New Zealand vs South Africa: Apples — Yield
Apples — Yield over time
- New Zealand
- South Africa
How they compare
New Zealand currently reports 60,409 kg/ha against 42,688 kg/ha in South Africa, a difference of 17,721 kg/ha.
That makes New Zealand's figure about 1.4 times South Africa's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, New Zealand has been ahead every year.
New Zealand ranks 1st and South Africa ranks 6th of 96 countries.
New Zealand has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | New Zealand | South Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 26,530 kg/ha | 14,380 kg/ha | 12,150 kg/ha | New Zealand |
| 1970s | 30,141 kg/ha | 16,860 kg/ha | 13,281 kg/ha | New Zealand |
| 1980s | 37,787 kg/ha | 21,292 kg/ha | 16,495 kg/ha | New Zealand |
| 1990s | 34,669 kg/ha | 24,785 kg/ha | 9,884 kg/ha | New Zealand |
| 2000s | 44,367 kg/ha | 31,448 kg/ha | 12,919 kg/ha | New Zealand |
| 2010s | 52,965 kg/ha | 37,537 kg/ha | 15,428 kg/ha | New Zealand |
| 2020s | 59,145 kg/ha | 41,813 kg/ha | 17,332 kg/ha | New Zealand |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher apples — yield, New Zealand or South Africa?
- New Zealand, at 60,409 kg/ha against 42,688 kg/ha in South Africa as of 2024.
- What is the difference in apples — yield between New Zealand and South Africa?
- 17,721 kg/ha, with New Zealand ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for New Zealand and South Africa?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do New Zealand and South Africa rank globally for apples — yield?
- New Zealand ranks 1st and South Africa ranks 6th of 96 countries.
- 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.