Agriculture & Rural in South Africa

4,546 indicators covering agriculture & rural for South Africa.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Other nuts (excluding wild edible nuts and groundnuts), in shell 15,175 ha 2024 up 28.9% 11th
Horse meat, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight 181 kg/An 2024 down 9.5% 43rd
Strawberries — Gross Production Value 24,592 1000 Int$ 2024 up 117.1% 38th
Horse meat, fresh or chilled (indigenous) — Gross Production Value 4,138 1000 Int$ 2024 down 7.8% 35th
Lettuce and chicory — Gross Production Value 13,381 1000 USD 2024 down 8.4% 40th
Millet — Gross Production Index Number 100.34 2024 up 0.8% 36th
Millet — Gross per capita Production Index Number 88.61 2024 down 12.4% 37th
Seed cotton, unginned — Gross Production Index Number 143.72 2024 up 106.1% 18th
Seed cotton, unginned — Gross per capita Production Index Number 127.09 2024 up 79.0% 17th
Peas, green — Gross Production Index Number 44.71 2024 down 54.1% 76th
Peas, green — Gross per capita Production Index Number 39.47 2024 down 60.1% 76th
Pineapples — Gross Production Index Number 128.33 2024 up 33.0% 28th
Pineapples — Gross per capita Production Index Number 113.31 2024 up 15.5% 28th
Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled (indigenous) — Gross 51.25 million 1000 SLC 2024 up 67.9% 37th
Peaches and nectarines — Gross Production Value 83,133 1000 Int$ 2024 down 17.7% 19th
Shorn wool, greasy, including fleece-washed shorn wool — Gross 407,589 1000 USD 2024 down 4.1% 6th
Pears — Gross Production Index Number 113.79 2024 up 15.1% 24th
Pears — Gross per capita Production Index Number 100.49 2024 unchanged 31st
Strawberries — Area harvested 1,233 ha 2024 up 100.5% 38th
Strawberries — Yield 12,220 kg/ha 2024 up 8.2% 41st
Carrots and turnips — Gross Production Value 69,467 1000 USD 2024 up 32.6% 29th
Oranges — Production, per square kilometre 1.33 t per square kilometre 2023 down 11.0% 26th
Oranges — Area harvested, per square kilometre 0.0294 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 24.2% 51st
Sugar Crops Primary — Gross Production Value 8.12 million 1000 SLC 2024 down 5.7% 33rd
Cauliflowers and broccoli — Gross Production Value 5,683 1000 USD 2024 up 0.4% 46th
Lemons and limes — Gross Production Value 458,452 1000 USD 2024 up 128.0% 8th
Apricots — Production 24,585 t 2024 down 30.2% 31st
Peaches and nectarines — Yield 18,633 kg/ha 2024 up 9.7% 12th
Edible offals of horses and other equines, fresh, chilled or frozen 113.06 t 2024 down 7.8% 38th
Apples — Gross Production Value 652,717 1000 USD 2024 up 70.7% 14th
Natural honey — Gross Production Value 2,505 1000 USD 2024 up 0.5% 79th
Soya beans — Gross Production Value 802,938 1000 USD 2024 up 94.9% 11th
Pomelos and grapefruits — Gross Production Value 171,655 1000 Int$ 2024 up 1.9% 4th
Wheat — Gross Production Value 563,016 1000 USD 2024 up 14.4% 35th
Maize (corn) — Gross Production Value 52.53 million 1000 SLC 2024 up 93.1% 43rd
Tangerines, mandarins, clementines — Gross Production Value 345,070 1000 Int$ 2024 up 343.8% 9th
Peas, dry — Gross Production Value 741 1000 USD 2024 down 6.2% 64th
Pomelos and grapefruits — Yield 31,002 kg/ha 2024 up 3.9% 7th
Oats — Area harvested 31,000 ha 2024 up 143.0% 37th
Oats — Production 42,800 t 2024 up 103.8% 43rd
Value of food imports in total merchandise exports (percent) (3-year) 5 % 2022 down 16.7% 157th
Pig fat, rendered — Production 2,484 t 2023 up 154.8% 60th
Oats — Yield 1,381 kg/ha 2024 down 16.1% 65th
Tangerines, mandarins, clementines — Yield 29,659 kg/ha 2024 up 2.4% 3rd
Sunflower seed — Yield 1,195 kg/ha 2024 down 14.0% 51st
Oats — Gross Production Value 7,173 1000 Int$ 2024 up 103.8% 42nd
Apricots — Area harvested 2,952 ha 2024 down 25.6% 35th
Deforestation driven by agricultural expansion and forest plantations 3,695 2023 down 47.5% 52nd
Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) — Gross 966 1000 USD 2024 down 34.6% 87th
Carrots and turnips — Gross Production Value 661,152 1000 SLC 2024 up 22.0% 38th
FAO Model — Total non-agricultural AFS employment — Male — Value 927.09 1000 No 2023 up 8.1% 31st
FAO Model — Total non-agricultural AFS employment — Female — Value 764.97 1000 No 2023 down 1.5% 34th
FAO Model — Share of non-agricultural AFS employment in total AFS 58.73 % 2023 down 5.3% 40th
FAO Model — Share of non-agricultural AFS employment in total AFS 71.29 % 2023 down 6.1% 51st
FAO Model — Share of non-agricultural AFS employment in total 8.53 % 2023 down 2.6% 89th
FAO Model — Share of non-agricultural AFS employment in total 11.62 % 2023 down 12.9% 82nd
FAO Model — Share of females in non-agricultural AFS employment 45.21 % 2023 down 4.9% 78th
Employment in agrifood systems by subindustry and sex: Off-farm 927.09 1000 No 2023 up 8.1% 32nd
Employment in agrifood systems by subindustry and sex: Off-farm 764.97 1000 No 2023 down 1.5% 35th
Alcohol, Non-Food — Domestic supply quantity 37,732 t 2013 up 216.6% 34th