Namibia vs South Africa: Wheat — Yield
Wheat — Yield over time
- Namibia
- South Africa
How they compare
Namibia currently reports 7,066 kg/ha against 3,809 kg/ha in South Africa, a difference of 3,257 kg/ha.
That makes Namibia's figure about 1.9 times South Africa's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Namibia has been ahead every year.
Namibia ranks 7th and South Africa ranks 8th of 133 countries.
Namibia has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Namibia | South Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,407 kg/ha | 640.89 kg/ha | 766.21 kg/ha | Namibia |
| 1970s | 1,950 kg/ha | 933.89 kg/ha | 1,016 kg/ha | Namibia |
| 1980s | 3,028 kg/ha | 1,236 kg/ha | 1,793 kg/ha | Namibia |
| 1990s | 4,827 kg/ha | 1,820 kg/ha | 3,007 kg/ha | Namibia |
| 2000s | 5,638 kg/ha | 2,589 kg/ha | 3,050 kg/ha | Namibia |
| 2010s | 5,775 kg/ha | 3,342 kg/ha | 2,434 kg/ha | Namibia |
| 2020s | 5,881 kg/ha | 3,973 kg/ha | 1,907 kg/ha | Namibia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher wheat — yield, Namibia or South Africa?
- Namibia, at 7,066 kg/ha against 3,809 kg/ha in South Africa as of 2024.
- What is the difference in wheat — yield between Namibia and South Africa?
- 3,257 kg/ha, with Namibia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Namibia and South Africa?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Namibia and South Africa rank globally for wheat — yield?
- Namibia ranks 7th 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.