Europe vs South Africa: Avocados — Area harvested
Avocados — Area harvested over time
- Europe
- South Africa
How they compare
Europe currently reports 27,135 ha against 24,294 ha in South Africa, a difference of 2,841 ha.
That makes Europe's figure about 1.1 times South Africa's.
The two have swapped places 7 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was South Africa ahead.
Europe ranks 14th and South Africa ranks 13th of 27 groups.
Across the 7 decades both report, Europe averaged higher in 2 and South Africa in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Europe | South Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 43.78 ha | 1,222 ha | 1,178 ha | South Africa |
| 1970s | 350 ha | 2,840 ha | 2,490 ha | South Africa |
| 1980s | 3,524 ha | 4,640 ha | 1,116 ha | South Africa |
| 1990s | 13,359 ha | 7,685 ha | 5,674 ha | Europe |
| 2000s | 10,302 ha | 13,208 ha | 2,906 ha | South Africa |
| 2010s | 12,630 ha | 16,985 ha | 4,355 ha | South Africa |
| 2020s | 24,353 ha | 19,820 ha | 4,532 ha | Europe |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher avocados — area harvested, Europe or South Africa?
- Europe, at 27,135 ha against 24,294 ha in South Africa as of 2024.
- What is the difference in avocados — area harvested between Europe and South Africa?
- 2,841 ha, with Europe ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Europe and South Africa?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Europe and South Africa rank globally for avocados — area harvested?
- Europe ranks 14th and South Africa ranks 13th 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.