Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in South Africa
South Africa: Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield was 27,943 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in South Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, roots and tubers, total — yield in South Africa stood at 27,943 kg/ha. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 4.3% on the previous year and up 2.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots and tubers, total — yield in South Africa peaked at 27,943 kg/ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 5,781 kg/ha, in 1962.
That places South Africa 40th out of 191 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in South Africa, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 6,466 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 5,781 kg/ha | -10.6% |
| 1963 | 6,552 kg/ha | +13.3% |
| 1964 | 6,952 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 1965 | 6,523 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 1966 | 8,431 kg/ha | +29.2% |
| 1967 | 9,367 kg/ha | +11.1% |
| 1968 | 11,288 kg/ha | +20.5% |
| 1969 | 8,130 kg/ha | -28.0% |
| 1970 | 11,186 kg/ha | +37.6% |
| 1971 | 9,456 kg/ha | -15.5% |
| 1972 | 14,340 kg/ha | +51.7% |
| 1973 | 11,321 kg/ha | -21.1% |
| 1974 | 11,914 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 1975 | 12,312 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1976 | 11,885 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 1977 | 12,714 kg/ha | +7.0% |
| 1978 | 11,825 kg/ha | -7.0% |
| 1979 | 11,984 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1980 | 11,806 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1981 | 12,216 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 1982 | 15,072 kg/ha | +23.4% |
| 1983 | 12,301 kg/ha | -18.4% |
| 1984 | 12,663 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1985 | 13,679 kg/ha | +8.0% |
| 1986 | 14,972 kg/ha | +9.5% |
| 1987 | 14,646 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 1988 | 13,801 kg/ha | -5.8% |
| 1989 | 15,225 kg/ha | +10.3% |
| 1990 | 16,863 kg/ha | +10.8% |
| 1991 | 16,832 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1992 | 14,904 kg/ha | -11.4% |
| 1993 | 18,306 kg/ha | +22.8% |
| 1994 | 18,379 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1995 | 20,905 kg/ha | +13.7% |
| 1996 | 21,707 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 1997 | 22,926 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 1998 | 24,456 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 1999 | 25,758 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 2000 | 25,560 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2001 | 24,992 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 2002 | 25,528 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 2003 | 26,356 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 2004 | 27,271 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 2005 | 26,357 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 2006 | 26,820 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2007 | 26,776 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2008 | 27,376 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2009 | 25,390 kg/ha | -7.3% |
| 2010 | 26,161 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 2011 | 27,796 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 2012 | 27,847 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2013 | 26,792 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 2014 | 27,181 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2015 | 27,784 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2016 | 27,228 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 2017 | 26,812 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2018 | 25,858 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 2019 | 26,182 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2020 | 26,637 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2021 | 26,793 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2022 | 25,688 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 2023 | 26,799 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 2024 | 27,943 kg/ha | +4.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 7,721 kg/ha | 5,781 kg/ha | 11,288 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 11,894 kg/ha | 9,456 kg/ha | 14,340 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 13,638 kg/ha | 11,806 kg/ha | 15,225 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 20,104 kg/ha | 14,904 kg/ha | 25,758 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 26,243 kg/ha | 24,992 kg/ha | 27,376 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 26,964 kg/ha | 25,858 kg/ha | 27,847 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 26,772 kg/ha | 25,688 kg/ha | 27,943 kg/ha | 5 |
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- 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)
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- Agricultural raw materials exports 2.0% (2025)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is roots and tubers, total — yield in South Africa?
- Roots and tubers, total — yield in South Africa was 27,943 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest roots and tubers, total — yield recorded in South Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 27,943 kg/ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest roots and tubers, total — yield recorded in South Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 5,781 kg/ha in 1962.
- How does South Africa rank for roots and tubers, total — yield?
- South Africa ranks 40th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is roots and tubers, total — yield rising or falling in South Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.8%. 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 Roots and Tubers, Total — 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.