Africa vs China: String beans — Yield
String beans — Yield over time
- Africa
- China
How they compare
Africa currently reports 18,108 kg/ha against 11,604 kg/ha in China, a difference of 6,504 kg/ha.
That makes Africa's figure about 1.6 times China's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 36 shared years of data; in 1989 it was China ahead.
Africa ranks 6th and China ranks 6th of 24 groups.
Across the 5 decades both report, Africa averaged higher in 3 and China in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Africa | China | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 5,000 kg/ha | 12,123 kg/ha | 7,123 kg/ha | China |
| 1990s | 8,288 kg/ha | 12,525 kg/ha | 4,237 kg/ha | China |
| 2000s | 16,367 kg/ha | 12,327 kg/ha | 4,039 kg/ha | Africa |
| 2010s | 20,927 kg/ha | 11,763 kg/ha | 9,164 kg/ha | Africa |
| 2020s | 19,328 kg/ha | 11,644 kg/ha | 7,684 kg/ha | Africa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher string beans — yield, Africa or China?
- Africa, at 18,108 kg/ha against 11,604 kg/ha in China as of 2024.
- What is the difference in string beans — yield between Africa and China?
- 6,504 kg/ha, with Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Africa and China?
- 36 years are reported by both, from 1989 to 2024.
- How do Africa and China rank globally for string beans — yield?
- Africa ranks 6th and China ranks 6th of 24 groups.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as String beans — 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.