Share of agricultural households in South Africa 2022, by province

As of 2022, 16.3 percent of the households in South Africa were involved in agricultural activities. Provinces with larger portions of rural areas, such as Limpopo (35.2 percent) and Mpumalanga (33.4 percent), were more likely to share large numbers of households involved in agricultural production. In contrast, relatively urbanized provinces, such as Gauteng (5.9 percent), which includes Johannesburg, and Western Cape (3.3 percent), which includes Cape Town, were less likely to be involved in such activities. Moreover, the share of households involved in agricultural activities dropped in all provinces except the Northern Cape, North West, and Western Cape compared to 2021.