Strawberries — Yield in South Africa
South Africa: Strawberries — Yield was 12,220 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Strawberries — 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 strawberries — yield in South Africa is 12,220 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.3% on the previous year and up 8.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, strawberries — yield in South Africa peaked at 12,904 kg/ha in 2004 and was at its lowest, 2,950 kg/ha, in 1961.
That places South Africa 41st out of 83 countries 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.
Strawberries — Yield in South Africa, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,950 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 3,165 kg/ha | +7.3% |
| 1963 | 4,236 kg/ha | +33.8% |
| 1964 | 3,016 kg/ha | -28.8% |
| 1965 | 3,780 kg/ha | +25.3% |
| 1966 | 3,572 kg/ha | -5.5% |
| 1967 | 3,485 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 1968 | 3,935 kg/ha | +12.9% |
| 1969 | 3,412 kg/ha | -13.3% |
| 1970 | 3,756 kg/ha | +10.1% |
| 1971 | 3,660 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 1972 | 3,855 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 1973 | 4,704 kg/ha | +22.0% |
| 1974 | 4,239 kg/ha | -9.9% |
| 1975 | 4,232 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1976 | 4,243 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1977 | 4,351 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1978 | 4,472 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1979 | 4,217 kg/ha | -5.7% |
| 1980 | 4,737 kg/ha | +12.3% |
| 1981 | 4,134 kg/ha | -12.7% |
| 1982 | 4,235 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1983 | 4,811 kg/ha | +13.6% |
| 1984 | 4,396 kg/ha | -8.6% |
| 1985 | 5,006 kg/ha | +13.9% |
| 1986 | 5,489 kg/ha | +9.7% |
| 1987 | 6,922 kg/ha | +26.1% |
| 1988 | 6,705 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 1989 | 7,848 kg/ha | +17.0% |
| 1990 | 6,725 kg/ha | -14.3% |
| 1991 | 6,128 kg/ha | -8.9% |
| 1992 | 5,643 kg/ha | -7.9% |
| 1993 | 6,322 kg/ha | +12.0% |
| 1994 | 6,278 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1995 | 6,233 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1996 | 5,505 kg/ha | -11.7% |
| 1997 | 5,825 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 1998 | 6,720 kg/ha | +15.4% |
| 1999 | 6,674 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2000 | 10,770 kg/ha | +61.4% |
| 2001 | 10,656 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2002 | 12,309 kg/ha | +15.5% |
| 2003 | 11,658 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 2004 | 12,904 kg/ha | +10.7% |
| 2005 | 11,086 kg/ha | -14.1% |
| 2006 | 9,507 kg/ha | -14.2% |
| 2007 | 10,385 kg/ha | +9.2% |
| 2008 | 9,526 kg/ha | -8.3% |
| 2009 | 10,947 kg/ha | +14.9% |
| 2010 | 11,402 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 2011 | 11,212 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 2012 | 11,032 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2013 | 11,104 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2014 | 11,291 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2015 | 11,545 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2016 | 11,811 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 2017 | 11,982 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2018 | 12,190 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2019 | 12,149 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2020 | 12,070 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2021 | 12,299 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2022 | 12,142 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 2023 | 12,181 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2024 | 12,220 kg/ha | +0.3% |
South Africa compared with similar countries
- South Africa's 12,220 kg/ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 12,220 kg/ha, 1.0× the median. (21 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Strawberries — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | +61.4% | 6,674 kg/ha | 10,770 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,506 kg/ha | 2,950 kg/ha | 4,236 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 4,173 kg/ha | 3,660 kg/ha | 4,704 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 5,428 kg/ha | 4,134 kg/ha | 7,848 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 6,205 kg/ha | 5,505 kg/ha | 6,725 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 10,975 kg/ha | 9,507 kg/ha | 12,904 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 11,572 kg/ha | 11,032 kg/ha | 12,190 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 12,182 kg/ha | 12,070 kg/ha | 12,299 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 strawberries — yield in South Africa?
- Strawberries — yield in South Africa was 12,220 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest strawberries — yield recorded in South Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 12,904 kg/ha in 2004.
- What is the lowest strawberries — yield recorded in South Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,950 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does South Africa rank for strawberries — yield?
- South Africa ranks 41st out of 83 countries with data for 2024.
- Is strawberries — yield rising or falling in South Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.2%. 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 Strawberries — 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.