Africa vs China: Dates — Yield
Dates — Yield over time
- Africa
- China
How they compare
China currently reports 13,097 kg/ha against 8,423 kg/ha in Africa, a difference of 4,674 kg/ha.
That makes China's figure about 1.6 times Africa's.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Africa ahead.
Africa ranks 8th and China ranks 7th of 23 groups.
Across the 7 decades both report, Africa averaged higher in 3 and China in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Africa | China | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6,668 kg/ha | 4,110 kg/ha | 2,559 kg/ha | Africa |
| 1970s | 6,872 kg/ha | 4,487 kg/ha | 2,385 kg/ha | Africa |
| 1980s | 6,371 kg/ha | 5,118 kg/ha | 1,253 kg/ha | Africa |
| 1990s | 6,395 kg/ha | 9,849 kg/ha | 3,454 kg/ha | China |
| 2000s | 7,294 kg/ha | 17,120 kg/ha | 9,827 kg/ha | China |
| 2010s | 8,141 kg/ha | 13,274 kg/ha | 5,133 kg/ha | China |
| 2020s | 8,643 kg/ha | 13,108 kg/ha | 4,465 kg/ha | China |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher dates — yield, Africa or China?
- China, at 13,097 kg/ha against 8,423 kg/ha in Africa as of 2024.
- What is the difference in dates — yield between Africa and China?
- 4,674 kg/ha, with China ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Africa and China?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Africa and China rank globally for dates — yield?
- Africa ranks 8th and China ranks 7th of 23 groups.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Dates — 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.