Peas, green — Yield in South Africa
South Africa: Peas, green — Yield was 2,357 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Peas, green — Yield in South Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for peas, green — yield in South Africa is 2,357 kg/ha, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is down 1.3% on the previous year and down 6.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, peas, green — yield in South Africa peaked at 8,333 kg/ha in 1976 and was at its lowest, 2,357 kg/ha, in 2024.
That places South Africa 77th out of 91 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6,335 kg/ha | 5,600 kg/ha | 7,250 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 6,342 kg/ha | 5,250 kg/ha | 8,333 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 6,137 kg/ha | 5,250 kg/ha | 6,879 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 5,822 kg/ha | 4,984 kg/ha | 8,101 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,810 kg/ha | 3,087 kg/ha | 5,375 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,656 kg/ha | 2,506 kg/ha | 3,098 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,443 kg/ha | 2,357 kg/ha | 2,616 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near South Africa
- 74 Czech Republic 2,646 kg/ha compare
- 75 Yugoslav SFR 2,588 kg/ha compare
- 76 Bhutan 2,442 kg/ha compare
- 78 Bulgaria 2,148 kg/ha compare
- 79 Malawi 2,068 kg/ha compare
- 80 Montenegro 2,065 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 peas, green — yield in South Africa?
- Peas, green — yield in South Africa was 2,357 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest peas, green — yield recorded in South Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 8,333 kg/ha in 1976.
- What is the lowest peas, green — yield recorded in South Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,357 kg/ha in 2024.
- How does South Africa rank for peas, green — yield?
- South Africa ranks 77th out of 91 countries with data for 2024.
- Is peas, green — yield rising or falling in South Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- 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, green — 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.