 702.7 kg/ha | -9.8% |
| 1966 | 516.7 kg/ha | -26.5% |
| 1967 | 690.9 kg/ha | +33.7% |
| 1968 | 714.7 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1969 | 582.2 kg/ha | -18.5% |
| 1970 | 399 kg/ha | -31.5% |
| 1971 | 600 kg/ha | +50.4% |
| 1972 | 582.4 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 1973 | 629.4 kg/ha | +8.1% |
| 1974 | 696.6 kg/ha | +10.7% |
| 1975 | 727.8 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 1976 | 770 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 1977 | 849.9 kg/ha | +10.4% |
| 1978 | 925.4 kg/ha | +8.9% |
| 1979 | 974.7 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 1980 | 908.2 kg/ha | -6.8% |
| 1981 | 907.2 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1982 | 732.8 kg/ha | -19.2% |
| 1983 | 557.5 kg/ha | -23.9% |
| 1984 | 776.4 kg/ha | +39.3% |
| 1985 | 815.2 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 1986 | 1,095 kg/ha | +34.3% |
| 1987 | 1,052 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 1988 | 1,159 kg/ha | +10.1% |
| 1989 | 1,328 kg/ha | +14.6% |
| 1990 | 437.5 kg/ha | -67.0% |
| 1991 | 556.5 kg/ha | +27.2% |
| 1992 | 1,172 kg/ha | +110.5% |
| 1993 | 1,025 kg/ha | -12.5% |
| 1994 | 691.1 kg/ha | -32.6% |
| 1995 | 700 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1996 | 988.3 kg/ha | +41.2% |
| 1997 | 940 kg/ha | -4.9% |
| 1998 | 724.8 kg/ha | -22.9% |
| 1999 | 823.6 kg/ha | +13.6% |
| 2000 | 786.4 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 2001 | 848.7 kg/ha | +7.9% |
| 2002 | 394.8 kg/ha | -53.5% |
| 2003 | 379.7 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 2004 | 571.2 kg/ha | +50.4% |
| 2005 | 533 kg/ha | -6.7% |
| 2006 | 556.3 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 2007 | 552.5 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2008 | 756.7 kg/ha | +37.0% |
| 2009 | 792.4 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 2010 | 757.4 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 2011 | 720.9 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 2012 | 707.4 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 2013 | 675.9 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 2014 | 692.8 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 2015 | 580.9 kg/ha | -16.2% |
| 2016 | 649.8 kg/ha | +11.9% |
| 2017 | 777.5 kg/ha | +19.7% |
| 2018 | 661.2 kg/ha | -15.0% |
| 2019 | 917.8 kg/ha | +38.8% |
| 2020 | 332.4 kg/ha | -63.8% |
| 2021 | 756 kg/ha | +127.4% |
| 2022 | 601.1 kg/ha | -20.5% |
| 2023 | 675.8 kg/ha | +12.4% |
| 2024 | 699.3 kg/ha | +3.5% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Peas, dry — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | +127.4% | 332.4 kg/ha | 756 kg/ha |
| 1992 | +110.5% | 556.5 kg/ha | 1,172 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 721.36 kg/ha | 516.7 kg/ha | 870 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 715.52 kg/ha | 399 kg/ha | 974.7 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 933.12 kg/ha | 557.5 kg/ha | 1,328 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 805.82 kg/ha | 437.5 kg/ha | 1,172 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 617.17 kg/ha | 379.7 kg/ha | 848.7 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 714.16 kg/ha | 580.9 kg/ha | 917.8 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 612.92 kg/ha | 332.4 kg/ha | 756 kg/ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is peas, dry — yield in Southern Africa?
- Peas, dry — yield in Southern Africa was 699.3 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest peas, dry — yield recorded in Southern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 1,328 kg/ha in 1989.
- What is the lowest peas, dry — yield recorded in Southern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 332.4 kg/ha in 2020.
- How does Southern Africa rank for peas, dry — yield?
- Southern Africa ranks 26th out of 27 groups with data for 2024.
- Is peas, dry — yield rising or falling in Southern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Southern 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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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.