Sisal, raw — Yield in South Africa
South Africa: Sisal, raw — Yield was 624.8 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Sisal, raw — 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 sisal, raw — yield in South Africa is 624.8 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.2% on the previous year and down 0.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sisal, raw — yield in South Africa peaked at 1,167 kg/ha in 1981 and was at its lowest, 466.7 kg/ha, in 1961.
South Africa ranks 14th of 24 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Sisal, raw — Yield in South Africa, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 466.7 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 600 kg/ha | +28.6% |
| 1963 | 600 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 600 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 666.7 kg/ha | +11.1% |
| 1966 | 766.7 kg/ha | +15.0% |
| 1967 | 720 kg/ha | -6.1% |
| 1968 | 800 kg/ha | +11.1% |
| 1969 | 1,143 kg/ha | +42.9% |
| 1970 | 1,143 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 1,143 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 625 kg/ha | -45.3% |
| 1973 | 912.5 kg/ha | +46.0% |
| 1974 | 1,000 kg/ha | +9.6% |
| 1975 | 1,143 kg/ha | +14.3% |
| 1976 | 939.3 kg/ha | -17.8% |
| 1977 | 979.3 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 1978 | 768.3 kg/ha | -21.5% |
| 1979 | 932.5 kg/ha | +21.4% |
| 1980 | 1,091 kg/ha | +17.0% |
| 1981 | 1,167 kg/ha | +6.9% |
| 1982 | 861.7 kg/ha | -26.1% |
| 1983 | 813.5 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 1984 | 812.5 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1985 | 1,000 kg/ha | +23.1% |
| 1986 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 860.7 kg/ha | -13.9% |
| 1990 | 1,066 kg/ha | +23.9% |
| 1991 | 1,075 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1992 | 860 kg/ha | -20.0% |
| 1993 | 761.7 kg/ha | -11.4% |
| 1994 | 825.4 kg/ha | +8.4% |
| 1995 | 763.4 kg/ha | -7.5% |
| 1996 | 714.3 kg/ha | -6.4% |
| 1997 | 733.3 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1998 | 736.8 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1999 | 730.8 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2000 | 718.2 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 2001 | 712.5 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2002 | 709.1 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2003 | 674.4 kg/ha | -4.9% |
| 2004 | 630 kg/ha | -6.6% |
| 2005 | 650 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 2006 | 630 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 2007 | 625.5 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2008 | 634.6 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2009 | 646.3 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2010 | 644.3 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2011 | 642.3 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2012 | 640.3 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2013 | 638.3 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2014 | 625.9 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 2015 | 615.1 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 2016 | 652.3 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 2017 | 654.5 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 636 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 2019 | 615.7 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 2020 | 605.5 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 2021 | 617.4 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2022 | 627 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2023 | 625.9 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2024 | 624.8 kg/ha | -0.2% |
South Africa compared with similar countries
- South Africa's 624.8 kg/ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 764.3 kg/ha, 82% of the median. (9 countries reporting)
- South Africa's 624.8 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 624.8 kg/ha, 1.0× the median. (11 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sisal, raw — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 | +46.0% | 625 kg/ha | 912.5 kg/ha |
| 1972 | -45.3% | 1,143 kg/ha | 625 kg/ha |
| 1969 | +42.9% | 800 kg/ha | 1,143 kg/ha |
| 1962 | +28.6% | 466.7 kg/ha | 600 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 707 kg/ha | 466.7 kg/ha | 1,143 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 958.56 kg/ha | 625 kg/ha | 1,143 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 960.6 kg/ha | 812.5 kg/ha | 1,167 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 826.64 kg/ha | 714.3 kg/ha | 1,075 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 663.06 kg/ha | 625.5 kg/ha | 718.2 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 636.47 kg/ha | 615.1 kg/ha | 654.5 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 620.12 kg/ha | 605.5 kg/ha | 627 kg/ha | 5 |
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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 sisal, raw — yield in South Africa?
- Sisal, raw — yield in South Africa was 624.8 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sisal, raw — yield recorded in South Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 1,167 kg/ha in 1981.
- What is the lowest sisal, raw — yield recorded in South Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 466.7 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does South Africa rank for sisal, raw — yield?
- South Africa ranks 14th out of 24 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sisal, raw — yield rising or falling in South Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this South Africa data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Sisal, raw — 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.