Treenuts, Total — Yield in South Africa
South Africa: Treenuts, Total — Yield was 3,487 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Treenuts, Total — Yield in South Africa, 1985–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, treenuts, total — yield in South Africa stood at 3,487 kg/ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, treenuts, total — yield in South Africa peaked at 3,659 kg/ha in 2011 and was at its lowest, 2,632 kg/ha, in 1985.
South Africa ranks 22nd of 114 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 40 years of available data.
Treenuts, Total — Yield in South Africa, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 2,632 kg/ha | — |
| 1986 | 2,632 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 2,632 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 2,778 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 1989 | 2,778 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 2,857 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1991 | 2,861 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1992 | 2,876 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1993 | 2,913 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1994 | 2,885 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1995 | 2,869 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1996 | 2,857 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1997 | 2,826 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1998 | 2,800 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1999 | 2,833 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2000 | 2,879 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2001 | 2,941 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2002 | 3,151 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 2003 | 3,200 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2004 | 3,333 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 2005 | 3,375 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2006 | 3,350 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2007 | 3,372 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2008 | 3,341 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2009 | 3,333 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2010 | 3,598 kg/ha | +8.0% |
| 2011 | 3,659 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2012 | 3,436 kg/ha | -6.1% |
| 2013 | 3,403 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2014 | 3,398 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2015 | 3,405 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 3,437 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2017 | 3,469 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2018 | 3,486 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2019 | 3,493 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 3,483 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2021 | 3,488 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2022 | 3,488 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 3,486 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2024 | 3,487 kg/ha | +0.0% |
South Africa compared with similar countries
- South Africa's 3,487 kg/ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 1,811 kg/ha, 1.9× the median. (35 countries reporting)
- South Africa's 3,487 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 1,046 kg/ha, 3.3× the median. (22 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 2,690 kg/ha | 2,632 kg/ha | 2,778 kg/ha | 5 |
| 1990s | 2,858 kg/ha | 2,800 kg/ha | 2,913 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,228 kg/ha | 2,879 kg/ha | 3,375 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,478 kg/ha | 3,398 kg/ha | 3,659 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,487 kg/ha | 3,483 kg/ha | 3,488 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near South Africa
- 19 Russian Federation 4,368 kg/ha compare
- 20 Palestine 4,318 kg/ha compare
- 21 Egypt 4,143 kg/ha compare
- 22 Côte d'Ivoire 663 kg/ha compare
- 23 Australia 3,474 kg/ha compare
- 24 Australia and New Zealand 3,471 kg/ha compare
- 25 Greece 3,226 kg/ha compare
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 treenuts, total — yield in South Africa?
- Treenuts, total — yield in South Africa was 3,487 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest treenuts, total — yield recorded in South Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 3,659 kg/ha in 2011.
- What is the lowest treenuts, total — yield recorded in South Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,632 kg/ha in 1985.
- How does South Africa rank for treenuts, total — yield?
- South Africa ranks 22nd out of 114 countries with data for 2024.
- Is treenuts, total — yield rising or falling in South Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.6%. 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 Treenuts, Total — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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.