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TABLE A1.4: Agriculture sector data


Characteristic

Unit

Country

Angola

Botswana

Lesotho

Malawi

Mozambique

Namibia

South Africa

Swaziland

Zambia

Zimbabwe

Total

GDP (2001)

USD million

9 471

5 196

797

1 749

3 607

3 100

113 274

1 255

3 639

9 057

151

Agriculture sector product:












145


1970

percent of GDP


33

35

44



8


11

15


1991

percent of GDP


5

14

35

64


5


16

20


1995

percent of GDP

12

5

10

42

33

14

5

14

22

15


2001

percent of GDP


5

14

35

64

10

5


20

20


Agriculture sector growth:














1980-1990

percent per year

0.5

2.5

2.8

2.0

6.6

2.5

2.9

2.3

3.6

3.1


1990-2001

percent per year

0.1

-1.3

1.7

7.2

4.9

4.1

0.8

1.5

3.9

3.7


Major products:













Maize:














Area 1990

thousand hectares

756

43

126

1 335

1 007

27

4 124

90

808

1 143

9 459

Area 2000

thousand hectares

687

62

162

1 417

1 171

34

3 535

58

595

1 362

9 082

Output 1990

thousand tons

228

15

119

1 481

370

35

10 092

122

1 345

1 859

15 664

Output 2000

thousand tons

417

8

241

2 190

1 136

26

9 147

94

879

1 698

15 836

Yield 1990

kg/ha

301

355

948

1 109

368

1 281

2 447

1 358

1 665

1 626

1 656

Yield 2000

kg/ha

608

127

1

1 546

971

776

2 588

1 616

1 477

1 247

1 744

Sorghum:




481










Area 1990

thousand hectares


148

32

31

422

34

197

1

44

136

1 044

Area 2000

thousand hectares


90

45

56

361

21

110

1

37

167

889

Output 1990

thousand tons


41

26

18

167

9

385

1

25

80

751

Output 2000

thousand tons


12

42

38

298

7

303

1

26

97

823

Yield 1990

kg/ha


280

815

590

396

262

1 956

814

562

588

720

Yield 2000

kg/ha


132

921

683

825

339

2 739

600

713

584

927

Cattle:














Stock 1990

thousand heads

3 117

2 250

550

832

1 373

2 104

13 433

712

2 845

5 867

33 083

Stock 2000

thousand heads

3 995

2 035

547

741

1 317

2 436

13 594

613

2 431

5 823

33 532

Slaughter 1990

thousand heads

403

195

70

82

265

187

2 913

57

224

401

4 797

Slaughter 2000

thousand heads

514

202

67

77

254

290

2 777

68

225

445

4 917

Source: FOASTAT


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