China, mainland vs Southern Africa: Watermelons — Yield
Watermelons — Yield over time
- China, mainland
- Southern Africa
How they compare
China, mainland currently reports 43,741 kg/ha against 18,935 kg/ha in Southern Africa, a difference of 24,806 kg/ha.
That makes China, mainland's figure about 2.3 times Southern Africa's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, China, mainland has been ahead every year.
China, mainland ranks 24th and Southern Africa ranks 22nd of 131 countries.
China, mainland has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | China, mainland | Southern Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 13,503 kg/ha | 10,369 kg/ha | 3,134 kg/ha | China, mainland |
| 1970s | 16,307 kg/ha | 10,495 kg/ha | 5,812 kg/ha | China, mainland |
| 1980s | 16,375 kg/ha | 11,267 kg/ha | 5,108 kg/ha | China, mainland |
| 1990s | 23,648 kg/ha | 13,195 kg/ha | 10,453 kg/ha | China, mainland |
| 2000s | 33,938 kg/ha | 14,658 kg/ha | 19,280 kg/ha | China, mainland |
| 2010s | 39,442 kg/ha | 16,161 kg/ha | 23,281 kg/ha | China, mainland |
| 2020s | 42,331 kg/ha | 18,974 kg/ha | 23,357 kg/ha | China, mainland |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher watermelons — yield, China, mainland or Southern Africa?
- China, mainland, at 43,741 kg/ha against 18,935 kg/ha in Southern Africa as of 2024.
- What is the difference in watermelons — yield between China, mainland and Southern Africa?
- 24,806 kg/ha, with China, mainland ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for China, mainland and Southern Africa?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do China, mainland and Southern Africa rank globally for watermelons — yield?
- China, mainland ranks 24th and Southern Africa ranks 22nd of 131 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Watermelons — 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.