China vs South Africa: Pineapples — Yield
Pineapples — Yield over time
- China
- South Africa
How they compare
China currently reports 32,152 kg/ha against 11,118 kg/ha in South Africa, a difference of 21,034 kg/ha.
That makes China's figure about 2.9 times South Africa's.
The two have swapped places 7 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was South Africa ahead.
China ranks 25th and South Africa ranks 26th of 93 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, China averaged higher in 4 and South Africa in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | China | South Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 18,160 kg/ha | 22,934 kg/ha | 4,775 kg/ha | South Africa |
| 1970s | 20,134 kg/ha | 27,356 kg/ha | 7,221 kg/ha | South Africa |
| 1980s | 21,202 kg/ha | 28,180 kg/ha | 6,978 kg/ha | South Africa |
| 1990s | 26,395 kg/ha | 23,007 kg/ha | 3,387 kg/ha | China |
| 2000s | 20,764 kg/ha | 13,753 kg/ha | 7,011 kg/ha | China |
| 2010s | 24,548 kg/ha | 12,530 kg/ha | 12,018 kg/ha | China |
| 2020s | 31,223 kg/ha | 11,255 kg/ha | 19,968 kg/ha | China |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher pineapples — yield, China or South Africa?
- China, at 32,152 kg/ha against 11,118 kg/ha in South Africa as of 2024.
- What is the difference in pineapples — yield between China and South Africa?
- 21,034 kg/ha, with China ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for China and South Africa?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do China and South Africa rank globally for pineapples — yield?
- China ranks 25th and South Africa ranks 26th of 93 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Pineapples — 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.