South Africa vs Spain: Avocados — Area harvested
Avocados — Area harvested over time
- South Africa
- Spain
How they compare
South Africa currently reports 24,294 ha against 21,290 ha in Spain, a difference of 3,004 ha.
That makes South Africa's figure about 1.1 times Spain's.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was South Africa ahead.
South Africa ranks 13th and Spain ranks 15th of 91 countries.
South Africa has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | South Africa | Spain | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,222 ha | 43.78 ha | 1,178 ha | South Africa |
| 1970s | 2,840 ha | 336 ha | 2,504 ha | South Africa |
| 1980s | 4,640 ha | 3,346 ha | 1,294 ha | South Africa |
| 1990s | 7,685 ha | 7,575 ha | 110.2 ha | South Africa |
| 2000s | 13,208 ha | 9,550 ha | 3,658 ha | South Africa |
| 2010s | 16,985 ha | 11,417 ha | 5,568 ha | South Africa |
| 2020s | 19,820 ha | 18,952 ha | 868.4 ha | South Africa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher avocados — area harvested, South Africa or Spain?
- South Africa, at 24,294 ha against 21,290 ha in Spain as of 2024.
- What is the difference in avocados — area harvested between South Africa and Spain?
- 3,004 ha, with South Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for South Africa and Spain?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do South Africa and Spain rank globally for avocados — area harvested?
- South Africa ranks 13th and Spain ranks 15th of 91 countries.
- 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.