Unmanufactured tobacco — Yield in South Africa
South Africa: Unmanufactured tobacco — Yield was 2,751 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Unmanufactured tobacco — 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 unmanufactured tobacco — yield in South Africa is 2,751 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 8.0% on the previous year and up 0.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, unmanufactured tobacco — yield in South Africa peaked at 3,310 kg/ha in 2012 and was at its lowest, 705.1 kg/ha, in 1975.
South Africa ranks 23rd of 128 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Unmanufactured tobacco — Yield in South Africa, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 793.9 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 762.5 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 1963 | 881.3 kg/ha | +15.6% |
| 1964 | 917.6 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 1965 | 883.9 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 1966 | 789.3 kg/ha | -10.7% |
| 1967 | 755.6 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 1968 | 1,240 kg/ha | +64.2% |
| 1969 | 1,112 kg/ha | -10.4% |
| 1970 | 765.8 kg/ha | -31.1% |
| 1971 | 900 kg/ha | +17.5% |
| 1972 | 769.1 kg/ha | -14.5% |
| 1973 | 768.4 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1974 | 910.8 kg/ha | +18.5% |
| 1975 | 705.1 kg/ha | -22.6% |
| 1976 | 891.7 kg/ha | +26.5% |
| 1977 | 881.1 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1978 | 938.6 kg/ha | +6.5% |
| 1979 | 1,202 kg/ha | +28.1% |
| 1980 | 918 kg/ha | -23.6% |
| 1981 | 894.7 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 1982 | 1,140 kg/ha | +27.4% |
| 1983 | 1,150 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1984 | 1,110 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 1985 | 1,096 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1986 | 1,039 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 1987 | 1,046 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1988 | 1,180 kg/ha | +12.8% |
| 1989 | 1,476 kg/ha | +25.1% |
| 1990 | 1,096 kg/ha | -25.7% |
| 1991 | 1,377 kg/ha | +25.6% |
| 1992 | 1,458 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 1993 | 1,266 kg/ha | -13.1% |
| 1994 | 1,219 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 1995 | 1,470 kg/ha | +20.6% |
| 1996 | 1,464 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1997 | 1,914 kg/ha | +30.8% |
| 1998 | 2,187 kg/ha | +14.2% |
| 1999 | 2,166 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2000 | 1,904 kg/ha | -12.1% |
| 2001 | 2,266 kg/ha | +19.0% |
| 2002 | 2,246 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2003 | 2,750 kg/ha | +22.4% |
| 2004 | 2,191 kg/ha | -20.3% |
| 2005 | 2,560 kg/ha | +16.8% |
| 2006 | 2,475 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 2007 | 2,562 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 2008 | 2,688 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 2009 | 2,685 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2010 | 3,114 kg/ha | +16.0% |
| 2011 | 2,778 kg/ha | -10.8% |
| 2012 | 3,310 kg/ha | +19.2% |
| 2013 | 2,923 kg/ha | -11.7% |
| 2014 | 2,740 kg/ha | -6.3% |
| 2015 | 2,940 kg/ha | +7.3% |
| 2016 | 3,000 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2017 | 3,217 kg/ha | +7.2% |
| 2018 | 3,120 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 2019 | 3,061 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 2020 | 3,082 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2021 | 2,447 kg/ha | -20.6% |
| 2022 | 2,326 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 2023 | 2,548 kg/ha | +9.6% |
| 2024 | 2,751 kg/ha | +8.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 904.03 kg/ha | 755.6 kg/ha | 1,240 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 873.26 kg/ha | 705.1 kg/ha | 1,202 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,105 kg/ha | 894.7 kg/ha | 1,476 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,562 kg/ha | 1,096 kg/ha | 2,187 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,433 kg/ha | 1,904 kg/ha | 2,750 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,020 kg/ha | 2,740 kg/ha | 3,310 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,631 kg/ha | 2,326 kg/ha | 3,082 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)
- 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 unmanufactured tobacco — yield in South Africa?
- Unmanufactured tobacco — yield in South Africa was 2,751 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest unmanufactured tobacco — yield recorded in South Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 3,310 kg/ha in 2012.
- What is the lowest unmanufactured tobacco — yield recorded in South Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 705.1 kg/ha in 1975.
- How does South Africa rank for unmanufactured tobacco — yield?
- South Africa ranks 23rd out of 128 countries with data for 2024.
- Is unmanufactured tobacco — yield rising or falling in South Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.4%. 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 Unmanufactured tobacco — 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.