Pomelos and grapefruits — Yield in South Africa
South Africa: Pomelos and grapefruits — Yield was 31,002 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Pomelos and grapefruits — 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 pomelos and grapefruits — yield in South Africa is 31,002 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.1% on the previous year and up 3.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pomelos and grapefruits — yield in South Africa peaked at 33,886 kg/ha in 2009 and was at its lowest, 18,966 kg/ha, in 1961.
South Africa ranks 7th of 73 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Pomelos and grapefruits — Yield in South Africa, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 18,966 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 18,966 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 18,966 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 19,193 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1965 | 19,478 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1966 | 22,518 kg/ha | +15.6% |
| 1967 | 25,166 kg/ha | +11.8% |
| 1968 | 23,351 kg/ha | -7.2% |
| 1969 | 27,179 kg/ha | +16.4% |
| 1970 | 25,814 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 1971 | 28,555 kg/ha | +10.6% |
| 1972 | 31,635 kg/ha | +10.8% |
| 1973 | 30,830 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 1974 | 29,863 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 1975 | 25,622 kg/ha | -14.2% |
| 1976 | 24,915 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 1977 | 25,775 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 1978 | 27,002 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 1979 | 27,218 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1980 | 28,970 kg/ha | +6.4% |
| 1981 | 30,080 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 1982 | 22,060 kg/ha | -26.7% |
| 1983 | 20,008 kg/ha | -9.3% |
| 1984 | 21,165 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 1985 | 22,589 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 1986 | 28,685 kg/ha | +27.0% |
| 1987 | 30,720 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 1988 | 29,210 kg/ha | -4.9% |
| 1989 | 31,711 kg/ha | +8.6% |
| 1990 | 21,890 kg/ha | -31.0% |
| 1991 | 23,951 kg/ha | +9.4% |
| 1992 | 22,124 kg/ha | -7.6% |
| 1993 | 21,351 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 1994 | 24,017 kg/ha | +12.5% |
| 1995 | 24,610 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1996 | 25,436 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1997 | 25,896 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1998 | 26,138 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1999 | 27,785 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 2000 | 32,284 kg/ha | +16.2% |
| 2001 | 28,264 kg/ha | -12.5% |
| 2002 | 29,762 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 2003 | 29,397 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2004 | 29,997 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2005 | 29,037 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 2006 | 26,244 kg/ha | -9.6% |
| 2007 | 29,897 kg/ha | +13.9% |
| 2008 | 30,994 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 2009 | 33,886 kg/ha | +9.3% |
| 2010 | 31,016 kg/ha | -8.5% |
| 2011 | 29,682 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 2012 | 29,404 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2013 | 30,233 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 2014 | 29,830 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 2015 | 30,338 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2016 | 30,724 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2017 | 30,885 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2018 | 30,947 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 30,944 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2020 | 30,942 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2021 | 31,158 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2022 | 30,929 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2023 | 30,965 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2024 | 31,002 kg/ha | +0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 21,531 kg/ha | 18,966 kg/ha | 27,179 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 27,723 kg/ha | 24,915 kg/ha | 31,635 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 26,520 kg/ha | 20,008 kg/ha | 31,711 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 24,320 kg/ha | 21,351 kg/ha | 27,785 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 29,976 kg/ha | 26,244 kg/ha | 33,886 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 30,400 kg/ha | 29,404 kg/ha | 31,016 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 30,999 kg/ha | 30,929 kg/ha | 31,158 kg/ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is pomelos and grapefruits — yield in South Africa?
- Pomelos and grapefruits — yield in South Africa was 31,002 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pomelos and grapefruits — yield recorded in South Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 33,886 kg/ha in 2009.
- What is the lowest pomelos and grapefruits — yield recorded in South Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 18,966 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does South Africa rank for pomelos and grapefruits — yield?
- South Africa ranks 7th out of 73 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pomelos and grapefruits — yield rising or falling in South Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.9%. 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 Pomelos and grapefruits — 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.