Africa vs China: Figs — Yield
Figs — Yield over time
- Africa
- China
How they compare
China currently reports 5,454 kg/ha against 3,014 kg/ha in Africa, a difference of 2,440 kg/ha.
That makes China's figure about 1.8 times Africa's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 40 shared years of data; in 1985 it was Africa ahead.
Africa ranks 23rd and China ranks 25th of 26 groups.
Across the 5 decades both report, Africa averaged higher in 2 and China in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Africa | China | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 1,932 kg/ha | 1,480 kg/ha | 452.46 kg/ha | Africa |
| 1990s | 2,716 kg/ha | 2,532 kg/ha | 183.74 kg/ha | Africa |
| 2000s | 2,731 kg/ha | 4,266 kg/ha | 1,535 kg/ha | China |
| 2010s | 3,112 kg/ha | 5,366 kg/ha | 2,254 kg/ha | China |
| 2020s | 3,227 kg/ha | 5,539 kg/ha | 2,312 kg/ha | China |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher figs — yield, Africa or China?
- China, at 5,454 kg/ha against 3,014 kg/ha in Africa as of 2024.
- What is the difference in figs — yield between Africa and China?
- 2,440 kg/ha, with China ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Africa and China?
- 40 years are reported by both, from 1985 to 2024.
- How do Africa and China rank globally for figs — yield?
- Africa ranks 23rd and China ranks 25th of 26 groups.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Figs — 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.