Latvia vs South Africa: Cereals n.e.c. — Area harvested

Latvia
20,300 ha
in 2024
South Africa
25,155 ha
in 2024
Latvia rank
16th
South Africa rank
13th

Cereals n.e.c. — Area harvested over time

  • Latvia
  • South Africa
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How they compare

South Africa currently reports 25,155 ha against 20,300 ha in Latvia, a difference of 4,855 ha.

That makes South Africa's figure about 1.2 times Latvia's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 7 shared years of data; in 2018 it was South Africa ahead.

Latvia ranks 16th and South Africa ranks 13th of 69 countries.

South Africa has averaged higher in every one of the 2 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Latvia South Africa Difference Ahead
2010s 19,450 ha 25,726 ha 6,276 ha South Africa
2020s 20,180 ha 25,017 ha 4,837 ha South Africa

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher cereals n.e.c. — area harvested, Latvia or South Africa?
South Africa, at 25,155 ha against 20,300 ha in Latvia as of 2024.
What is the difference in cereals n.e.c. — area harvested between Latvia and South Africa?
4,855 ha, with South Africa ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Latvia and South Africa?
7 years are reported by both, from 2018 to 2024.
How do Latvia and South Africa rank globally for cereals n.e.c. — area harvested?
Latvia ranks 16th and South Africa ranks 13th of 69 countries.
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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Indicator
Cereals n.e.c. — Area harvested
Unit
ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
99 places, 4,299 data points, 1961–2024
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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.