Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in Southern Africa
Southern Africa: Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield was 19,728 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in Southern Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Southern Africa recorded 19,728 kg/ha for roots and tubers, total — yield in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 4.3% on the previous year and up 3.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots and tubers, total — yield in Southern Africa peaked at 19,728 kg/ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 6,202 kg/ha, in 1962.
That places Southern Africa 15th out of 29 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.
Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in Southern Africa, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 6,673 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 6,202 kg/ha | -7.1% |
| 1963 | 6,786 kg/ha | +9.4% |
| 1964 | 7,073 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 1965 | 6,795 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 1966 | 8,070 kg/ha | +18.8% |
| 1967 | 8,710 kg/ha | +7.9% |
| 1968 | 9,867 kg/ha | +13.3% |
| 1969 | 7,844 kg/ha | -20.5% |
| 1970 | 9,830 kg/ha | +25.3% |
| 1971 | 8,691 kg/ha | -11.6% |
| 1972 | 11,559 kg/ha | +33.0% |
| 1973 | 9,832 kg/ha | -14.9% |
| 1974 | 10,286 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 1975 | 10,688 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 1976 | 10,255 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 1977 | 10,866 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 1978 | 9,937 kg/ha | -8.6% |
| 1979 | 9,925 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1980 | 9,886 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1981 | 10,622 kg/ha | +7.4% |
| 1982 | 12,383 kg/ha | +16.6% |
| 1983 | 10,759 kg/ha | -13.1% |
| 1984 | 10,967 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1985 | 11,744 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 1986 | 12,419 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 1987 | 12,166 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1988 | 11,738 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 1989 | 12,697 kg/ha | +8.2% |
| 1990 | 13,451 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 1991 | 13,513 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1992 | 12,259 kg/ha | -9.3% |
| 1993 | 14,251 kg/ha | +16.3% |
| 1994 | 14,272 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1995 | 15,602 kg/ha | +9.3% |
| 1996 | 16,220 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 1997 | 16,668 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1998 | 17,271 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 1999 | 18,115 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 2000 | 17,730 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 2001 | 17,394 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 2002 | 17,038 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 2003 | 17,531 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2004 | 18,161 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 2005 | 17,767 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 2006 | 18,145 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 2007 | 18,232 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2008 | 18,835 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 2009 | 17,749 kg/ha | -5.8% |
| 2010 | 18,370 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 2011 | 19,166 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 2012 | 19,174 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 18,964 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2014 | 19,020 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 19,633 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 2016 | 18,802 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 2017 | 19,156 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2018 | 18,753 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 2019 | 19,098 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2020 | 19,258 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2021 | 19,254 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2022 | 18,664 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 2023 | 18,906 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2024 | 19,728 kg/ha | +4.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 7,558 kg/ha | 6,202 kg/ha | 9,867 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 10,187 kg/ha | 8,691 kg/ha | 11,559 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 11,538 kg/ha | 9,886 kg/ha | 12,697 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 15,162 kg/ha | 12,259 kg/ha | 18,115 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 17,858 kg/ha | 17,038 kg/ha | 18,835 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 19,014 kg/ha | 18,370 kg/ha | 19,633 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 19,162 kg/ha | 18,664 kg/ha | 19,728 kg/ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is roots and tubers, total — yield in Southern Africa?
- Roots and tubers, total — yield in Southern Africa was 19,728 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 Southern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 19,728 kg/ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest roots and tubers, total — yield recorded in Southern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 6,202 kg/ha in 1962.
- How does Southern Africa rank for roots and tubers, total — yield?
- Southern Africa ranks 15th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is roots and tubers, total — yield rising or falling in Southern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Southern 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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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.