Papua New Guinea vs South Africa: Cereal yield (kg per hectare)
Cereal yield (kg per hectare) over time
- Papua New Guinea
- South Africa
How they compare
Papua New Guinea currently reports 4,787 kg per hectare against 4,562 kg per hectare in South Africa, a difference of 225 kg per hectare.
The two have swapped places 17 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Papua New Guinea ahead.
Papua New Guinea ranks 50th and South Africa ranks 51st of 181 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Papua New Guinea averaged higher in 6 and South Africa in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Papua New Guinea | South Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,259 kg per hectare | 1,109 kg per hectare | 1,150 kg per hectare | Papua New Guinea |
| 1970s | 1,981 kg per hectare | 1,542 kg per hectare | 439.45 kg per hectare | Papua New Guinea |
| 1980s | 1,900 kg per hectare | 1,715 kg per hectare | 184.91 kg per hectare | Papua New Guinea |
| 1990s | 3,156 kg per hectare | 2,011 kg per hectare | 1,145 kg per hectare | Papua New Guinea |
| 2000s | 3,895 kg per hectare | 3,099 kg per hectare | 796.16 kg per hectare | Papua New Guinea |
| 2010s | 4,663 kg per hectare | 4,241 kg per hectare | 421.71 kg per hectare | Papua New Guinea |
| 2020s | 4,800 kg per hectare | 5,407 kg per hectare | 607.12 kg per hectare | South Africa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher cereal yield, Papua New Guinea or South Africa?
- Papua New Guinea, at 4,787 kg per hectare against 4,562 kg per hectare in South Africa as of 2023.
- What is the difference in cereal yield between Papua New Guinea and South Africa?
- 225 kg per hectare, with Papua New Guinea ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Papua New Guinea and South Africa?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Papua New Guinea and South Africa rank globally for cereal yield?
- Papua New Guinea ranks 50th and South Africa ranks 51st of 181 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- FAO electronic files and web site, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), published as Cereal yield (kg per hectare). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Cereal yield, measured as kilograms per hectare of harvested land, includes wheat, rice, maize, barley, oats, rye, millet, sorghum, buckwheat, and mixed grains. 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 and those used for grazing are excluded. The FAO allocates production data to the calendar year in which the bulk of the harvest took place. Most of a crop harvested near the end of a year will be used in the following year.