Agriculture & Rural in Southern Africa 3,288 indicators covering agriculture & rural for Southern Africa. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank FAO Model — Total employment in agrifood systems (AFS) — Male — Value 2,159 1000 No 2023 up 13.5% 30th FAO Model — Total employment in agrifood systems (AFS) — Female 1,469 1000 No 2023 up 5.5% 29th FAO Model — Share of AFS employment in total employment — Male — Value 17.34 % 2023 up 1.8% 25th FAO Model — Share of AFS employment in total employment — Female 18.9 % 2023 down 5.9% 22nd FAO Model — Share of females in total AFS employment — Female — Value 40.5 % 2023 down 4.2% 20th Grapes — Gross Production Index Number 95.46 2024 down 3.3% 17th Grapes — Gross per capita Production Index Number 83.99 2024 down 16.3% 20th Employment in agrifood systems by subindustry and sex: Agriculture 1,081 1000 No 2023 up 18.1% 28th Employment in agrifood systems by subindustry and sex: Agriculture 509.74 1000 No 2023 up 11.8% 28th SDG 2.a.1: highest government level — SDG 2.a.1: Agriculture share of 1.41 % 2024 down 18.0% 20th SDG 2.a.1: highest government level — SDG 2.a.1: Agriculture 0.47 2024 down 34.7% 6th 2.a.1 Agriculture share of Government Expenditure — Value 1.41 % 2024 down 18.0% 18th 2.a.1 Agriculture value added share of GDP — Value 2.99 % 2024 up 25.6% 24th 2.a.1 Agriculture orientation index for government expenditures 0.47 2024 down 34.7% 6th FAO Model — Share of agricultural employment in total AFS employment 50.07 % 2023 up 4.0% 21st FAO Model — Share of agricultural employment in total AFS employment 34.69 % 2023 up 6.0% 20th SDG 2.a.1: highest government level — SDG 2.a.1: Agriculture value 2.99 % 2024 up 25.6% 26th Other beans, green — Gross Production Value 8,303 1000 USD 2024 down 21.3% 26th Bananas — Gross Production Value 176,858 1000 USD 2024 down 5.7% 22nd Employment in agrifood systems by subindustry and sex: Total — Value 3,628 1000 No 2023 up 10.1% 29th Share of employment in agrifood systems out of total employment by 8.68 % 2023 up 5.9% 20th Share of employment in agrifood systems out of total employment by 6.56 % 2023 down 0.2% 17th Gender gap in the share of employment in agrifood systems out of 2.12 % 2023 up 30.1% 10th FAO Model — Total employment in agrifood systems (AFS) — Value 3,628 1000 No 2023 up 10.1% 30th FAO Model — Share of AFS employment in total employment — Value 17.94 % 2023 down 1.5% 25th Employment in agrifood systems by subindustry and sex: Agriculture 1,590 1000 No 2023 up 16.0% 28th Share of employment in agrifood systems out of total employment by 7.86 % 2023 up 3.7% 19th FAO Model — Share of agricultural employment in total AFS employment 43.84 % 2023 up 5.3% 21st Sorghum — Gross Production Value 37,122 1000 USD 2024 down 45.3% 24th Sweet potatoes — Gross Production Value 21,581 1000 USD 2024 up 12.8% 22nd Sunflower seed — Area harvested 535,079 ha 2024 down 10.9% 17th Share of employment by sex in industry: Employment in off-farm 52.9 % 2023 up 3.2% 17th Share of employment by sex in industry: Employment in off-farm 47.1 % 2023 down 3.3% 15th Gender gap in share of employment in industry: Employment in off-farm 5.8 % 2023 up 126.6% 17th Sunflower seed — Production 635,187 t 2024 down 23.7% 17th Meat of ducks, fresh or chilled (indigenous) — Gross Production Value 2,886 1000 Int$ 2024 up 9.5% 24th Other nuts (excluding wild edible nuts and groundnuts), in shell 52,920 t 2024 up 32.3% 16th Employment in agrifood systems by subindustry and sex: Off-farm 2,038 1000 No 2023 up 6.0% 28th FAO Model — Total non-agricultural AFS employment — Value 2,038 1000 No 2023 up 6.0% 29th FAO Model — Share of non-agricultural AFS employment in total AFS 56.16 % 2023 down 3.8% 11th FAO Model — Share of non-agricultural AFS employment in total 10.08 % 2023 down 5.2% 22nd Sugar Crops Primary — Gross Production Value 855,836 1000 USD 2024 up 20.5% 21st Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Gross Production Value 32,840 1000 USD 2024 down 29.9% 19th Edible offals of horses and other equines, fresh, chilled or frozen 7,157 An 2024 up 3.4% 24th Plums and sloes — Gross Production Index Number 100.71 2024 up 6.8% 18th Plums and sloes — Gross per capita Production Index Number 88.65 2024 down 7.6% 20th Barley — Gross Production Value 89,051 1000 USD 2024 up 23.8% 24th Horse meat, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered 7,157 An 2024 up 3.4% 24th Horse meat, fresh or chilled — Production 1,306 t 2024 down 5.7% 23rd Sunflower-seed oil, crude — Production 252,802 t 2023 up 14.2% 17th Strawberries — Gross Production Value 24,592 1000 Int$ 2024 up 117.1% 23rd Horse meat, fresh or chilled (indigenous) — Gross Production Value 4,371 1000 Int$ 2024 down 5.0% 23rd Mules and hinnies — Stocks 27,775 An 2024 up 1.0% 18th Other nuts (excluding wild edible nuts and groundnuts), in shell 15,175 ha 2024 up 28.9% 18th Seed cotton, unginned — Gross Production Index Number 139.88 2024 up 96.6% 4th Seed cotton, unginned — Gross per capita Production Index Number 123.22 2024 up 70.1% 5th Peas, green — Gross Production Index Number 44.71 2024 down 54.1% 26th Peas, green — Gross per capita Production Index Number 39.33 2024 down 60.2% 26th Pineapples — Gross Production Index Number 145.03 2024 up 45.6% 4th Pineapples — Gross per capita Production Index Number 127.57 2024 up 26.0% 4th ← Previous Page 10 of 55 Next →