Gross Fixed Capital Formation (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) in South Africa
South Africa: Gross Fixed Capital Formation (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) was 31,746 million SLC in 2023. ▲ Rising
Gross Fixed Capital Formation (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) in South Africa, 1995–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in million SLC.
Analysis
In 2023, gross fixed capital formation (agriculture, forestry and fishing) in South Africa stood at 31,746 million SLC. That is the highest value across all 29 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 4.9% on the previous year and up 17.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, gross fixed capital formation (agriculture, forestry and fishing) in South Africa peaked at 31,746 million SLC in 2023 and was at its lowest, 13,845 million SLC, in 1999.
That places South Africa 54th out of 181 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 29 years of available data.
Gross Fixed Capital Formation (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) in South Africa, year by year
| Year | million SLC | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 15,218 million SLC | — |
| 1996 | 18,413 million SLC | +21.0% |
| 1997 | 16,774 million SLC | -8.9% |
| 1998 | 14,901 million SLC | -11.2% |
| 1999 | 13,845 million SLC | -7.1% |
| 2000 | 14,191 million SLC | +2.5% |
| 2001 | 14,935 million SLC | +5.2% |
| 2002 | 18,864 million SLC | +26.3% |
| 2003 | 18,118 million SLC | -4.0% |
| 2004 | 18,857 million SLC | +4.1% |
| 2005 | 19,278 million SLC | +2.2% |
| 2006 | 18,751 million SLC | -2.7% |
| 2007 | 18,232 million SLC | -2.8% |
| 2008 | 19,874 million SLC | +9.0% |
| 2009 | 18,236 million SLC | -8.2% |
| 2010 | 17,458 million SLC | -4.3% |
| 2011 | 21,890 million SLC | +25.4% |
| 2012 | 23,826 million SLC | +8.8% |
| 2013 | 26,928 million SLC | +13.0% |
| 2014 | 25,486 million SLC | -5.4% |
| 2015 | 26,434 million SLC | +3.7% |
| 2016 | 26,266 million SLC | -0.6% |
| 2017 | 29,494 million SLC | +12.3% |
| 2018 | 29,200 million SLC | -1.0% |
| 2019 | 28,019 million SLC | -4.0% |
| 2020 | 30,238 million SLC | +7.9% |
| 2021 | 31,608 million SLC | +4.5% |
| 2022 | 30,257 million SLC | -4.3% |
| 2023 | 31,746 million SLC | +4.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 15,830 million SLC | 13,845 million SLC | 18,413 million SLC | 5 |
| 2000s | 17,934 million SLC | 14,191 million SLC | 19,874 million SLC | 10 |
| 2010s | 25,500 million SLC | 17,458 million SLC | 29,494 million SLC | 10 |
| 2020s | 30,962 million SLC | 30,238 million SLC | 31,746 million SLC | 4 |
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More environment data for South Africa
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 5.46 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 8.52 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.275 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.05 °C (2025)
- Industrial roundwood — Import quantity, per unit of GDP 0 m3 per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Industrial roundwood — Import quantity, per capita 0.0006 m3 per person (2024)
- Industrial roundwood — Import value, per unit of GDP 0 1000 USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Industrial roundwood — Import value, per capita 0.0001 1000 USD per person (2024)
- Industrial roundwood — Export quantity, annual growth rate -13.95 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is gross fixed capital formation (agriculture, forestry and fishing) in South Africa?
- Gross fixed capital formation (agriculture, forestry and fishing) in South Africa was 31,746 million SLC in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest gross fixed capital formation (agriculture, forestry and fishing) recorded in South Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 31,746 million SLC in 2023.
- What is the lowest gross fixed capital formation (agriculture, forestry and fishing) recorded in South Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 13,845 million SLC in 1999.
- How does South Africa rank for gross fixed capital formation (agriculture, forestry and fishing)?
- South Africa ranks 54th out of 181 countries with data for 2023.
- Is gross fixed capital formation (agriculture, forestry and fishing) rising or falling in South Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 17.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this South Africa data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Gross Fixed Capital Formation (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Value Standard Local Currency, 2015 prices. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
As part of the FAO Agriculture Capital Stock (ACS) database, the Statistics Division of FAO publishes country-by-country data on physical investment in agriculture, forestry and fishing as measured by the System of National Accounts (SNA) concept of Gross Fixed Capital Formation (GFCF). Additional variables included in the ACS are Net and Gross Capital Stock, Consumption of Fixed Capital, the Agriculture Investment ratio, and the Gross Fixed Capital Formation Agriculture Orientation Index. The FAO Agriculture Capital Stock Database is an analytical database: whenever available, the database integrates official National Accounts data harvested from the UNSD National Accounts Main Aggregates Database (UNSD AMA) and the OECD Annual National Accounts Database (OECD ANA). The database is further supplemented by OECD Structural Analysis database (OECD STAN) and, in a few cases, data from country’s statistics websites. If the full set of official data is not available for any specific country, imputation methods are applied to obtain estimates over the complete time series. Many data points in ACS are estimated and are flagged as such; they do not represent official submissions by Member Countries. With a view of producing internationally comparable net capital stock estimates, the Perpetual Inventory Method (PIM) with a constant geometric depreciation rate is employed to impute missing data. The Perpetual Inventory Method is a well-established economic model to calculate Net Capital Stocks (NCS) and Consumption of Fixed Capital (CFC) from time series of Gross Fixed Capital Formation (GFCF). Specifically, annual measures of the NCS are obtained from cumulating historical series on physical investment flows and deducting the part of assets that are depreciated (the Consumption of Fixed Capital that occurs in every period). In order to implement the PIM, long time series on aggregate GFCF in agriculture, forestry and fishing is required.An attempt is made to rely as much as possible on National Accounts data published by the OECD and UNSD. When country data are partially or fully missing, econometric techniques to impute missing observations are employed. Depending on the pattern of data missingness for the countries, different imputation methods are applied (from among the ARIMAX, PANEL regression, and OLS approaches) for the data series from 1995 to 2022. The values of Agriculture Capital Stock related indicators for 2023, including Agriculture Investment Ratio, Agriculture Orientation Index, Net Capital Stock, Gross Fixed Capital Formation and Consumption of Fixed Capital, are estimated using the Holt-Winters (HW) method (Cipra et al., 1995). The HW method is an exponential smoothing method for forecasting the annual values of economic variables. In this context, the HW method relies on existing (historical) values of the Agriculture Capital Stock. The predicted value is an extrapolation of the historical values to the specified target date, which extends the timeline without considering seasonality in the annual series.All data series in the database are provided both in national currencies and in US dollars as well as in current prices and constant prices with base year 2015.