Brazil vs South Africa: Barley — Area harvested
Barley — Area harvested over time
- Brazil
- South Africa
How they compare
Brazil currently reports 117,088 ha against 100,700 ha in South Africa, a difference of 16,388 ha.
That makes Brazil's figure about 1.2 times South Africa's.
The two have swapped places 13 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was South Africa ahead.
Brazil ranks 45th and South Africa ranks 48th of 105 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Brazil averaged higher in 4 and South Africa in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Brazil | South Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 33,598 ha | 64,556 ha | 30,957 ha | South Africa |
| 1970s | 44,270 ha | 72,600 ha | 28,330 ha | South Africa |
| 1980s | 105,861 ha | 83,600 ha | 22,261 ha | Brazil |
| 1990s | 96,442 ha | 121,270 ha | 24,828 ha | South Africa |
| 2000s | 118,098 ha | 78,648 ha | 39,450 ha | Brazil |
| 2010s | 96,632 ha | 93,897 ha | 2,734 ha | Brazil |
| 2020s | 119,633 ha | 109,144 ha | 10,489 ha | Brazil |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher barley — area harvested, Brazil or South Africa?
- Brazil, at 117,088 ha against 100,700 ha in South Africa as of 2024.
- What is the difference in barley — area harvested between Brazil and South Africa?
- 16,388 ha, with Brazil ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Brazil and South Africa?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Brazil and South Africa rank globally for barley — area harvested?
- Brazil ranks 45th and South Africa ranks 48th of 105 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Barley — 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.