Agriculture & Rural in South Africa

4,646 indicators covering agriculture & rural for South Africa.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Millet and products — Protein supply quantity 372.68 t 2023 down 11.6% 42nd
Millet and products — Fat supply quantity 0.01 g/cap/d 2023 unchanged 46th
Millet and products — Fat supply quantity 150.66 t 2023 down 11.6% 42nd
Barley — Revealed comparative advantage index 0.08 2024 — 40th
Wine — Production 921 1000 t 2023 down 16.1% 10th
Millet and products — Food 4 1000 t 2023 down 20.0% 42nd
Millet and products — Food supply quantity 0.07 kg/cap 2023 down 22.2% 52nd
Sesame seed — Terms of trade 133.93 % 2024 up 85.6% 22nd
Coconuts - Incl Copra — Processing 0 1000 t 2015 — 63rd
Number of severely food insecure male adults (million) (3-year) 2 million No 2023 up 42.9% 12th
Other oil seeds, n.e.c. — Producer Price Index 177.1 2025 up 83.5% 5th
Palm Oil — Processing 63 1000 t 2023 up 90.9% 27th
Sesameseed Cake — Production 698 t 2013 up 36.1% 37th
Wheat and products — Processing 74 1000 t 2023 up 13.8% 30th
Wheat — Import dependency ratio 0.44 2024 down 4.3% 58th
Wheat — Self-sufficiency ratio 0.56 2024 up 3.7% 42nd
Rice and products — Processing 86 1000 t 2023 down 15.7% 26th
2.1.2 Number of severely food insecure people (female) (15 years old) 1,976 1000 No 2024 up 25.0% 9th
Tomatoes — Terms of trade 21.24 % 2024 down 76.4% 86th
Figs — Gross Production Value 33,615 1000 SLC 2024 down 3.6% 21st
Raw milk of cattle — Terms of trade 94.48 % 2024 down 1.8% 47th
Buckwheat — Gross Production Value 21 1000 USD 2024 down 8.7% 24th
Oranges — Terms of trade 189.62 % 2024 down 29.6% 15th
Sugar beet — Export quantity 0 1000 t 2023 — 15th
2.1.2 Number of severely food insecure people (male) (15 years old) 1,680 1000 No 2024 up 53.4% 12th
ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Share of employment in crop and 86.9 % 2007 down 0.8% 56th
Coconut Oil — Other uses 0 1000 t 2023 — 43rd
Number of severely food insecure female adults (million) (3-year) 2.3 million No 2023 up 21.1% 11th
Castor oil seeds — Producer Price Index 149.53 2025 up 54.9% 7th
Oilcrops, Other — Seed 0 1000 t 2023 — 31st
Game meat, fresh, chilled or frozen — Gross Production Value 2.75 million 1000 SLC 2024 up 113.7% 13th
Lupins — Gross Production Value 3,730 1000 USD 2024 up 73.8% 10th
Tea leaves — Gross Production Value 54,504 1000 SLC 2024 up 44.4% 25th
Fish, Liver Oil — Production 0 1000 t 2023 — 10th
Rape and Mustardseed — Production 236 1000 t 2023 up 110.7% 29th
Land area per crop type 1,782 hectares 2024 down 5.8% 41st
Other fibre crops, raw, n.e.c. — Gross Production Value 1,090 1000 USD 2024 down 15.4% 7th
Millet and products — Seed 0 1000 t 2023 — 40th
Cereals, other — Seed 0 1000 t 2023 — 57th
Number of severely food insecure male adults (million) (3-year) 1.9 million No 2023 up 58.3% 11th
Oats — Seed 6 1000 t 2023 up 20.0% 32nd
Sunflower seed — Producer Price 9,598 LCU 2025 up 57.0% 24th
Global aquaculture production and wild fish used for animal feed 239,238 tonnes 2015 down 16.5% 16th
Oranges — Import dependency ratio -5.95 2024 down 252.1% 96th
Oranges — Self-sufficiency ratio 6.95 2024 up 158.4% 1st
Rye yields 1.1 tonnes per hectare 2024 up 0.1% 58th
Sisal, raw — Gross Production Value 1,081 1000 USD 2024 down 11.5% 8th
Number of severely food insecure female adults (million) (3-year) 2.1 million No 2023 up 23.5% 10th
Soyabean Oil — Other uses 0 1000 t 2023 down 100.0% 47th
Sunflowerseed Oil — Other uses 12 1000 t 2023 down 64.7% 37th
Fertilizer application rates over the long-run 60.6 kilograms per hectare 2014 up 0.5% 98th
Rapeseed yields 1.74 tonnes per hectare 2024 up 36.5% 45th
Grapes — Terms of trade 138.69 % 2024 up 29.3% 20th
Rape and Mustardseed — Losses 18 1000 t 2023 up 28.6% 22nd
Kenaf, and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted — Gross 454 1000 USD 2024 down 18.5% 10th
Cream — Production 2 1000 t 2023 down 33.3% 58th
Quinces — Gross Production Value 4,218 1000 SLC 2024 up 4.7% 28th
Rape and Mustard Oil — Production 73 1000 t 2023 up 128.1% 36th
Rape and Mustardseed — Processing 224 1000 t 2023 up 169.9% 33rd
Fruits - Excluding Wine — Feed 0 1000 t 2023 — 55th