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Agriculture in South Africa: production, rankings and trends
Main agricultural products in South Africa with FAOSTAT histories, records, yields and global rankings.
Products162products with a statistical page
Best world positionN°3best rank among tracked products
Products ranked world #10products currently ranked first
Top-10 products20products in the global top ten
What the data show
The currently eligible series for South Africa cover 162 products. 0 products currently place South Africa at world rank #1. In total, 20 products rank in the global Top 10.
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How many products are covered for South Africa?
162 products currently have an eligible page in this language.
What is best world rank?
Best position means the highest rank reached among tracked products. For South Africa it is #3, and 0 products currently rank world #1.
What is the source of South Africa agricultural data?
The core series come from FAOSTAT. Terra Cultiva then calculates trends, records and rankings.
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| Product | Metric | Latest value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sugar cane | Production | 16.74M t 2024 | #13 |
| Sugar Crops Primary | Production | 16.74M t 2024 | #19 |
| Cereals, primary | Production | 15.31M t 2024 | #32 |
| Maize (corn) | Production | 12.85M t 2024 | #12 |
| Fruit Primary | Production | 8.47M t 2024 | #20 |
| Citrus Fruit, Total | Production | 3.62M t 2024 | #12 |
| Roots and Tubers, Total | Production | 2.69M t 2024 | #53 |
| Vegetables Primary | Production | 2.69M t 2024 | #42 |
| Potatoes | Production | 2.62M t 2024 | #27 |
| Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent | Production | 1.97M t 2024 | #18 |
| Wheat | Production | 1.92M t 2024 | #40 |
| Grapes | Production | 1.87M t 2024 | #10 |
| Soya beans | Production | 1.85M t 2024 | #12 |
| Oranges | Production | 1.67M t 2024 | #12 |
| Apples | Production | 1.33M t 2024 | #11 |
| Tangerines, mandarins, clementines | Production | 770.0k t 2024 | #11 |
| Lemons and limes | Production | 748.6k t 2024 | #9 |
| Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent | Production | 729.0k t 2024 | #27 |
| Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) | Production | 718.6k t 2024 | #31 |
| Sunflower seed | Production | 632.0k t 2024 | #13 |
| Tomatoes | Production | 509.6k t 2024 | #44 |
| Pears | Production | 465.4k t 2024 | #4 |
| Hen eggs in shell, fresh | Production | 433.0k t 2024 | #29 |
| Bananas | Production | 430.9k t 2024 | #35 |
| Pomelos and grapefruits | Production | 425.6k t 2024 | #4 |
| Green corn (maize) | Production | 418.4k t 2024 | #8 |
| Barley | Production | 374.0k t 2024 | #41 |
| Pumpkins, squash and gourds | Production | 295.1k t 2024 | #21 |
| Rape or colza seed | Production | 288.2k t 2024 | #22 |
| Carrots and turnips | Production | 227.1k t 2024 | #33 |
| Cabbages | Production | 206.8k t 2024 | #33 |
| Other vegetables, fresh n.e.c. | Production | 175.3k t 2024 | #62 |
| Peaches and nectarines | Production | 136.2k t 2024 | #20 |
| Avocados | Production | 123.4k t 2024 | #20 |
| Pineapples | Production | 121.4k t 2024 | #31 |
| Mangoes, guavas and mangosteens | Production | 108.1k t 2024 | #39 |
| Sorghum | Production | 98.0k t 2024 | #40 |
| Watermelons | Production | 88.6k t 2024 | #66 |
| Plums and sloes | Production | 82.4k t 2024 | #20 |
| Pulses, Total | Production | 75.1k t 2024 | #81 |
| Sweet potatoes | Production | 70.6k t 2024 | #50 |
| Other nuts (excluding wild edible nuts and groundnuts), in shell, n.e.c. | Production | 52.9k t 2024 | #7 |
