China vs South Africa: Watermelons — Yield
Watermelons — Yield over time
- China
- South Africa
How they compare
China currently reports 43,629 kg/ha against 16,468 kg/ha in South Africa, a difference of 27,161 kg/ha.
That makes China's figure about 2.6 times South Africa's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, China has been ahead every year.
China ranks 25th and South Africa ranks 27th of 131 countries.
China has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | China | South Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 13,416 kg/ha | 10,369 kg/ha | 3,047 kg/ha | China |
| 1970s | 16,311 kg/ha | 10,495 kg/ha | 5,816 kg/ha | China |
| 1980s | 16,314 kg/ha | 11,267 kg/ha | 5,047 kg/ha | China |
| 1990s | 23,508 kg/ha | 13,192 kg/ha | 10,316 kg/ha | China |
| 2000s | 33,816 kg/ha | 14,652 kg/ha | 19,164 kg/ha | China |
| 2010s | 39,308 kg/ha | 15,664 kg/ha | 23,645 kg/ha | China |
| 2020s | 42,219 kg/ha | 16,342 kg/ha | 25,878 kg/ha | China |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher watermelons — yield, China or South Africa?
- China, at 43,629 kg/ha against 16,468 kg/ha in South Africa as of 2024.
- What is the difference in watermelons — yield between China and South Africa?
- 27,161 kg/ha, with China ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for China and South Africa?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do China and South Africa rank globally for watermelons — yield?
- China ranks 25th and South Africa ranks 27th 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.