Americas vs South Africa: Cereals n.e.c. — Area harvested
Cereals n.e.c. — Area harvested over time
- Americas
- South Africa
How they compare
Americas currently reports 44,105 ha against 25,155 ha in South Africa, a difference of 18,950 ha.
That makes Americas's figure about 1.8 times South Africa's.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Americas ahead.
Americas ranks 14th and South Africa ranks 13th of 24 groups.
Across the 7 decades both report, Americas averaged higher in 4 and South Africa in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Americas | South Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 23,811 ha | 5,000 ha | 18,811 ha | Americas |
| 1970s | 27,524 ha | 6,650 ha | 20,874 ha | Americas |
| 1980s | 13,385 ha | 13,390 ha | 5.2 ha | South Africa |
| 1990s | 28,225 ha | 30,671 ha | 2,446 ha | South Africa |
| 2000s | 33,941 ha | 35,440 ha | 1,500 ha | South Africa |
| 2010s | 42,954 ha | 29,832 ha | 13,121 ha | Americas |
| 2020s | 43,952 ha | 25,017 ha | 18,935 ha | Americas |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher cereals n.e.c. — area harvested, Americas or South Africa?
- Americas, at 44,105 ha against 25,155 ha in South Africa as of 2024.
- What is the difference in cereals n.e.c. — area harvested between Americas and South Africa?
- 18,950 ha, with Americas ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Americas and South Africa?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Americas and South Africa rank globally for cereals n.e.c. — area harvested?
- Americas ranks 14th and South Africa ranks 13th of 24 groups.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Cereals n.e.c. — 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.