Pineapples — Yield in Southern Africa
Southern Africa: Pineapples — Yield was 14,330 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Pineapples — Yield in Southern Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, pineapples — yield in Southern Africa stood at 14,330 kg/ha.
That represents a change of up 3.0% on the previous year and down 7.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pineapples — yield in Southern Africa peaked at 36,518 kg/ha in 1988 and was at its lowest, 12,927 kg/ha, in 2021.
Southern Africa ranks 22nd of 24 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Pineapples — Yield in Southern Africa, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 23,130 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 23,479 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1963 | 21,710 kg/ha | -7.5% |
| 1964 | 22,006 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1965 | 19,932 kg/ha | -9.4% |
| 1966 | 20,258 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1967 | 23,994 kg/ha | +18.4% |
| 1968 | 23,466 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 1969 | 22,479 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 1970 | 25,284 kg/ha | +12.5% |
| 1971 | 25,631 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1972 | 25,106 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1973 | 25,718 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1974 | 29,018 kg/ha | +12.8% |
| 1975 | 28,611 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1976 | 28,530 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1977 | 29,736 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 1978 | 28,449 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 1979 | 26,732 kg/ha | -6.0% |
| 1980 | 29,494 kg/ha | +10.3% |
| 1981 | 30,286 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1982 | 30,187 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1983 | 29,938 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1984 | 31,709 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 1985 | 31,893 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1986 | 31,619 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1987 | 27,126 kg/ha | -14.2% |
| 1988 | 36,518 kg/ha | +34.6% |
| 1989 | 30,147 kg/ha | -17.4% |
| 1990 | 28,732 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 1991 | 27,338 kg/ha | -4.9% |
| 1992 | 30,218 kg/ha | +10.5% |
| 1993 | 27,371 kg/ha | -9.4% |
| 1994 | 21,301 kg/ha | -22.2% |
| 1995 | 24,183 kg/ha | +13.5% |
| 1996 | 23,478 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 1997 | 24,287 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1998 | 20,258 kg/ha | -16.6% |
| 1999 | 19,543 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 2000 | 18,708 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 2001 | 16,113 kg/ha | -13.9% |
| 2002 | 15,218 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 2003 | 14,298 kg/ha | -6.0% |
| 2004 | 14,390 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2005 | 14,798 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 2006 | 14,614 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2007 | 13,815 kg/ha | -5.5% |
| 2008 | 13,774 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2009 | 14,230 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 2010 | 15,005 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 2011 | 14,778 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2012 | 16,553 kg/ha | +12.0% |
| 2013 | 15,342 kg/ha | -7.3% |
| 2014 | 15,446 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2015 | 14,326 kg/ha | -7.2% |
| 2016 | 14,473 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2017 | 14,155 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 2018 | 13,786 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 2019 | 13,870 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2020 | 13,403 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 2021 | 12,927 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 2022 | 13,179 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2023 | 13,913 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 2024 | 14,330 kg/ha | +3.0% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Pineapples — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | +34.6% | 27,126 kg/ha | 36,518 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 22,273 kg/ha | 19,932 kg/ha | 23,994 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 27,282 kg/ha | 25,106 kg/ha | 29,736 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 30,892 kg/ha | 27,126 kg/ha | 36,518 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 24,671 kg/ha | 19,543 kg/ha | 30,218 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 14,996 kg/ha | 13,774 kg/ha | 18,708 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 14,773 kg/ha | 13,786 kg/ha | 16,553 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 13,550 kg/ha | 12,927 kg/ha | 14,330 kg/ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is pineapples — yield in Southern Africa?
- Pineapples — yield in Southern Africa was 14,330 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pineapples — yield recorded in Southern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 36,518 kg/ha in 1988.
- What is the lowest pineapples — yield recorded in Southern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 12,927 kg/ha in 2021.
- How does Southern Africa rank for pineapples — yield?
- Southern Africa ranks 22nd out of 24 groups with data for 2024.
- Is pineapples — yield rising or falling in Southern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.2%. 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 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.