Agriculture & Rural in South Africa 4,618 indicators covering agriculture & rural for South Africa. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank 2.1.2 Number of moderately or severely food insecure people (male) 4,340 1000 No 2024 up 46.4% 21st Raw milk of cattle — Revealed comparative advantage index 0.84 2024 up 6.3% 39th Kenaf, and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted — Gross 487 1000 Int$ 2024 down 6.7% 17th Hop cones — Gross Production Index Number 106.73 2024 up 9.8% 7th Hop cones — Gross per capita Production Index Number 94.27 2024 down 4.6% 22nd Kenaf, and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted — Area harvested 1,194 ha 2024 up 3.6% 15th Kenaf, and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted — Yield 664.2 kg/ha 2024 down 10.0% 18th Kenaf, and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted — Production 793.07 t 2024 down 6.8% 16th Agricultural tractors, total — Export Quantity 54,044 No 2007 up 12,468.4% 5th Oilcrops, Other — Losses 2 1000 t 2023 unchanged 39th ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Share of employees in agriculture in 4.21 % 2024 up 23.1% 23rd ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Share of female employees in total 31.91 % 2024 up 2.2% 26th Barley and products — Production 377 1000 t 2023 up 40.7% 47th Cottonseed — Seed 160 t 2013 down 77.6% 57th Peas — Losses 0 1000 t 2023 — 56th Number of moderately or severely food insecure male adults (million) 4.9 million No 2023 up 44.1% 20th Number of moderately or severely food insecure female adults 5.3 million No 2023 up 26.2% 20th Chillies and peppers, dry (Capsicum spp., Pimenta spp.), raw — Gross 15,245 1000 USD 2024 up 3.7% 21st Other fibre crops, raw, n.e.c. — Gross Production Value 968 1000 Int$ 2024 down 7.5% 11th Hop cones — Gross Production Value 643 1000 USD 2024 up 9.7% 22nd Cereals, other — Production 57 1000 t 2023 down 16.2% 43rd Other fibre crops, raw, n.e.c. — Production 2,314 t 2024 down 7.6% 11th Countries that are contracting Parties to the International Treaty on 1 2025 — 5th Sweet potatoes — Losses 4 1000 t 2023 up 300.0% 53rd Number of moderately or severely food insecure male adults (million) 4.6 million No 2023 up 43.8% 21st Bananas — Revealed comparative advantage index 0.09 2024 up 50.0% 55th Cottonseed — Production 26 1000 t 2023 up 188.9% 38th Other citrus fruit, n.e.c. — Gross Production Value 5,700 1000 USD 2024 up 47.2% 21st Sunflowerseed Cake — Export Quantity 18,294 t 2013 up 663.2% 23rd Copra Cake — Production 0 t 2013 down 100.0% 61st Sunflower seed — Producer Price Index 174.49 2025 up 92.3% 16th Maize and products — Processing 33 1000 t 2023 down 17.5% 55th Chillies and peppers, dry (Capsicum spp., Pimenta spp.), raw — Gross 180,423 1000 SLC 2024 up 3.1% 29th Buckwheat — Gross Production Value 20 1000 USD 2024 down 9.1% 24th Natural rubber in primary forms — Export quantity 985.47 t 2023 up 548.3% 14th Yams — Food supply 0 kcal/cap/d 2023 — 84th Yams — Food supply 80.77 million Kcal 2023 up 3.2% 73rd Yams — Protein supply quantity 0 g/cap/d 2023 — 62nd Yams — Protein supply quantity 1.83 t 2023 up 3.4% 73rd Yams — Fat supply quantity 0 g/cap/d 2023 — 41st Yams — Fat supply quantity 0.23 t 2023 up 4.5% 73rd Mangoes, guavas and mangosteens — Gross Production Value 1.39 million 1000 SLC 2024 up 237.2% 36th Natural rubber in other forms — Export quantity 226.04 t 2023 down 79.1% 51st Cotton yields 2.65 tonnes per hectare 2024 down 16.4% 18th Lupins — Yield 1,200 kg/ha 2024 up 23.6% 20th Other fibre crops, raw, n.e.c. — Area harvested 3,150 ha 2024 up 4.3% 9th Other fibre crops, raw, n.e.c. — Yield 734.8 kg/ha 2024 down 11.4% 18th Raw milk of cattle — Import dependency ratio -0.01 2024 unchanged 99th Raw milk of cattle — Self-sufficiency ratio 1.01 2024 unchanged 21st Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Revealed 1.04 2024 down 38.1% 24th Yams — Food 0 1000 t 2023 — 57th Yams — Food supply quantity 0 kg/cap 2023 — 82nd Harvester and threshers (trade) — Export Value 21,426 1000 USD 2007 up 353.7% 35th Grapefruit and products — Losses 38 1000 t 2023 up 2.7% 4th Sisal, raw — Gross Production Value 619 1000 Int$ 2024 up 0.3% 9th Prevalence of severe food insecurity in the female adult population 8 % 2023 up 12.7% 37th Sisal, raw — Area harvested 2,010 ha 2024 up 0.5% 10th Sisal, raw — Yield 624.8 kg/ha 2024 down 0.2% 14th Sisal, raw — Production 1,256 t 2024 up 0.3% 9th 2.1.2 Number of severely food insecure people (both sexes or no) 5,828 1000 No 2024 up 30.8% 13th ← Previous Page 63 of 77 Next →