Botswana vs Suriname: Cereals, primary — Area harvested
Cereals, primary — Area harvested over time
- Botswana
- Suriname
How they compare
Botswana currently reports 60,588 ha against 50,824 ha in Suriname, a difference of 9,764 ha.
That makes Botswana's figure about 1.2 times Suriname's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Botswana ahead.
Botswana ranks 135th and Suriname ranks 137th of 178 countries.
Botswana has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Botswana | Suriname | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 100,586 ha | 30,963 ha | 69,623 ha | Botswana |
| 1970s | 148,695 ha | 46,700 ha | 101,995 ha | Botswana |
| 1980s | 148,840 ha | 71,861 ha | 76,979 ha | Botswana |
| 1990s | 150,120 ha | 57,573 ha | 92,546 ha | Botswana |
| 2000s | 104,134 ha | 46,452 ha | 57,681 ha | Botswana |
| 2010s | 129,918 ha | 58,034 ha | 71,884 ha | Botswana |
| 2020s | 116,459 ha | 53,286 ha | 63,173 ha | Botswana |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher cereals, primary — area harvested, Botswana or Suriname?
- Botswana, at 60,588 ha against 50,824 ha in Suriname as of 2024.
- What is the difference in cereals, primary — area harvested between Botswana and Suriname?
- 9,764 ha, with Botswana ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Botswana and Suriname?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Botswana and Suriname rank globally for cereals, primary — area harvested?
- Botswana ranks 135th and Suriname ranks 137th of 178 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Cereals, primary — 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.