Germany vs South America: Apples — Production

Germany
871,990 t
in 2024
South America
2.97 million t
in 2024
Germany rank
15th
South America rank
17th

Apples — Production over time

  • Germany
  • South America
01.0M2.0M3.0M4.0M196119922024

How they compare

South America currently reports 2.97 million t against 871,990 t in Germany, a difference of 2.10 million t.

That makes South America's figure about 3.4 times Germany's.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Germany ahead.

Germany ranks 15th and South America ranks 17th of 96 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Germany averaged higher in 3 and South America in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade Germany South America Difference Ahead
1960s 1.89 million t 710,389 t 1.18 million t Germany
1970s 2.02 million t 934,206 t 1.09 million t Germany
1980s 2.39 million t 1.77 million t 618,282 t Germany
1990s 1.04 million t 2.86 million t 1.82 million t South America
2000s 1.32 million t 3.56 million t 2.24 million t South America
2010s 941,850 t 3.87 million t 2.93 million t South America
2020s 982,426 t 3.30 million t 2.32 million t South America

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher apples — production, Germany or South America?
South America, at 2.97 million t against 871,990 t in Germany as of 2024.
What is the difference in apples — production between Germany and South America?
2.10 million t, with South America ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Germany and South America?
64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do Germany and South America rank globally for apples — production?
Germany ranks 15th and South America ranks 17th of 96 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Apples — Production. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Apples — Production
Unit
t
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
130 places, 7,019 data points, 1961–2024
Last refreshed

Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.