Eastern Africa vs South Africa: Apples — Area harvested
Apples — Area harvested over time
- Eastern Africa
- South Africa
How they compare
South Africa currently reports 31,099 ha against 5,734 ha in Eastern Africa, a difference of 25,365 ha.
That makes South Africa's figure about 5.4 times Eastern Africa's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Eastern Africa ahead.
Eastern Africa ranks 24th and South Africa ranks 25th of 25 groups.
South Africa has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Eastern Africa | South Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6,996 ha | 10,778 ha | 3,782 ha | South Africa |
| 1970s | 3,520 ha | 18,300 ha | 14,780 ha | South Africa |
| 1980s | 4,162 ha | 20,730 ha | 16,568 ha | South Africa |
| 1990s | 4,850 ha | 22,070 ha | 17,220 ha | South Africa |
| 2000s | 5,063 ha | 22,413 ha | 17,350 ha | South Africa |
| 2010s | 5,418 ha | 22,606 ha | 17,188 ha | South Africa |
| 2020s | 5,796 ha | 28,220 ha | 22,424 ha | South Africa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher apples — area harvested, Eastern Africa or South Africa?
- South Africa, at 31,099 ha against 5,734 ha in Eastern Africa as of 2024.
- What is the difference in apples — area harvested between Eastern Africa and South Africa?
- 25,365 ha, with South Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Eastern Africa and South Africa?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Eastern Africa and South Africa rank globally for apples — area harvested?
- Eastern Africa ranks 24th and South Africa ranks 25th of 25 groups.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Apples — Area harvested. 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.