South Africa vs Southern Europe: Apples — Yield
Apples — Yield over time
- South Africa
- Southern Europe
How they compare
South Africa currently reports 42,688 kg/ha against 25,821 kg/ha in Southern Europe, a difference of 16,867 kg/ha.
That makes South Africa's figure about 1.7 times Southern Europe's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Southern Europe ahead.
South Africa ranks 6th and Southern Europe ranks 8th of 96 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, South Africa averaged higher in 5 and Southern Europe in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | South Africa | Southern Europe | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 14,380 kg/ha | 18,690 kg/ha | 4,309 kg/ha | Southern Europe |
| 1970s | 16,860 kg/ha | 19,829 kg/ha | 2,969 kg/ha | Southern Europe |
| 1980s | 21,292 kg/ha | 20,232 kg/ha | 1,061 kg/ha | South Africa |
| 1990s | 24,785 kg/ha | 18,605 kg/ha | 6,180 kg/ha | South Africa |
| 2000s | 31,448 kg/ha | 21,125 kg/ha | 10,323 kg/ha | South Africa |
| 2010s | 37,537 kg/ha | 24,959 kg/ha | 12,578 kg/ha | South Africa |
| 2020s | 41,813 kg/ha | 25,519 kg/ha | 16,295 kg/ha | South Africa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher apples — yield, South Africa or Southern Europe?
- South Africa, at 42,688 kg/ha against 25,821 kg/ha in Southern Europe as of 2024.
- What is the difference in apples — yield between South Africa and Southern Europe?
- 16,867 kg/ha, with South Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for South Africa and Southern Europe?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do South Africa and Southern Europe rank globally for apples — yield?
- South Africa ranks 6th and Southern Europe ranks 8th 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.