Africa vs South Africa: Oranges — Yield
Oranges — Yield over time
- Africa
- South Africa
How they compare
South Africa currently reports 45,800 kg/ha against 20,842 kg/ha in Africa, a difference of 24,958 kg/ha.
That makes South Africa's figure about 2.2 times Africa's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, South Africa has been ahead every year.
Africa ranks 8th and South Africa ranks 5th of 27 groups.
South Africa has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Africa | South Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 13,383 kg/ha | 17,841 kg/ha | 4,459 kg/ha | South Africa |
| 1970s | 13,840 kg/ha | 20,108 kg/ha | 6,268 kg/ha | South Africa |
| 1980s | 13,795 kg/ha | 20,135 kg/ha | 6,340 kg/ha | South Africa |
| 1990s | 13,443 kg/ha | 22,302 kg/ha | 8,858 kg/ha | South Africa |
| 2000s | 15,891 kg/ha | 29,601 kg/ha | 13,709 kg/ha | South Africa |
| 2010s | 19,642 kg/ha | 39,230 kg/ha | 19,588 kg/ha | South Africa |
| 2020s | 20,230 kg/ha | 44,729 kg/ha | 24,499 kg/ha | South Africa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher oranges — yield, Africa or South Africa?
- South Africa, at 45,800 kg/ha against 20,842 kg/ha in Africa as of 2024.
- What is the difference in oranges — yield between Africa and South Africa?
- 24,958 kg/ha, with South Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Africa and South Africa?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Africa and South Africa rank globally for oranges — yield?
- Africa ranks 8th and South Africa ranks 5th of 27 groups.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Oranges — 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.