Pulses, Total — Yield in South Africa
South Africa: Pulses, Total — Yield was 1,124 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Pulses, Total — Yield in South Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, pulses, total — yield in South Africa stood at 1,124 kg/ha.
The figure is up 0.3% on the previous year and down 9.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pulses, total — yield in South Africa peaked at 1,269 kg/ha in 1990 and was at its lowest, 330.3 kg/ha, in 1963.
That places South Africa 16th out of 33 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 397.49 kg/ha | 330.3 kg/ha | 496.7 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 624.65 kg/ha | 401.4 kg/ha | 873.6 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 961.04 kg/ha | 616.4 kg/ha | 1,166 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 876.03 kg/ha | 554.9 kg/ha | 1,269 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,067 kg/ha | 768.2 kg/ha | 1,245 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,069 kg/ha | 898.7 kg/ha | 1,258 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,110 kg/ha | 980.7 kg/ha | 1,190 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near South Africa
- 13 Montenegro 3,440 kg/ha compare
- 14 New Zealand 3,424 kg/ha compare
- 15 Saudi Arabia 3,350 kg/ha compare
- 16 Germany 3,331 kg/ha compare
- 17 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 3,231 kg/ha compare
- 18 Luxembourg 3,026 kg/ha compare
- 19 Sweden 2,966 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 pulses, total — yield in South Africa?
- Pulses, total — yield in South Africa was 1,124 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pulses, total — yield recorded in South Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 1,269 kg/ha in 1990.
- What is the lowest pulses, total — yield recorded in South Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 330.3 kg/ha in 1963.
- How does South Africa rank for pulses, total — yield?
- South Africa ranks 16th out of 33 groups with data for 2024.
- Is pulses, total — yield rising or falling in South Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 9.9%. 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 Pulses, Total — 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.