Pineapples — Yield in South Africa
South Africa: Pineapples — Yield was 11,118 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Pineapples — Yield in South Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, pineapples — yield in South Africa stood at 11,118 kg/ha. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of down 1.0% on the previous year and down 11.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pineapples — yield in South Africa peaked at 33,542 kg/ha in 1988 and was at its lowest, 11,118 kg/ha, in 2024.
That places South Africa 56th out of 85 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Pineapples — Yield in South Africa, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 23,462 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 24,194 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1963 | 22,326 kg/ha | -7.7% |
| 1964 | 22,732 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1965 | 20,895 kg/ha | -8.1% |
| 1966 | 21,255 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1967 | 24,156 kg/ha | +13.6% |
| 1968 | 24,334 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1969 | 23,054 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 1970 | 26,516 kg/ha | +15.0% |
| 1971 | 26,755 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1972 | 26,765 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 26,792 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1974 | 27,694 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1975 | 27,300 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1976 | 27,957 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1977 | 28,877 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1978 | 27,876 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 1979 | 27,026 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 1980 | 28,446 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 1981 | 29,068 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1982 | 28,320 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 1983 | 27,947 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1984 | 27,876 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1985 | 28,139 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1986 | 27,574 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1987 | 24,257 kg/ha | -12.0% |
| 1988 | 33,542 kg/ha | +38.3% |
| 1989 | 26,632 kg/ha | -20.6% |
| 1990 | 24,985 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 1991 | 23,205 kg/ha | -7.1% |
| 1992 | 27,092 kg/ha | +16.7% |
| 1993 | 24,722 kg/ha | -8.7% |
| 1994 | 20,385 kg/ha | -17.5% |
| 1995 | 24,501 kg/ha | +20.2% |
| 1996 | 23,124 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 1997 | 23,636 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1998 | 19,572 kg/ha | -17.2% |
| 1999 | 18,849 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 2000 | 17,769 kg/ha | -5.7% |
| 2001 | 15,247 kg/ha | -14.2% |
| 2002 | 13,576 kg/ha | -11.0% |
| 2003 | 12,371 kg/ha | -8.9% |
| 2004 | 12,649 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2005 | 13,894 kg/ha | +9.8% |
| 2006 | 13,714 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 2007 | 12,910 kg/ha | -5.9% |
| 2008 | 12,590 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 2009 | 12,812 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2010 | 13,095 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2011 | 12,822 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 2012 | 14,493 kg/ha | +13.0% |
| 2013 | 12,966 kg/ha | -10.5% |
| 2014 | 12,594 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 2015 | 12,073 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 2016 | 11,937 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2017 | 11,850 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2018 | 11,722 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2019 | 11,745 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 11,399 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 2021 | 11,194 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 2022 | 11,339 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2023 | 11,228 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2024 | 11,118 kg/ha | -1.0% |
South Africa compared with similar countries
- South Africa's 11,118 kg/ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 23,694 kg/ha, 47% of the median. (28 countries reporting)
- South Africa's 11,118 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 8,016 kg/ha, 1.4× the median. (27 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Pineapples — Yield in South 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | +38.3% | 24,257 kg/ha | 33,542 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 22,934 kg/ha | 20,895 kg/ha | 24,334 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 27,356 kg/ha | 26,516 kg/ha | 28,877 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 28,180 kg/ha | 24,257 kg/ha | 33,542 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 23,007 kg/ha | 18,849 kg/ha | 27,092 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 13,753 kg/ha | 12,371 kg/ha | 17,769 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 12,530 kg/ha | 11,722 kg/ha | 14,493 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 11,255 kg/ha | 11,118 kg/ha | 11,399 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near South Africa
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 pineapples — yield in South Africa?
- Pineapples — yield in South Africa was 11,118 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pineapples — yield recorded in South Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 33,542 kg/ha in 1988.
- What is the lowest pineapples — yield recorded in South Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 11,118 kg/ha in 2024.
- How does South Africa rank for pineapples — yield?
- South Africa ranks 56th out of 85 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pineapples — yield rising or falling in South Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 11.7%. 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 Pineapples — 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.