Papua New Guinea vs Switzerland: Cereals, primary — Yield

Papua New Guinea
4,787 kg/ha
in 2024
Switzerland
4,584 kg/ha
in 2024
Papua New Guinea rank
53rd
Switzerland rank
55th

Cereals, primary — Yield over time

  • Papua New Guinea
  • Switzerland
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How they compare

Papua New Guinea currently reports 4,787 kg/ha against 4,584 kg/ha in Switzerland, a difference of 203 kg/ha.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Switzerland ahead.

Papua New Guinea ranks 53rd and Switzerland ranks 55th of 178 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Papua New Guinea Switzerland Difference Ahead
1960s 2,259 kg/ha 3,469 kg/ha 1,210 kg/ha Switzerland
1970s 1,981 kg/ha 4,371 kg/ha 2,390 kg/ha Switzerland
1980s 1,900 kg/ha 5,505 kg/ha 3,605 kg/ha Switzerland
1990s 3,156 kg/ha 6,145 kg/ha 2,989 kg/ha Switzerland
2000s 3,895 kg/ha 6,238 kg/ha 2,343 kg/ha Switzerland
2010s 4,663 kg/ha 6,372 kg/ha 1,710 kg/ha Switzerland
2020s 4,793 kg/ha 5,773 kg/ha 979.78 kg/ha Switzerland

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher cereals, primary — yield, Papua New Guinea or Switzerland?
Papua New Guinea, at 4,787 kg/ha against 4,584 kg/ha in Switzerland as of 2024.
What is the difference in cereals, primary — yield between Papua New Guinea and Switzerland?
203 kg/ha, with Papua New Guinea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Papua New Guinea and Switzerland?
64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do Papua New Guinea and Switzerland rank globally for cereals, primary — yield?
Papua New Guinea ranks 53rd and Switzerland ranks 55th of 178 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Cereals, primary — Yield. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Cereals, primary — Yield
Unit
kg/ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
226 places, 12,848 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.