New Zealand vs South Africa: Fruit Primary — Yield
Fruit Primary — Yield over time
- New Zealand
- South Africa
How they compare
South Africa currently reports 24,932 kg/ha against 23,374 kg/ha in New Zealand, a difference of 1,558 kg/ha.
That makes South Africa's figure about 1.1 times New Zealand's.
The two have swapped places 11 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was New Zealand ahead.
New Zealand ranks 17th and South Africa ranks 14th of 191 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, New Zealand averaged higher in 4 and South Africa in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | New Zealand | South Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 19,764 kg/ha | 11,297 kg/ha | 8,467 kg/ha | New Zealand |
| 1970s | 18,034 kg/ha | 11,746 kg/ha | 6,288 kg/ha | New Zealand |
| 1980s | 14,250 kg/ha | 14,775 kg/ha | 524.75 kg/ha | South Africa |
| 1990s | 20,438 kg/ha | 16,001 kg/ha | 4,437 kg/ha | New Zealand |
| 2000s | 18,867 kg/ha | 19,206 kg/ha | 338.67 kg/ha | South Africa |
| 2010s | 20,016 kg/ha | 22,640 kg/ha | 2,624 kg/ha | South Africa |
| 2020s | 24,482 kg/ha | 24,300 kg/ha | 181.5 kg/ha | New Zealand |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher fruit primary — yield, New Zealand or South Africa?
- South Africa, at 24,932 kg/ha against 23,374 kg/ha in New Zealand as of 2024.
- What is the difference in fruit primary — yield between New Zealand and South Africa?
- 1,558 kg/ha, with South Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for New Zealand and South Africa?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do New Zealand and South Africa rank globally for fruit primary — yield?
- New Zealand ranks 17th and South Africa ranks 14th of 191 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Fruit Primary — 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.