Africa vs Mexico: Avocados — Area harvested
Avocados — Area harvested over time
- Africa
- Mexico
How they compare
Mexico currently reports 253,044 ha against 168,915 ha in Africa, a difference of 84,129 ha.
That makes Mexico's figure about 1.5 times Africa's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Africa ahead.
Africa ranks 6th and Mexico ranks 1st of 27 groups.
Across the 7 decades both report, Africa averaged higher in 1 and Mexico in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Africa | Mexico | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 13,975 ha | 12,406 ha | 1,569 ha | Africa |
| 1970s | 20,722 ha | 35,460 ha | 14,738 ha | Mexico |
| 1980s | 27,953 ha | 61,579 ha | 33,626 ha | Mexico |
| 1990s | 37,205 ha | 86,622 ha | 49,417 ha | Mexico |
| 2000s | 59,711 ha | 103,044 ha | 43,333 ha | Mexico |
| 2010s | 99,840 ha | 163,686 ha | 63,846 ha | Mexico |
| 2020s | 155,840 ha | 238,688 ha | 82,848 ha | Mexico |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher avocados — area harvested, Africa or Mexico?
- Mexico, at 253,044 ha against 168,915 ha in Africa as of 2024.
- What is the difference in avocados — area harvested between Africa and Mexico?
- 84,129 ha, with Mexico ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Africa and Mexico?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Africa and Mexico rank globally for avocados — area harvested?
- Africa ranks 6th and Mexico ranks 1st of 27 groups.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Avocados — 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.