Northern America vs South Africa: Apples — Yield
Apples — Yield over time
- Northern America
- South Africa
How they compare
South Africa currently reports 42,688 kg/ha against 38,821 kg/ha in Northern America, a difference of 3,867 kg/ha.
That makes South Africa's figure about 1.1 times Northern America's.
The two have swapped places 26 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was South Africa ahead.
Northern America ranks 3rd and South Africa ranks 6th of 25 groups.
Across the 7 decades both report, Northern America averaged higher in 2 and South Africa in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Northern America | South Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 14,434 kg/ha | 14,380 kg/ha | 53.77 kg/ha | Northern America |
| 1970s | 17,273 kg/ha | 16,860 kg/ha | 412.86 kg/ha | Northern America |
| 1980s | 20,875 kg/ha | 21,292 kg/ha | 417.01 kg/ha | South Africa |
| 1990s | 24,546 kg/ha | 24,785 kg/ha | 239.36 kg/ha | South Africa |
| 2000s | 27,657 kg/ha | 31,448 kg/ha | 3,791 kg/ha | South Africa |
| 2010s | 35,322 kg/ha | 37,537 kg/ha | 2,215 kg/ha | South Africa |
| 2020s | 37,713 kg/ha | 41,813 kg/ha | 4,100 kg/ha | South Africa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher apples — yield, Northern America or South Africa?
- South Africa, at 42,688 kg/ha against 38,821 kg/ha in Northern America as of 2024.
- What is the difference in apples — yield between Northern America and South Africa?
- 3,867 kg/ha, with South Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Northern America and South Africa?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Northern America and South Africa rank globally for apples — yield?
- Northern America ranks 3rd 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.