Tea leaves — Yield in South Africa
South Africa: Tea leaves — Yield was 1,979 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Tea leaves — Yield in South Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, tea leaves — yield in South Africa stood at 1,979 kg/ha.
The figure is down 5.8% on the previous year and down 4.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tea leaves — yield in South Africa peaked at 3,755 kg/ha in 2005 and was at its lowest, 333.3 kg/ha, in 1970.
South Africa ranks 19th of 26 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,636 kg/ha | 1,053 kg/ha | 1,818 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 830.69 kg/ha | 333.3 kg/ha | 1,014 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,597 kg/ha | 1,100 kg/ha | 2,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,708 kg/ha | 1,233 kg/ha | 1,967 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,145 kg/ha | 1,162 kg/ha | 3,755 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,074 kg/ha | 2,058 kg/ha | 2,118 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,060 kg/ha | 1,979 kg/ha | 2,100 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 tea leaves — yield in South Africa?
- Tea leaves — yield in South Africa was 1,979 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest tea leaves — yield recorded in South Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 3,755 kg/ha in 2005.
- What is the lowest tea leaves — yield recorded in South Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 333.3 kg/ha in 1970.
- How does South Africa rank for tea leaves — yield?
- South Africa ranks 19th out of 26 groups with data for 2024.
- Is tea leaves — yield rising or falling in South Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.3%. 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 Tea leaves — 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.