Israel vs South Africa: Bananas — Yield
Bananas — Yield over time
- Israel
- South Africa
How they compare
Israel currently reports 66,803 kg/ha against 63,101 kg/ha in South Africa, a difference of 3,702 kg/ha.
That makes Israel's figure about 1.1 times South Africa's.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Israel ahead.
Israel ranks 1st and South Africa ranks 3rd of 120 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Israel averaged higher in 5 and South Africa in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Israel | South Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 21,864 kg/ha | 6,979 kg/ha | 14,885 kg/ha | Israel |
| 1970s | 29,879 kg/ha | 11,547 kg/ha | 18,332 kg/ha | Israel |
| 1980s | 41,439 kg/ha | 13,847 kg/ha | 27,592 kg/ha | Israel |
| 1990s | 41,577 kg/ha | 14,454 kg/ha | 27,123 kg/ha | Israel |
| 2000s | 42,916 kg/ha | 39,451 kg/ha | 3,464 kg/ha | Israel |
| 2010s | 49,563 kg/ha | 55,218 kg/ha | 5,655 kg/ha | South Africa |
| 2020s | 56,512 kg/ha | 61,326 kg/ha | 4,814 kg/ha | South Africa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher bananas — yield, Israel or South Africa?
- Israel, at 66,803 kg/ha against 63,101 kg/ha in South Africa as of 2024.
- What is the difference in bananas — yield between Israel and South Africa?
- 3,702 kg/ha, with Israel ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Israel and South Africa?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Israel and South Africa rank globally for bananas — yield?
- Israel ranks 1st and South Africa ranks 3rd of 120 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Bananas — 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.