Germany vs South Africa: Wheat — Yield
Wheat — Yield over time
- Germany
- South Africa
How they compare
Germany currently reports 7,084 kg/ha against 3,809 kg/ha in South Africa, a difference of 3,275 kg/ha.
That makes Germany's figure about 1.9 times South Africa's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Germany has been ahead every year.
Germany ranks 6th and South Africa ranks 8th of 133 countries.
Germany has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Germany | South Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,524 kg/ha | 640.89 kg/ha | 2,883 kg/ha | Germany |
| 1970s | 4,343 kg/ha | 933.89 kg/ha | 3,409 kg/ha | Germany |
| 1980s | 5,561 kg/ha | 1,236 kg/ha | 4,325 kg/ha | Germany |
| 1990s | 6,859 kg/ha | 1,820 kg/ha | 5,040 kg/ha | Germany |
| 2000s | 7,426 kg/ha | 2,589 kg/ha | 4,838 kg/ha | Germany |
| 2010s | 7,563 kg/ha | 3,342 kg/ha | 4,221 kg/ha | Germany |
| 2020s | 7,443 kg/ha | 3,973 kg/ha | 3,470 kg/ha | Germany |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher wheat — yield, Germany or South Africa?
- Germany, at 7,084 kg/ha against 3,809 kg/ha in South Africa as of 2024.
- What is the difference in wheat — yield between Germany and South Africa?
- 3,275 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 wheat — yield?
- Germany ranks 6th and South Africa ranks 8th of 133 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Wheat — 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.