Americas vs South Africa: Apples — Yield
Apples — Yield over time
- Americas
- South Africa
How they compare
South Africa currently reports 42,688 kg/ha against 31,783 kg/ha in Americas, a difference of 10,905 kg/ha.
That makes South Africa's figure about 1.3 times Americas's.
The two have swapped places 11 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Americas ahead.
Americas ranks 6th and South Africa ranks 6th of 25 groups.
Across the 7 decades both report, Americas averaged higher in 2 and South Africa in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Americas | South Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 15,666 kg/ha | 14,380 kg/ha | 1,286 kg/ha | Americas |
| 1970s | 17,506 kg/ha | 16,860 kg/ha | 645.57 kg/ha | Americas |
| 1980s | 17,861 kg/ha | 21,292 kg/ha | 3,431 kg/ha | South Africa |
| 1990s | 21,505 kg/ha | 24,785 kg/ha | 3,280 kg/ha | South Africa |
| 2000s | 24,345 kg/ha | 31,448 kg/ha | 7,103 kg/ha | South Africa |
| 2010s | 29,859 kg/ha | 37,537 kg/ha | 7,678 kg/ha | South Africa |
| 2020s | 31,570 kg/ha | 41,813 kg/ha | 10,243 kg/ha | South Africa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher apples — yield, Americas or South Africa?
- South Africa, at 42,688 kg/ha against 31,783 kg/ha in Americas as of 2024.
- What is the difference in apples — yield between Americas and South Africa?
- 10,905 kg/ha, with South Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Americas and South Africa?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Americas and South Africa rank globally for apples — yield?
- Americas ranks 6th and South Africa ranks 6th of 25 groups.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Apples — Yield. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
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.