Rice — Yield in South Africa
South Africa: Rice — Yield was 2,912 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Rice — 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 rice — yield in South Africa is 2,912 kg/ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 0.8% on the previous year and up 9.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rice — yield in South Africa peaked at 2,912 kg/ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 1,395 kg/ha, in 1963.
South Africa ranks 78th of 114 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Rice — Yield in South Africa, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,588 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,451 kg/ha | -8.6% |
| 1963 | 1,395 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 1964 | 1,462 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 1965 | 1,538 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 1966 | 1,538 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 1,538 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 1,538 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 1,538 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 1,538 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 1,538 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 2,308 kg/ha | +50.0% |
| 1973 | 2,308 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 2,308 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 2,308 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 2,308 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 2,308 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 2,308 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 2,308 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 2,308 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 2,308 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 2,308 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 2,308 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 2,308 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 2,308 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 2,308 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 2,308 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 2,308 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 2,308 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 1,898 kg/ha | -17.8% |
| 1991 | 2,115 kg/ha | +11.5% |
| 1992 | 2,138 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1993 | 2,161 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1994 | 2,183 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1995 | 2,206 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1996 | 2,228 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1997 | 2,251 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1998 | 2,274 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1999 | 2,296 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2000 | 2,299 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2001 | 2,286 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2002 | 2,356 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 2003 | 2,387 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2004 | 2,418 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2005 | 2,449 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2006 | 2,478 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2007 | 2,507 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2008 | 2,535 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2009 | 2,562 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2010 | 2,588 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2011 | 2,614 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2012 | 2,727 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 2013 | 2,609 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 2014 | 2,666 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2015 | 2,721 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2016 | 2,741 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2017 | 2,766 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2018 | 2,791 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2019 | 2,816 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2020 | 2,841 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2021 | 2,856 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2022 | 2,868 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2023 | 2,890 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2024 | 2,912 kg/ha | +0.8% |
South Africa compared with similar countries
- South Africa's 2,912 kg/ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 4,474 kg/ha, 65% of the median. (32 countries reporting)
- South Africa's 2,912 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 2,000 kg/ha, 1.5× the median. (37 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Rice — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1972 | +50.0% | 1,538 kg/ha | 2,308 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,510 kg/ha | 1,395 kg/ha | 1,588 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,154 kg/ha | 1,538 kg/ha | 2,308 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,308 kg/ha | 2,308 kg/ha | 2,308 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,175 kg/ha | 1,898 kg/ha | 2,296 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,428 kg/ha | 2,286 kg/ha | 2,562 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,704 kg/ha | 2,588 kg/ha | 2,816 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,874 kg/ha | 2,841 kg/ha | 2,912 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 rice — yield in South Africa?
- Rice — yield in South Africa was 2,912 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest rice — yield recorded in South Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 2,912 kg/ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest rice — yield recorded in South Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,395 kg/ha in 1963.
- How does South Africa rank for rice — yield?
- South Africa ranks 78th out of 114 countries with data for 2024.
- Is rice — yield rising or falling in South Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.2%. 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 Rice — 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.