Germany vs South Africa: Tomatoes — Yield
Tomatoes — Yield over time
- Germany
- South Africa
How they compare
Germany currently reports 277,000 kg/ha against 65,302 kg/ha in South Africa, a difference of 211,698 kg/ha.
That makes Germany's figure about 4.2 times South Africa's.
The two have swapped places 13 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was South Africa ahead.
Germany ranks 12th and South Africa ranks 9th of 183 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Germany averaged higher in 6 and South Africa in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Germany | South Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 27,651 kg/ha | 28,119 kg/ha | 467.81 kg/ha | South Africa |
| 1970s | 30,808 kg/ha | 26,551 kg/ha | 4,258 kg/ha | Germany |
| 1980s | 33,815 kg/ha | 28,322 kg/ha | 5,493 kg/ha | Germany |
| 1990s | 100,683 kg/ha | 30,959 kg/ha | 69,724 kg/ha | Germany |
| 2000s | 178,914 kg/ha | 68,021 kg/ha | 110,893 kg/ha | Germany |
| 2010s | 241,527 kg/ha | 69,994 kg/ha | 171,533 kg/ha | Germany |
| 2020s | 268,438 kg/ha | 65,410 kg/ha | 203,028 kg/ha | Germany |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher tomatoes — yield, Germany or South Africa?
- Germany, at 277,000 kg/ha against 65,302 kg/ha in South Africa as of 2024.
- What is the difference in tomatoes — yield between Germany and South Africa?
- 211,698 kg/ha, with Germany ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Germany and South Africa?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Germany and South Africa rank globally for tomatoes — yield?
- Germany ranks 12th and South Africa ranks 9th of 183 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Tomatoes — 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.