| Treenuts, Total | Production | 52.9k t 2024 | #40 |
| Groundnuts, excluding shelled | Production | 52.0k t 2024 | #40 |
| Beans, dry | Production | 50.5k t 2024 | #50 |
| Seed cotton, unginned | Production | 48.7k t 2024 | #37 |
| Oats | Production | 42.8k t 2024 | #38 |
| Lettuce and chicory | Production | 34.5k t 2024 | #36 |
| Cucumbers and gherkins | Production | 32.5k t 2024 | #68 |
| Apricots | Production | 24.6k t 2024 | #31 |
| Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent | Production | 21.4k t 2024 | #51 |
| Lupins | Production | 19.2k t 2024 | #8 |
| Chillies and peppers, dry (Capsicum spp., Pimenta spp.), raw | Production | 18.0k t 2024 | #24 |
| Other beans, green | Production | 16.8k t 2024 | #37 |
| Other fruits, n.e.c. | Production | 16.0k t 2024 | #82 |
| Other oil seeds, n.e.c. | Production | 15.3k t 2024 | #31 |
| Strawberries | Production | 15.1k t 2024 | #34 |
| Cantaloupes and other melons | Production | 14.6k t 2024 | #60 |
| Cereals n.e.c. | Production | 12.7k t 2024 | #27 |
| Other citrus fruit, n.e.c. | Production | 11.7k t 2024 | #27 |
| Cauliflowers and broccoli | Production | 11.7k t 2024 | #47 |
| Unmanufactured tobacco | Production | 11.2k t 2024 | #36 |
| Papayas | Production | 7.8k t 2024 | #40 |
| Other berries and fruits of the genus vaccinium n.e.c. | Production | 6.7k t 2024 | #17 |
| Castor oil seeds | Production | 6.6k t 2024 | #10 |
| Millet | Production | 6.3k t 2024 | #53 |
| Cow peas, dry | Production | 4.5k t 2024 | #28 |
| Chicory roots | Production | 4.4k t 2024 | #3 |
| Peas, green | Production | 4.3k t 2024 | #49 |
| Rice | Production | 3.1k t 2024 | #103 |
| Other fibre crops, raw, n.e.c. | Production | 2.3k t 2024 | #11 |
| Rye | Production | 2.0k t 2024 | #49 |
| Tea leaves | Production | 1.8k t 2024 | #36 |
| Cherries | Production | 1.7k t 2024 | #51 |
| Sisal, raw | Production | 1.3k t 2024 | #9 |
| Chillies and peppers, green (Capsicum spp. and Pimenta spp.) | Production | 1.2k t 2024 | #107 |
| Figs | Production | 1.1k t 2024 | #35 |
| Peas, dry | Production | 884 t 2024 | #80 |
| Asparagus | Production | 836 t 2024 | #27 |
| Kenaf, and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted | Production | 793 t 2024 | #16 |
| Hop cones | Production | 472 t 2024 | #17 |
| Quinces | Production | 289 t 2024 | #31 |
| Buckwheat | Production | 224 t 2024 | #15 |
| Raw milk of cattle | Production | 3.88M t 2024 | #33 |
| Milk, Total | Production | 3.88M t 2024 | #36 |
| Meat, Poultry | Production | 1.92M t 2024 | #17 |
| Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled | Production | 1.92M t 2024 | #16 |
| Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled | Production | 1.10M t 2024 | #13 |
| Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary | Production | 1.10M t 2024 | #14 |
| Eggs Primary | Production | 433.0k t 2024 | #30 |
| Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled | Production | 365.6k t 2024 | #34 |
| Edible offal of cattle, fresh, chilled or frozen | Production | 320.6k t 2024 | #7 |
| Sheep and Goat Meat | Production | 180.4k t 2024 | #21 |
| Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled | Production | 168.0k t 2024 | #15 |
| Raw hides and skins of cattle | Production | 138.2k t 2024 | #10 |
| Edible offal of sheep, fresh, chilled or frozen | Production | 58.3k t 2024 | #7 |
| Cattle fat, unrendered | Production | 36.1k t 2024 | #13 |
| Raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs | Production | 24.3k t 2024 | #19 |
| Edible offal of pigs, fresh, chilled or frozen | Production | 22.1k t 2024 | #22 |
