Japan vs Southern Africa: Apples — Area harvested
Apples — Area harvested over time
- Japan
- Southern Africa
How they compare
Japan currently reports 33,403 ha against 31,099 ha in Southern Africa, a difference of 2,304 ha.
That makes Japan's figure about 1.1 times Southern Africa's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Japan has been ahead every year.
Japan ranks 19th and Southern Africa ranks 22nd of 96 countries.
Japan has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Japan | Southern Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 64,433 ha | 10,778 ha | 53,656 ha | Japan |
| 1970s | 54,540 ha | 18,300 ha | 36,240 ha | Japan |
| 1980s | 53,750 ha | 20,730 ha | 33,020 ha | Japan |
| 1990s | 49,170 ha | 22,070 ha | 27,100 ha | Japan |
| 2000s | 41,170 ha | 22,413 ha | 18,757 ha | Japan |
| 2010s | 37,010 ha | 22,606 ha | 14,404 ha | Japan |
| 2020s | 34,841 ha | 28,220 ha | 6,621 ha | Japan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher apples — area harvested, Japan or Southern Africa?
- Japan, at 33,403 ha against 31,099 ha in Southern Africa as of 2024.
- What is the difference in apples — area harvested between Japan and Southern Africa?
- 2,304 ha, with Japan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Southern Africa?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Japan and Southern Africa rank globally for apples — area harvested?
- Japan ranks 19th and Southern Africa ranks 22nd of 96 countries.
- 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.