South Africa vs Zimbabwe: Beans, dry — Area harvested
Beans, dry — Area harvested over time
- South Africa
- Zimbabwe
How they compare
South Africa currently reports 39,550 ha against 34,488 ha in Zimbabwe, a difference of 5,062 ha.
That makes South Africa's figure about 1.1 times Zimbabwe's.
The two have swapped places 8 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was South Africa ahead.
South Africa ranks 51st and Zimbabwe ranks 54th of 129 countries.
South Africa has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | South Africa | Zimbabwe | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 66,222 ha | 35,111 ha | 31,111 ha | South Africa |
| 1970s | 86,100 ha | 41,300 ha | 44,800 ha | South Africa |
| 1980s | 78,100 ha | 58,339 ha | 19,761 ha | South Africa |
| 1990s | 58,635 ha | 45,195 ha | 13,440 ha | South Africa |
| 2000s | 54,436 ha | 44,529 ha | 9,908 ha | South Africa |
| 2010s | 48,123 ha | 42,325 ha | 5,798 ha | South Africa |
| 2020s | 43,328 ha | 35,248 ha | 8,080 ha | South Africa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher beans, dry — area harvested, South Africa or Zimbabwe?
- South Africa, at 39,550 ha against 34,488 ha in Zimbabwe as of 2024.
- What is the difference in beans, dry — area harvested between South Africa and Zimbabwe?
- 5,062 ha, with South Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for South Africa and Zimbabwe?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do South Africa and Zimbabwe rank globally for beans, dry — area harvested?
- South Africa ranks 51st and Zimbabwe ranks 54th 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.