| Meat of goat, fresh or chilled | Production | 12.4k t 2024 | #53 |
| Meat of turkeys, fresh or chilled | Production | 5.7k t 2024 | #30 |
| Edible offal of goat, fresh, chilled or frozen | Production | 4.3k t 2024 | #37 |
| Sheep fat, unrendered | Production | 2.4k t 2024 | #36 |
| Meat of ducks, fresh or chilled | Production | 1.2k t 2024 | #41 |
| Horse meat, fresh or chilled | Production | 1.2k t 2024 | #28 |
| Raw hides and skins of goats or kids | Production | 1.1k t 2024 | #66 |
| Fat of pigs | Production | 962 t 2024 | #67 |
| Meat of geese, fresh or chilled | Production | 516 t 2024 | #15 |
| Goat fat, unrendered | Production | 181 t 2024 | #67 |
| Edible offals of horses and other equines, fresh, chilled or frozen | Production | 113 t 2024 | #28 |
| Sheep and Goats | Stocks | 26.34M head 2024 | #23 |
| Sheep | Stocks | 21.24M head 2024 | #19 |
| Cattle | Stocks | 12.12M head 2024 | #28 |
| Cattle and Buffaloes | Stocks | 12.12M head 2024 | #29 |
| Goats | Stocks | 5.10M head 2024 | #38 |
| Meat, Total | Production | 3.63M t 2024 | #20 |
| Beer of barley, malted | Production | 3.51M t 2023 | #9 |
| Raw cane or beet sugar (centrifugal only) | Production | 2.08M t 2023 | #17 |
| Swine / pigs | Stocks | 1.32M head 2024 | #59 |
| Wine | Production | 922.2k t 2023 | #8 |
| Molasses | Production | 745.3k t 2023 | #16 |
| Horses | Stocks | 340.0k head 2024 | #28 |
| Soya bean oil | Production | 322.9k t 2023 | #21 |
| Skim milk of cows | Production | 315.7k t 2023 | #54 |
| Sunflower-seed oil, crude | Production | 252.7k t 2023 | #13 |
| Poultry Birds | Stocks | 176.33M head 2024 | #32 |
| Chickens | Stocks | 175.20M head 2024 | #30 |
| Asses | Stocks | 142.6k head 2024 | #30 |
| Oil of maize | Production | 86.8k t 2023 | #4 |
| Margarine and shortening | Production | 78.3k t 2023 | #28 |
| Rapeseed or canola oil, crude | Production | 73.0k t 2023 | #32 |
| Bees | Stocks | 72.5k units 2024 | #66 |
| Tallow | Production | 68.0k t 2023 | #18 |
| Cheese (All Kinds) | Production | 62.3k t 2023 | #51 |
| Cheese from whole cow milk | Production | 62.3k t 2023 | #42 |
| Evaporated & Condensed Milk | Production | 56.9k t 2023 | #24 |
| Game meat, fresh, chilled or frozen | Production | 54.0k t 2024 | #10 |
| Whole milk, evaporated | Production | 45.1k t 2023 | #10 |
| Shorn wool, greasy, including fleece-washed shorn wool | Production | 43.4k t 2024 | #10 |
| Mushrooms and truffles | Production | 37.4k t 2024 | #20 |
| Cotton seed | Production | 26.5k t 2023 | #38 |
| Butter and Ghee | Production | 18.8k t 2023 | #50 |
| Mules and hinnies | Stocks | 16.1k head 2024 | #25 |
| Cotton lint, ginned | Production | 16.0k t 2023 | #39 |
| Butter of cow milk | Production | 15.9k t 2023 | #46 |
| Whole milk, condensed | Production | 7.9k t 2023 | #25 |
| Whole milk powder | Production | 7.1k t 2023 | #39 |
| Cottonseed oil | Production | 5.7k t 2023 | #38 |
| Skim Milk & Buttermilk, Dry | Production | 4.4k t 2023 | #53 |
| Skim milk, evaporated | Production | 4.0k t 2023 | #4 |
| Skim milk and whey powder | Production | 3.7k t 2023 | #39 |
| Whey, dry | Production | 3.1k t 2023 | #34 |
| Ghee from cow milk | Production | 2.9k t 2023 | #16 |
| Pig fat, rendered | Production | 2.5k t 2023 | #55 |
| Cream, fresh | Production | 2.4k t 2023 | #53 |
| Natural honey | Production | 1.1k t 2024 | #78 |
| Oil of sesame seed | Production | 545 t 2023 | #47 |
| Turkeys | Stocks | 540.0k head 2024 | #27 |
| Ducks | Stocks | 439.0k head 2024 | #40 |
| Groundnut oil | Production | 200 t 2023 | #81 |
| Geese | Stocks | 147.0k head 2024 | #19 |
| Buttermilk, dry | Production | 768 t 2023 | #60 |
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