{"id":23200,"date":"2025-09-12T09:31:59","date_gmt":"2025-09-12T09:31:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.selinawamucii.com\/news\/?p=23200"},"modified":"2025-09-12T09:40:32","modified_gmt":"2025-09-12T09:40:32","slug":"swift-repeat-as-sas-agriculture-gdp-grows-2-8-mid-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.selinawamucii.com\/news\/2025\/09\/12\/swift-repeat-as-sas-agriculture-gdp-grows-2-8-mid-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Swift repeat as SA\u2019s agriculture GDP grows 2.8% mid-2025\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The agriculture GDP in South Africa increased by 2.8% in quarter 2 (Q2) 2025, a quick reprise of quarter 1 (Q1)\u2019s surge by 18.6%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Statistics South Africa stated in early September 2025 that this stellar jump amid tough global trade injected\u00a00.1%<\/u><\/a>\u00a0points to the national GDP growth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The national GDP meanwhile improved by 0.8% quarter-to-quarter, above the 0.1% of Q1. It even bettered analysts\u2019 expectations of a maximum 0.5% upward performance. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Agriculture ranked second best in this overall representation of the national economic growth, after manufacturing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It will take longer for South Africa, however, to overtake its 2014-24 annual national GDP growth average of 1%. Notably, in July 2025, the Central Bank itself predicted an annual gross domestic product growth of 0.9%<\/u><\/a> for this year. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Movers in Agriculture<\/strong><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The economic expansion of the farming sector in the second quarter owed to stable horticultural and animal husbandry production.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Agro-export returns upped by 10% annually in Q2 2025, buoyed by robust citrus, avocado, maize, wool and juice prices<\/u><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Avocados gained export momentum in new markets such as Japan, China and India while maize gained in India and Japan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to the Department of Agriculture (DA<\/u><\/a>), these gains owed to the policies of the Minister of Agriculture John Steenhuisen. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a report on September 10, the DA praised the minister for combating the foot and mouth scourge. Despite the stoppage of meat exports to China over the pestilence, the country scored a beef and mutton deal with Iran. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

There is however expectation that the current U.S.\u2019 tariffs at 30%, especially on citrus fruits, will retract quarter 3 growth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This harshest duty in Sub-Saharan Africa came up on August 8, 2025 after trade negotiations<\/u><\/a>\u00a0with the United States failed.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The question now remains whether the strongest economy in Africa will maintain a currently robust agriculture GDP. The statistics below shed a light on the sector in economic terms.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

South Africa Agriculture GDP <\/strong>Statistics <\/strong><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

South Africa has one of Africa\u2019s biggest farmland-to-landmass portions at around 96 million hectares or about\u00a080%<\/u><\/a>\u00a0of its landmass (2020). \u00a0However, the bulk of this farmland is either forestry or grassland, with around 12.5% to 13.5% \u00a0under cultivation. Out of this fraction, just 3% is of high agricultural potential due to general dryness in the veldts. This is why the agriculture gross domestic product (GDP) is quite low, with merely a\u00a02.6%\u00a0<\/u><\/a>(2014) to 2.8% (2022) national GDP share.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The major contributors of the internal agriculture GDP are grains, fruits, horticulture and animal products. Leading crops by area include maize at a 2010-14 average of 2,961,000 hectares (ha), according to Yield Gap<\/u><\/a>. Next is wheat at 532, 000 ha<\/u><\/a> during the same period, soybeans at 444,000 ha and sugarcane at 299,000 ha. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In terms of employment, agriculture represents 10% of all formal jobs in South Africa, according to Kilimo<\/u><\/a>. This is while not counting informal jobs in agriculture such as those by laborers who earn daily wages. The employment rate is relatively low vis-\u00e1-vis the rest of Sub-Saharan Africa. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In growth terms, the agriculture sector grows by leaps and bounds quarterly and yearly, but sometimes shows volatile declines. In quarter 1, 2025, it leaped by\u00a018.6%<\/u><\/a>\u00a0but in the following quarter it improved by only 2.8%. In quarter 3, 2024, it lost by\u00a028%<\/a><\/u>,\u00a0quarter-to-quarter, and by 15.5%, year-on-year. This made the national GDP also contract by 0.3% in the third quarter. The overall national GDP in real terms rarely grew by above\u00a01%<\/u><\/a>\u00a0annually in the 2014-24 period, according to Reuters.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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