Japan vs South Africa: Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield
Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield over time
- Japan
- South Africa
How they compare
South Africa currently reports 27,943 kg/ha against 27,350 kg/ha in Japan, a difference of 593 kg/ha.
The two have swapped places 9 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Japan ahead.
Japan ranks 42nd and South Africa ranks 40th of 191 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Japan averaged higher in 5 and South Africa in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Japan | South Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 18,655 kg/ha | 7,721 kg/ha | 10,933 kg/ha | Japan |
| 1970s | 21,479 kg/ha | 11,894 kg/ha | 9,585 kg/ha | Japan |
| 1980s | 24,373 kg/ha | 13,638 kg/ha | 10,735 kg/ha | Japan |
| 1990s | 25,787 kg/ha | 20,104 kg/ha | 5,683 kg/ha | Japan |
| 2000s | 27,183 kg/ha | 26,243 kg/ha | 940.42 kg/ha | Japan |
| 2010s | 25,801 kg/ha | 26,964 kg/ha | 1,163 kg/ha | South Africa |
| 2020s | 26,765 kg/ha | 26,772 kg/ha | 6.86 kg/ha | South Africa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher roots and tubers, total — yield, Japan or South Africa?
- South Africa, at 27,943 kg/ha against 27,350 kg/ha in Japan as of 2024.
- What is the difference in roots and tubers, total — yield between Japan and South Africa?
- 593 kg/ha, with South Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and South Africa?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Japan and South Africa rank globally for roots and tubers, total — yield?
- Japan ranks 42nd and South Africa ranks 40th of 191 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Roots and Tubers, Total — 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.