Rape or colza seed — Yield in South Africa
South Africa: Rape or colza seed — Yield was 1,739 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Rape or colza seed — Yield in South Africa, 1992–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, rape or colza seed — yield in South Africa stood at 1,739 kg/ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 3.5% on the previous year and up 36.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rape or colza seed — yield in South Africa peaked at 2,229 kg/ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 723.2 kg/ha, in 2004.
That places South Africa 47th out of 67 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 33 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1,043 kg/ha | 854.7 kg/ha | 1,471 kg/ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 1,020 kg/ha | 723.2 kg/ha | 1,151 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,351 kg/ha | 1,060 kg/ha | 1,791 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,890 kg/ha | 1,700 kg/ha | 2,229 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near South Africa
- 44 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1,790 kg/ha compare
- 45 Russian Federation 1,766 kg/ha compare
- 46 Uruguay 1,758 kg/ha compare
- 48 Ethiopia, The Federal Democratic Republic of 1,692 kg/ha compare
- 49 Estonia 1,594 kg/ha compare
- 50 Kyrgyz Republic 1,476 kg/ha compare
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)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is rape or colza seed — yield in South Africa?
- Rape or colza seed — yield in South Africa was 1,739 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest rape or colza seed — yield recorded in South Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 2,229 kg/ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest rape or colza seed — yield recorded in South Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 723.2 kg/ha in 2004.
- How does South Africa rank for rape or colza seed — yield?
- South Africa ranks 47th out of 67 countries with data for 2024.
- Is rape or colza seed — yield rising or falling in South Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 36.5%. 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 Rape or colza seed — 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.