South Africa vs South America: Citrus Fruit, Total — Yield
Citrus Fruit, Total — Yield over time
- South Africa
- South America
How they compare
South Africa currently reports 32,744 kg/ha against 23,034 kg/ha in South America, a difference of 9,710 kg/ha.
That makes South Africa's figure about 1.4 times South America's.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was South America ahead.
South Africa ranks 4th and South America ranks 2nd of 137 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, South Africa averaged higher in 6 and South America in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | South Africa | South America | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 18,025 kg/ha | 18,044 kg/ha | 18.89 kg/ha | South America |
| 1970s | 20,404 kg/ha | 18,080 kg/ha | 2,324 kg/ha | South Africa |
| 1980s | 20,515 kg/ha | 17,487 kg/ha | 3,028 kg/ha | South Africa |
| 1990s | 22,181 kg/ha | 18,920 kg/ha | 3,260 kg/ha | South Africa |
| 2000s | 27,861 kg/ha | 19,635 kg/ha | 8,227 kg/ha | South Africa |
| 2010s | 32,872 kg/ha | 22,069 kg/ha | 10,803 kg/ha | South Africa |
| 2020s | 32,461 kg/ha | 23,556 kg/ha | 8,905 kg/ha | South Africa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher citrus fruit, total — yield, South Africa or South America?
- South Africa, at 32,744 kg/ha against 23,034 kg/ha in South America as of 2024.
- What is the difference in citrus fruit, total — yield between South Africa and South America?
- 9,710 kg/ha, with South Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for South Africa and South America?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do South Africa and South America rank globally for citrus fruit, total — yield?
- South Africa ranks 4th and South America ranks 2nd of 137 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Citrus Fruit, Total — 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.