New Zealand vs South America: Pears — Yield
Pears — Yield over time
- New Zealand
- South America
How they compare
New Zealand currently reports 54,320 kg/ha against 29,430 kg/ha in South America, a difference of 24,890 kg/ha.
That makes New Zealand's figure about 1.8 times South America's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, New Zealand has been ahead every year.
New Zealand ranks 4th and South America ranks 2nd of 87 countries.
New Zealand has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | New Zealand | South America | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 29,938 kg/ha | 22,077 kg/ha | 7,861 kg/ha | New Zealand |
| 1970s | 32,259 kg/ha | 21,584 kg/ha | 10,676 kg/ha | New Zealand |
| 1980s | 23,879 kg/ha | 9,971 kg/ha | 13,908 kg/ha | New Zealand |
| 1990s | 34,537 kg/ha | 17,369 kg/ha | 17,168 kg/ha | New Zealand |
| 2000s | 44,164 kg/ha | 25,341 kg/ha | 18,823 kg/ha | New Zealand |
| 2010s | 50,379 kg/ha | 26,270 kg/ha | 24,108 kg/ha | New Zealand |
| 2020s | 53,676 kg/ha | 28,277 kg/ha | 25,400 kg/ha | New Zealand |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher pears — yield, New Zealand or South America?
- New Zealand, at 54,320 kg/ha against 29,430 kg/ha in South America as of 2024.
- What is the difference in pears — yield between New Zealand and South America?
- 24,890 kg/ha, with New Zealand ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for New Zealand and South America?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do New Zealand and South America rank globally for pears — yield?
- New Zealand ranks 4th and South America ranks 2nd of 87 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Pears — 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.