Rwanda vs Western Africa: Beans, dry — Area harvested
Beans, dry — Area harvested over time
- Rwanda
- Western Africa
How they compare
Western Africa currently reports 805,383 ha against 660,495 ha in Rwanda, a difference of 144,888 ha.
That makes Western Africa's figure about 1.2 times Rwanda's.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Western Africa ahead.
Rwanda ranks 12th and Western Africa ranks 13th of 129 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Rwanda averaged higher in 3 and Western Africa in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Rwanda | Western Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 137,101 ha | 139,201 ha | 2,100 ha | Western Africa |
| 1970s | 188,129 ha | 122,247 ha | 65,882 ha | Rwanda |
| 1980s | 292,569 ha | 185,688 ha | 106,881 ha | Rwanda |
| 1990s | 213,923 ha | 162,430 ha | 51,493 ha | Rwanda |
| 2000s | 342,108 ha | 391,797 ha | 49,689 ha | Western Africa |
| 2010s | 479,285 ha | 789,159 ha | 309,874 ha | Western Africa |
| 2020s | 652,691 ha | 787,044 ha | 134,352 ha | Western Africa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher beans, dry — area harvested, Rwanda or Western Africa?
- Western Africa, at 805,383 ha against 660,495 ha in Rwanda as of 2024.
- What is the difference in beans, dry — area harvested between Rwanda and Western Africa?
- 144,888 ha, with Western Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Rwanda and Western Africa?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Rwanda and Western Africa rank globally for beans, dry — area harvested?
- Rwanda ranks 12th and Western Africa ranks 13th 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.