Vegetables Primary — Yield in South Africa
South Africa: Vegetables Primary — Yield was 17,466 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Vegetables Primary — Yield in South Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, vegetables primary — yield in South Africa stood at 17,466 kg/ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.0% on the previous year and up 0.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, vegetables primary — yield in South Africa peaked at 18,943 kg/ha in 2016 and was at its lowest, 13,636 kg/ha, in 1962.
That places South Africa 81st out of 191 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Vegetables Primary — Yield in South Africa, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 14,440 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 13,636 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 1963 | 14,313 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 1964 | 15,299 kg/ha | +6.9% |
| 1965 | 15,277 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1966 | 14,624 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 1967 | 15,459 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 1968 | 15,017 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 1969 | 16,253 kg/ha | +8.2% |
| 1970 | 15,501 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 1971 | 15,246 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1972 | 15,684 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1973 | 15,650 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1974 | 15,796 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1975 | 16,573 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 1976 | 17,273 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 1977 | 16,739 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 1978 | 17,058 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1979 | 17,244 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1980 | 18,313 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 1981 | 18,108 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1982 | 17,238 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 1983 | 16,329 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 1984 | 16,521 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1985 | 16,825 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1986 | 16,908 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1987 | 16,769 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1988 | 16,438 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1989 | 17,286 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 1990 | 17,003 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1991 | 16,718 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1992 | 16,707 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1993 | 16,532 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1994 | 16,044 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 1995 | 17,106 kg/ha | +6.6% |
| 1996 | 16,800 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1997 | 17,458 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 1998 | 16,858 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 1999 | 17,084 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2000 | 16,506 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 2001 | 17,333 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 2002 | 17,801 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 2003 | 17,639 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2004 | 18,330 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 2005 | 18,880 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 2006 | 18,606 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2007 | 17,732 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 2008 | 18,803 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 2009 | 17,570 kg/ha | -6.6% |
| 2010 | 17,571 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 17,523 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2012 | 17,816 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2013 | 17,427 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 2014 | 17,378 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2015 | 17,362 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2016 | 18,943 kg/ha | +9.1% |
| 2017 | 18,880 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2018 | 18,265 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 2019 | 18,508 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2020 | 18,204 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2021 | 17,743 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 2022 | 16,958 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 2023 | 17,646 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 2024 | 17,466 kg/ha | -1.0% |
South Africa compared with similar countries
- South Africa's 17,466 kg/ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 14,535 kg/ha, 1.2× the median. (50 countries reporting)
- South Africa's 17,466 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 8,414 kg/ha, 2.1× the median. (43 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 14,924 kg/ha | 13,636 kg/ha | 16,253 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 16,276 kg/ha | 15,246 kg/ha | 17,273 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 17,073 kg/ha | 16,329 kg/ha | 18,313 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 16,831 kg/ha | 16,044 kg/ha | 17,458 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 17,920 kg/ha | 16,506 kg/ha | 18,880 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 17,967 kg/ha | 17,362 kg/ha | 18,943 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 17,604 kg/ha | 16,958 kg/ha | 18,204 kg/ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for South Africa
- Cropland extent over the long-term, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per capita 0.1917 hectares per person (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0.0002 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per capita 1.49 hectares per person (2025)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is vegetables primary — yield in South Africa?
- Vegetables primary — yield in South Africa was 17,466 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest vegetables primary — yield recorded in South Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 18,943 kg/ha in 2016.
- What is the lowest vegetables primary — yield recorded in South Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 13,636 kg/ha in 1962.
- How does South Africa rank for vegetables primary — yield?
- South Africa ranks 81st out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is vegetables primary — yield rising or falling in South Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.5%. 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 Vegetables Primary — 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.