Wheat — Yield in Southern Africa
Southern Africa: Wheat — Yield was 3,783 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Wheat — Yield in Southern Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, wheat — yield in Southern Africa stood at 3,783 kg/ha.
The figure is up 0.7% on the previous year and up 5.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, wheat — yield in Southern Africa peaked at 4,325 kg/ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 494.3 kg/ha, in 1965.
Southern Africa ranks 8th of 26 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Wheat — Yield in Southern Africa, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 630.5 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 526.4 kg/ha | -16.5% |
| 1963 | 588.8 kg/ha | +11.9% |
| 1964 | 802.4 kg/ha | +36.3% |
| 1965 | 494.3 kg/ha | -38.4% |
| 1966 | 503.4 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1967 | 822.2 kg/ha | +63.3% |
| 1968 | 742.5 kg/ha | -9.7% |
| 1969 | 707.7 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 1970 | 720.7 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1971 | 821.5 kg/ha | +14.0% |
| 1972 | 834.3 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1973 | 908.9 kg/ha | +8.9% |
| 1974 | 852.2 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 1975 | 970.5 kg/ha | +13.9% |
| 1976 | 1,138 kg/ha | +17.3% |
| 1977 | 1,039 kg/ha | -8.8% |
| 1978 | 904 kg/ha | -13.0% |
| 1979 | 1,095 kg/ha | +21.1% |
| 1980 | 907.3 kg/ha | -17.1% |
| 1981 | 1,297 kg/ha | +42.9% |
| 1982 | 1,208 kg/ha | -6.8% |
| 1983 | 975.2 kg/ha | -19.3% |
| 1984 | 1,200 kg/ha | +23.1% |
| 1985 | 849.7 kg/ha | -29.2% |
| 1986 | 1,195 kg/ha | +40.7% |
| 1987 | 1,787 kg/ha | +49.5% |
| 1988 | 1,786 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1989 | 1,084 kg/ha | -39.3% |
| 1990 | 1,089 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1991 | 1,464 kg/ha | +34.4% |
| 1992 | 1,752 kg/ha | +19.6% |
| 1993 | 1,837 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 1994 | 1,725 kg/ha | -6.1% |
| 1995 | 1,444 kg/ha | -16.3% |
| 1996 | 2,087 kg/ha | +44.5% |
| 1997 | 1,758 kg/ha | -15.7% |
| 1998 | 2,505 kg/ha | +42.5% |
| 1999 | 2,368 kg/ha | -5.5% |
| 2000 | 2,553 kg/ha | +7.8% |
| 2001 | 2,561 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2002 | 2,526 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 2003 | 2,007 kg/ha | -20.6% |
| 2004 | 1,996 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2005 | 2,334 kg/ha | +17.0% |
| 2006 | 2,704 kg/ha | +15.8% |
| 2007 | 2,953 kg/ha | +9.2% |
| 2008 | 2,785 kg/ha | -5.7% |
| 2009 | 2,946 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 2010 | 2,549 kg/ha | -13.5% |
| 2011 | 3,252 kg/ha | +27.6% |
| 2012 | 3,690 kg/ha | +13.5% |
| 2013 | 3,658 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2014 | 3,602 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2015 | 2,959 kg/ha | -17.8% |
| 2016 | 3,712 kg/ha | +25.4% |
| 2017 | 3,102 kg/ha | -16.4% |
| 2018 | 3,669 kg/ha | +18.3% |
| 2019 | 2,835 kg/ha | -22.7% |
| 2020 | 4,139 kg/ha | +46.0% |
| 2021 | 4,325 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 2022 | 3,693 kg/ha | -14.6% |
| 2023 | 3,759 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2024 | 3,783 kg/ha | +0.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 646.47 kg/ha | 494.3 kg/ha | 822.2 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 928.38 kg/ha | 720.7 kg/ha | 1,138 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,229 kg/ha | 849.7 kg/ha | 1,787 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,803 kg/ha | 1,089 kg/ha | 2,505 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,536 kg/ha | 1,996 kg/ha | 2,953 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,303 kg/ha | 2,549 kg/ha | 3,712 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,940 kg/ha | 3,693 kg/ha | 4,325 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Southern Africa
- 5 Zambia 7,090 kg/ha compare
- 6 Germany 7,084 kg/ha compare
- 6 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 2,592 kg/ha compare
- 7 Namibia 7,066 kg/ha compare
- 7 Syrian Arab Republic 1,905 kg/ha compare
- 8 Denmark 7,040 kg/ha compare
- 9 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 1,441 kg/ha compare
- 9 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 6,971 kg/ha compare
- 10 Egypt 6,778 kg/ha compare
- 10 United Republic of Tanzania 1,376 kg/ha compare
- 11 Belgium 6,625 kg/ha compare
- 11 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 1,201 kg/ha compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is wheat — yield in Southern Africa?
- Wheat — yield in Southern Africa was 3,783 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest wheat — yield recorded in Southern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 4,325 kg/ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest wheat — yield recorded in Southern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 494.3 kg/ha in 1965.
- How does Southern Africa rank for wheat — yield?
- Southern Africa ranks 8th out of 26 groups with data for 2024.
- Is wheat — yield rising or falling in Southern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Southern Africa data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Wheat — 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.