Country Overview Wheat Data Indicator (Source) Value Year Total Land (FAO) 1,213,090 km2 2012 Arable Land (FAO) 12,000,000 ha 2012 Wheat area (FAO) 486,000 ha 2014 Wheat area (USDA) 480,000 ha 2015 Wheat yield (FAO) t/ha 2014 Wheat yield (USDA) 3 t/ha 2015 Wheat production (FAO) 1,759,000 t 2014 Wheat production (USDA) 1,542,000 t 2015 Wheat total domestic consumption (USDA) 3,200,000 t 2015 Wheat domestic supply (FAO) 3,270,897 t 2011 Wheat imports (FAO) 1,698,420 t 2012 Wheat imports (USDA) 1,700,000 t 2015 Wheat exports (FAO) 20,077 t 2012 Wheat exports (USDA) 300,000 t 2015 Wheat seed production (FAO) 33,800 t 2013 Wheat Data Indicator (Source) Value Year Food supply - TOTAL kcal/capita/year (FAO) 3,007 2011 Food supply - CEREALS kcal/capita/year (FAO) 1,545 2011 Percentage of total daily calories from cereals (FAO) 51 % 2011 Food supply - WHEAT kcal/capita/year (FAO) 495 2011 Percentage of total daily calories from wheat (FAO) 16 % 2011 Total supply wheat (USDA) 4,182,000 t 2015 Beginning stocks (USDA) 940,000 t 2015 Ending stocks (USDA) 682,000 t 2015 Feed domestic consumption (USDA) 70,000 t 2015 Food, seed & industrial consumption (USDA) 3,130,000 t 2015 Demographic Data Indicator - year (Source) Year Value % Total population - (FAO) 2024 56,368,000 100% Total population projection - (FAO) 2020 55,131,000 97% Total population projection - (FAO) 2050 63,405,000 112% Urban population - (FAO) 2024 38,041,000 100% Urban population projection - (FAO) 2020 36,312,000 95% Urban population projection - (FAO) 2050 48,724,000 128% Rural Population - (FAO) 2024 18,327,000 100% Rural Population projection - (FAO) 2020 18,820,000 102% Rural Population projection - (FAO) 2050 14,681,000 80% Agricultural population - (FAO) 2020 925,000 100% Agricultural population projection - (FAO) 2020 925,000 100 % Undernourished Population - (FAO) 2000 4.08 % Human Development Index (UNDP) 2011 0.619 Literacy rate, adult total (WB) (percentage of people ages 15 and above) ZAF 2,013 Life expectancy at birth, total (WB) (years) ZAF 2,013 Demographic Data Indicator - year (Source) Value Year Population bellow US$ 1.25 - ZAF (WB) 2013 % Multidimensional Poverty Index (UNDP) 0.057 2008 Unemployment total (WB) (percentage) 2,013 ZAF GDP per capita (WB) (US$) 2,013 ZAF GDP growth annual (WB) (percentage) 2,013 ZAF Agriculture, value added (WB) (percentage of GDP) 2,013 ZAF Fertilizer consumption (WB) (% of fertilizer production) 2,013 ZAF Fertilizer consumption (WB) (kilograms per hectare of arable land) 2,013 ZAF Nº of tractors per 100 sq. km of arable land (WB) 2,013 ZAF Mobile cellular subscriptions per 100 people (WB) 2,013 ZAF Internet users per 100 people (WB) This country is not found in our database or data is not available. External Links FAO Country Brief http://www.fao.org/countryprofiles/index/en/?iso3=ZAF World Bank - country brief http://www.worldbank.org/en/country/southafrica Index Mundi - country brief http://www.indexmundi.com/south_africa/ Source FAO: Last update on August 15, 2015. USDA: Last update on August 15, 2015. UNDP: Last update on February 22, 2013. WB: Instant updates via API.