Tangerines, mandarins, clementines — Yield in South Africa
South Africa: Tangerines, mandarins, clementines — Yield was 29,659 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Tangerines, mandarins, clementines — Yield in South Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
South Africa recorded 29,659 kg/ha for tangerines, mandarins, clementines — yield in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.4% on the previous year and up 2.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tangerines, mandarins, clementines — yield in South Africa peaked at 29,674 kg/ha in 2015 and was at its lowest, 11,191 kg/ha, in 1966.
South Africa ranks 3rd of 75 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Tangerines, mandarins, clementines — Yield in South Africa, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 12,403 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 13,401 kg/ha | +8.0% |
| 1963 | 13,121 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 1964 | 12,324 kg/ha | -6.1% |
| 1965 | 15,729 kg/ha | +27.6% |
| 1966 | 11,191 kg/ha | -28.9% |
| 1967 | 17,015 kg/ha | +52.0% |
| 1968 | 15,195 kg/ha | -10.7% |
| 1969 | 16,017 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 1970 | 13,297 kg/ha | -17.0% |
| 1971 | 15,980 kg/ha | +20.2% |
| 1972 | 15,542 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 1973 | 13,658 kg/ha | -12.1% |
| 1974 | 15,365 kg/ha | +12.5% |
| 1975 | 14,038 kg/ha | -8.6% |
| 1976 | 16,613 kg/ha | +18.3% |
| 1977 | 15,774 kg/ha | -5.1% |
| 1978 | 16,069 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1979 | 15,909 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1980 | 16,441 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1981 | 15,562 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 1982 | 14,885 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 1983 | 15,058 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1984 | 16,684 kg/ha | +10.8% |
| 1985 | 14,516 kg/ha | -13.0% |
| 1986 | 16,486 kg/ha | +13.6% |
| 1987 | 16,846 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1988 | 16,837 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1989 | 17,912 kg/ha | +6.4% |
| 1990 | 19,005 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 1991 | 18,939 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1992 | 18,091 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 1993 | 17,685 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 1994 | 18,728 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 1995 | 18,598 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1996 | 19,106 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1997 | 19,004 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1998 | 21,458 kg/ha | +12.9% |
| 1999 | 26,327 kg/ha | +22.7% |
| 2000 | 22,590 kg/ha | -14.2% |
| 2001 | 28,461 kg/ha | +26.0% |
| 2002 | 26,805 kg/ha | -5.8% |
| 2003 | 26,071 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 2004 | 26,536 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2005 | 26,780 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2006 | 26,590 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2007 | 26,471 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2008 | 27,322 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 2009 | 27,848 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2010 | 27,783 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2011 | 28,077 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2012 | 28,355 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2013 | 28,642 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2014 | 28,961 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2015 | 29,674 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 2016 | 27,855 kg/ha | -6.1% |
| 2017 | 28,334 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2018 | 28,653 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2019 | 29,030 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2020 | 29,235 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2021 | 29,587 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2022 | 29,448 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2023 | 29,548 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2024 | 29,659 kg/ha | +0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 14,044 kg/ha | 11,191 kg/ha | 17,015 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 15,225 kg/ha | 13,297 kg/ha | 16,613 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 16,123 kg/ha | 14,516 kg/ha | 17,912 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 19,694 kg/ha | 17,685 kg/ha | 26,327 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 26,547 kg/ha | 22,590 kg/ha | 28,461 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 28,536 kg/ha | 27,783 kg/ha | 29,674 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 29,496 kg/ha | 29,235 kg/ha | 29,659 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)
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- Agricultural raw materials exports 2.0% (2025)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is tangerines, mandarins, clementines — yield in South Africa?
- Tangerines, mandarins, clementines — yield in South Africa was 29,659 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest tangerines, mandarins, clementines — yield recorded in South Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 29,674 kg/ha in 2015.
- What is the lowest tangerines, mandarins, clementines — yield recorded in South Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 11,191 kg/ha in 1966.
- How does South Africa rank for tangerines, mandarins, clementines — yield?
- South Africa ranks 3rd out of 75 countries with data for 2024.
- Is tangerines, mandarins, clementines — yield rising or falling in South Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.4%. 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 Tangerines, mandarins, clementines — 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.