Germany vs South America: Wheat — Production
Wheat — Production over time
- Germany
- South America
How they compare
South America currently reports 29.90 million t against 18.53 million t in Germany, a difference of 11.38 million t.
That makes South America's figure about 1.6 times Germany's.
The two have swapped places 18 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was South America ahead.
Germany ranks 13th and South America ranks 8th of 124 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Germany averaged higher in 2 and South America in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Germany | South America | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6.70 million t | 9.77 million t | 3.08 million t | South America |
| 1970s | 9.94 million t | 11.29 million t | 1.35 million t | South America |
| 1980s | 13.31 million t | 16.23 million t | 2.92 million t | South America |
| 1990s | 17.60 million t | 16.92 million t | 671,370 t | Germany |
| 2000s | 22.81 million t | 20.85 million t | 1.96 million t | Germany |
| 2010s | 24.06 million t | 24.81 million t | 747,650 t | South America |
| 2020s | 21.26 million t | 29.20 million t | 7.94 million t | South America |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher wheat — production, Germany or South America?
- South America, at 29.90 million t against 18.53 million t in Germany as of 2024.
- What is the difference in wheat — production between Germany and South America?
- 11.38 million t, with South America ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Germany and South America?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Germany and South America rank globally for wheat — production?
- Germany ranks 13th and South America ranks 8th of 124 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Wheat — Production. 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.