Agriculture & Rural in South Africa

4,522 indicators covering agriculture & rural for South Africa.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Other vegetables, fresh n.e.c. — Gross Production Value 913,989 1000 SLC 2024 up 36.0% 53rd
Grapes — Yield 17,998 kg/ha 2024 up 14.3% 11th
Margarine and shortening — Production 78,312 t 2023 up 161.0% 29th
Total Credit — Value US$ 365,411 million USD 2024 down 25.5% 28th
Total Credit — Value US$, 2015 prices 333,395 million USD 2024 down 24.3% 28th
Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled (biological) 199.78 2025 up 109.6% 25th
Apples — Area harvested 31,099 ha 2024 up 49.3% 25th
Apples — Yield 42,688 kg/ha 2024 up 14.3% 6th
Apples — Production 1.33 million t 2024 up 70.7% 10th
Apples — Gross Production Value 626,603 1000 Int$ 2024 up 70.7% 10th
Non Food — Gross Production Value 5.73 million 1000 SLC 2024 down 4.8% 28th
Percentage of population using at least basic sanitation services 77 % 2024 up 8.5% 130th
Cabbages — Production, per capita 0.0032 t per person 2024 up 24.2% 77th
Cabbages — Production, per unit of GDP 0 t per US$ of GDP 2024 up 35.9% 54th
Cabbages — Yield, per unit of GDP 0 kg/ha per US$ of GDP 2024 down 2.8% 80th
Cabbages — Area harvested, per capita 0.0001 ha per person 2024 up 21.5% 99th
Cabbages — Area harvested, per unit of GDP 0 ha per US$ of GDP 2024 up 32.9% 74th
Avocados — Area harvested 24,294 ha 2024 up 21.5% 13th
Avocados — Production 123,448 t 2024 up 15.2% 19th
Vegetables Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 0.8758 1000 USD per square kilometre 2023 down 1.0% 102nd
Livestock — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand US$) 7.63 1000 USD per square kilometre 2023 up 8.2% 84th
Number of obese adults (18 years and older) (million) — Value 14 million No 2024 up 30.8% 12th
Bananas — Production, per capita 0.0067 t per person 2024 down 18.1% 71st
Grapes — Gross Production Value 1.60 million 1000 Int$ 2024 down 4.0% 11th
Meat of ducks, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered 499 1000 An 2024 up 9.4% 45th
Annual freshwater withdrawals, agriculture 59.4% 2022 down 4.9% 92nd
Meat of ducks, fresh or chilled — Production 1,248 t 2024 up 9.5% 43rd
Bananas — Area harvested, per capita 0.0001 ha per person 2024 down 25.9% 90th
Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — Producer Price Index 188.39 2025 up 90.9% 29th
Cheese from whole cow milk — Production 62,296 t 2023 down 29.8% 43rd
Dietary energy supply used in the estimation of the prevalence of 2,650 kcal/cap/d 2024 down 6.9% 114th
Cauliflowers and broccoli — Gross Production Index Number 89.91 2024 up 0.4% 64th
Cauliflowers and broccoli — Gross per capita Production Index Number 79.46 2024 down 12.8% 68th
Soya beans — Gross Production Index Number 200.87 2024 up 94.9% 19th
Soya beans — Gross per capita Production Index Number 177.22 2024 up 69.3% 22nd
Peas, dry — Gross Production Index Number 99.11 2024 down 6.2% 51st
Peas, dry — Gross per capita Production Index Number 87.49 2024 down 18.5% 54th
Cabbages — Gross Production Value 387,342 1000 SLC 2024 up 43.0% 45th
Oranges — Gross Production Value 454,346 1000 USD 2024 down 7.2% 11th
Cotton lint, ginned — Production 16,045 t 2023 up 208.3% 37th
Cantaloupes and other melons — Gross Production Index Number 75.34 2024 down 19.7% 75th
Cantaloupes and other melons — Gross per capita Production Index 66.55 2024 down 30.3% 75th
Peas, green — Gross Production Value 2,609 1000 Int$ 2024 down 54.1% 56th
Rice — Gross Production Value 1,373 1000 USD 2024 up 0.8% 81st
Cereal yield vs. fertilizer use 4.56 tonnes per hectare 2024 down 6.9% 54th
Change in cereal production, yield, land use and population 3.36 million hectares 2024 down 1.0% 38th
Cereal yields 4.56 tonnes per hectare 2024 down 6.9% 54th
Change of cereal yield and land used for cereal production 4.56 tonnes per hectare 2024 down 6.9% 54th
Capture fishery production 521,938 metric tons 2024 down 28.4% 36th
Meat production 3.63 million tonnes 2024 up 13.3% 21st
Beef production 1.10 million tonnes 2024 up 10.1% 15th
Pig meat production 365,630 tonnes 2024 up 55.9% 35th
Number of cattle 12.12 million animals 2024 down 12.9% 29th
Number of poultry birds 176.33 million animals 2024 up 9.0% 34th
Poultry meat per animal 1.84 kilograms per animal 2024 up 2.2% 40th
Pig meat per animal 97 kilograms per animal 2024 up 21.2% 19th
Cattle meat per animal 348 kilograms per animal 2024 up 17.2% 9th
Eggs per bird 11.38 kilograms per animal 2024 up 18.0% 80th
Chicken meat production 1.92 million tonnes 2024 up 11.5% 17th
Chicken meat yield per animal 1.83 kilograms per animal 2024 up 2.2% 35th