South Africa vs Western Europe: Apples — Yield
Apples — Yield over time
- South Africa
- Western Europe
How they compare
South Africa currently reports 42,688 kg/ha against 34,003 kg/ha in Western Europe, a difference of 8,685 kg/ha.
That makes South Africa's figure about 1.3 times Western Europe's.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Western Europe ahead.
South Africa ranks 6th and Western Europe ranks 4th of 96 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, South Africa averaged higher in 2 and Western Europe in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | South Africa | Western Europe | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 14,380 kg/ha | 60,865 kg/ha | 46,485 kg/ha | Western Europe |
| 1970s | 16,860 kg/ha | 68,779 kg/ha | 51,919 kg/ha | Western Europe |
| 1980s | 21,292 kg/ha | 47,836 kg/ha | 26,544 kg/ha | Western Europe |
| 1990s | 24,785 kg/ha | 33,887 kg/ha | 9,102 kg/ha | Western Europe |
| 2000s | 31,448 kg/ha | 38,059 kg/ha | 6,611 kg/ha | Western Europe |
| 2010s | 37,537 kg/ha | 36,081 kg/ha | 1,456 kg/ha | South Africa |
| 2020s | 41,813 kg/ha | 33,509 kg/ha | 8,305 kg/ha | South Africa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher apples — yield, South Africa or Western Europe?
- South Africa, at 42,688 kg/ha against 34,003 kg/ha in Western Europe as of 2024.
- What is the difference in apples — yield between South Africa and Western Europe?
- 8,685 kg/ha, with South Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for South Africa and Western Europe?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do South Africa and Western Europe rank globally for apples — yield?
- South Africa ranks 6th and Western Europe ranks 4th 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.