Sweet potatoes — Yield in South Africa
South Africa: Sweet potatoes — Yield was 2,586 kg/ha in 2024. ▬ Flat
Sweet potatoes — Yield in South Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
South Africa recorded 2,586 kg/ha for sweet potatoes — yield in 2024.
That represents a change of down 1.3% on the previous year and down 11.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — yield in South Africa peaked at 3,843 kg/ha in 1997 and was at its lowest, 2,333 kg/ha, in 1966.
South Africa ranks 27th of 28 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,663 kg/ha | 2,333 kg/ha | 3,143 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,238 kg/ha | 2,846 kg/ha | 3,615 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,560 kg/ha | 3,385 kg/ha | 3,733 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 3,596 kg/ha | 3,204 kg/ha | 3,843 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,333 kg/ha | 3,001 kg/ha | 3,513 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,921 kg/ha | 2,751 kg/ha | 3,088 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,654 kg/ha | 2,586 kg/ha | 2,712 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near South Africa
More agriculture & rural data for South Africa
- Agriculture share gdp 2.83 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 2.83 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 2.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.0% (2025)
- Rural population 36.2% (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.8% (2025)
- Rural population 23.43 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 2.8% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 12.08 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 430,925 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sweet potatoes — yield in South Africa?
- Sweet potatoes — yield in South Africa was 2,586 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — yield recorded in South Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 3,843 kg/ha in 1997.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — yield recorded in South Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,333 kg/ha in 1966.
- How does South Africa rank for sweet potatoes — yield?
- South Africa ranks 27th out of 28 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sweet potatoes — yield rising or falling in South Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 11.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this South Africa data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Sweet potatoes — 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.