Romania vs South Africa: Cereals, primary — Production

Romania
17.86 million t
in 2024
South Africa
15.31 million t
in 2024
Romania rank
29th
South Africa rank
31st

Cereals, primary — Production over time

  • Romania
  • South Africa
10.0M20.0M30.0M196119922024

How they compare

Romania currently reports 17.86 million t against 15.31 million t in South Africa, a difference of 2.55 million t.

That makes Romania's figure about 1.2 times South Africa's.

The two have swapped places 12 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Romania ahead.

Romania ranks 29th and South Africa ranks 31st of 178 countries.

Romania has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Romania South Africa Difference Ahead
1960s 11.94 million t 7.23 million t 4.71 million t Romania
1970s 16.00 million t 10.93 million t 5.08 million t Romania
1980s 18.72 million t 12.01 million t 6.71 million t Romania
1990s 17.11 million t 11.14 million t 5.97 million t Romania
2000s 15.57 million t 12.52 million t 3.05 million t Romania
2010s 22.35 million t 14.52 million t 7.83 million t Romania
2020s 20.69 million t 18.08 million t 2.61 million t Romania

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher cereals, primary — production, Romania or South Africa?
Romania, at 17.86 million t against 15.31 million t in South Africa as of 2024.
What is the difference in cereals, primary — production between Romania and South Africa?
2.55 million t, with Romania ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Romania and South Africa?
64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do Romania and South Africa rank globally for cereals, primary — production?
Romania ranks 29th and South Africa ranks 31st of 178 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Cereals, primary — Production. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Cereals, primary — Production
Unit
t
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
226 places, 12,898 data points, 1961–2024
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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.