Canada vs Southern Africa: Beans, dry — Area harvested
Beans, dry — Area harvested over time
- Canada
- Southern Africa
How they compare
Canada currently reports 159,800 ha against 50,100 ha in Southern Africa, a difference of 109,700 ha.
That makes Canada's figure about 3.2 times Southern Africa's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Southern Africa ahead.
Canada ranks 28th and Southern Africa ranks 25th of 129 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Canada averaged higher in 4 and Southern Africa in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Canada | Southern Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 34,406 ha | 75,265 ha | 40,858 ha | Southern Africa |
| 1970s | 55,250 ha | 105,146 ha | 49,897 ha | Southern Africa |
| 1980s | 40,910 ha | 92,761 ha | 51,851 ha | Southern Africa |
| 1990s | 89,288 ha | 70,473 ha | 18,815 ha | Canada |
| 2000s | 156,500 ha | 70,934 ha | 85,566 ha | Canada |
| 2010s | 116,550 ha | 66,846 ha | 49,704 ha | Canada |
| 2020s | 150,080 ha | 64,357 ha | 85,723 ha | Canada |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher beans, dry — area harvested, Canada or Southern Africa?
- Canada, at 159,800 ha against 50,100 ha in Southern Africa as of 2024.
- What is the difference in beans, dry — area harvested between Canada and Southern Africa?
- 109,700 ha, with Canada ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Canada and Southern Africa?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Canada and Southern Africa rank globally for beans, dry — area harvested?
- Canada ranks 28th and Southern Africa ranks 25th of 129 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Beans, dry — 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.