China vs Southern Africa: Oats — Yield
Oats — Yield over time
- China
- Southern Africa
How they compare
China currently reports 3,453 kg/ha against 1,382 kg/ha in Southern Africa, a difference of 2,071 kg/ha.
That makes China's figure about 2.5 times Southern Africa's.
The two have swapped places 9 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Southern Africa ahead.
China ranks 18th and Southern Africa ranks 21st of 78 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, China averaged higher in 5 and Southern Africa in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | China | Southern Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 916.49 kg/ha | 1,480 kg/ha | 563.69 kg/ha | Southern Africa |
| 1970s | 1,163 kg/ha | 1,393 kg/ha | 229.76 kg/ha | Southern Africa |
| 1980s | 1,561 kg/ha | 1,348 kg/ha | 213.06 kg/ha | China |
| 1990s | 2,128 kg/ha | 1,255 kg/ha | 872.92 kg/ha | China |
| 2000s | 2,341 kg/ha | 1,564 kg/ha | 776.82 kg/ha | China |
| 2010s | 3,396 kg/ha | 1,585 kg/ha | 1,811 kg/ha | China |
| 2020s | 3,451 kg/ha | 1,539 kg/ha | 1,912 kg/ha | China |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher oats — yield, China or Southern Africa?
- China, at 3,453 kg/ha against 1,382 kg/ha in Southern Africa as of 2024.
- What is the difference in oats — yield between China and Southern Africa?
- 2,071 kg/ha, with China ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for China and Southern Africa?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do China and Southern Africa rank globally for oats — yield?
- China ranks 18th and Southern Africa ranks 21st of 78 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Oats — 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.