Southern Africa vs Switzerland: Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield
Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield over time
- Southern Africa
- Switzerland
How they compare
Switzerland currently reports 34,690 kg/ha against 19,728 kg/ha in Southern Africa, a difference of 14,962 kg/ha.
That makes Switzerland's figure about 1.8 times Southern Africa's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Switzerland has been ahead every year.
Southern Africa ranks 15th and Switzerland ranks 18th of 29 groups.
Switzerland has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Southern Africa | Switzerland | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 7,558 kg/ha | 26,700 kg/ha | 19,142 kg/ha | Switzerland |
| 1970s | 10,187 kg/ha | 34,718 kg/ha | 24,532 kg/ha | Switzerland |
| 1980s | 11,538 kg/ha | 37,380 kg/ha | 25,842 kg/ha | Switzerland |
| 1990s | 15,162 kg/ha | 40,266 kg/ha | 25,104 kg/ha | Switzerland |
| 2000s | 17,858 kg/ha | 39,476 kg/ha | 21,618 kg/ha | Switzerland |
| 2010s | 19,014 kg/ha | 39,111 kg/ha | 20,097 kg/ha | Switzerland |
| 2020s | 19,162 kg/ha | 36,086 kg/ha | 16,924 kg/ha | Switzerland |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher roots and tubers, total — yield, Southern Africa or Switzerland?
- Switzerland, at 34,690 kg/ha against 19,728 kg/ha in Southern Africa as of 2024.
- What is the difference in roots and tubers, total — yield between Southern Africa and Switzerland?
- 14,962 kg/ha, with Switzerland ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Southern Africa and Switzerland?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Southern Africa and Switzerland rank globally for roots and tubers, total — yield?
- Southern Africa ranks 15th and Switzerland ranks 18th of 29 groups.
- 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.